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First time at Greenbank and I was as optimistic as ever. The colony of cormorants fishing the tail pool that greeted me sank my spirits a little. But really it it was the very low water that was the central issue. There were several salmon jumping in the tail pool, including a good fish of about 15lb, but they were all very red fish. The flow was so slow though it was hard to really make a go of it. No noticeable hatch or trout riding either. Very hard going.

Very enjoyable day again. Much harder going here than last week but not surprising as I was wading again and could tell the water was markedly colder. It certainly had a chill to it. I ended up with 3 barbel (to 6lb) which took a lot of coaxing and lots of chub which were more cooperative. A couple of which were over 5lb. I went home a happy chappy.

3 Barbel, 15 Chub

7 Grayling caught on nymphs and dry fly, the biggest at 17 inches caught on a Klinkhammer. The Trout was 15 inches and caught on a nymph, 6 Grayling caught from lower section and and one Grayling and Trout from upper section. Very enjoyable days fishing on a beautiful beat.

1 Trout, 7 Grayling

3 Trout

Lots of trout rising and jumping but tricky to tempt in the still hot conditions.

Sad seeing a sewage outfall pipe with very smelly discharge going straight into the river. Was only thing that detracted from the beat.

1 Trout

Lovely beat. Water low. But not as low as I thought it would be considering how dry it's been.
4 nice Grayling , lost a few and missed more.

4 Grayling

Warm and sunny, even though not ideal conditions, some nice fish were caught. Two 8lb Barbel and a 5lb Chub. Plenty of small Chub. Enjoyable day. 4 rods fishing

3 Barbel, 15 Chub

2 Barbel, 8 Chub

Very little activity, only seen one rising fish. Nymphing alsi hard work. Nice beat though

7 Trout