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Nothing seen, nothing caught (wet or dry). Too damn cold...

Still a lovely stretch of river though

More OOS grayling today, no idea why, same tactics as yesterday

3 Trout, 8 Grayling

2 Trout

Well ..... turned up at nine at one of my favourite rivers !!! Low low but beautifully clear and looking over the bridge a rise , in fact two !!! Excited delirium setting in .... tackled up my trustee six foot two weight and a new Stuart Croft line ... these really are superb fly lines , dear but my they are crackers !!

Anyway , a weird four hours albeit fun ! Small fish today , all of them , really odd .. nowt over six inches !! And casting a twenty Parachute Pheasant Tail into streamy water leading into pools had a feisty response !! I did search the pools with a tiny tungsten nymph ..... not a sniff !!!

Fishing today did remind me of early fly fishing days on the river Morda or Cynllaith up near Oswestry .. splashy takes by small beautifully marked brownies..... eleven to hand ; none of them rod benders and six or seven that didn't make it !!! Where's all the tubby edw fish that normally show ?? I'll put it down to the flow of water and just the kids out to play this morning !!!

Farmer redoing all the fencing either side , but some considerate exit and entry points for us anglers which is nice to see .... obviously not the same punters who did the fencing at Arrow Kington !!

Anyway a lovely morning .... in dire need of rain especially if we get hot weather on this low river too . Even catching small ones is fun , especially on a dry ... and in the gorgeous Edw Valley.. what more could a river angler ask for ...... bliss !!!!

11 Trout

River quite low but clear. A few March Browns between 12.00 and 14.00 stimulated some surface activity. All fish on dry March Browns. Largest fish ~ 1.5lb.

3 Trout

Really hard days fishing. Perfect conditions, two big hatches not a single fish seen or caught. Threw the kitchen sink at them but to not avail. Beautiful setting will go back later in the season and try again.

1 brown trout returned and 3 rainbow trout.
Bottom worm fishing.

4 Trout

Weather fine with a light breeze, not much ripple to assist the fishing. Lovely brown trout just over a pound caught on hares ear nymph. Great grebes on lake and plenty of fly life.

1 Trout

Enjoyable day despite the trout keeping their heads down other than for a frantic 45 minutes starting about 13.30 pm when there was suddenly a lot of surface action at the top end of the beat with multiple missed takes to a dry and decent fish hooked and played but lost and another landed.

1 Trout

6 Trout