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Well a searching afternoon for risers today !!! Lends itself well to that at Hundred House beat ...OK you gotta struggle over reams of barbed wire fencing, but , apart from that it isn't tooooooo bad !!@ just the tight casting with a hugely narrow stream bed !!!
I'm writing this on my phone inside, yesterday's efforts I might as well written it in Adabic ... some looked complete nonsense, and made no sense with the sun glare outside !!!
Anyway, casting to risers this arvo ... midday till half five... Good fun and nine made it to my net, three more fluffed strikes, and a further three long range releases!!! They kind of don't bother me at all .... tis all in that take of my dry Anyway!!!
A lovely hot afternoon again!! Plenty of mayfly about, in fact oodles of them ... This beat is perfect mayfly habitat... silty slow pools, areas with yellow flag iris , kind of five star mayfly accommodation!!@ lol ....
Lovely splashy aggressive rises mid afternoon .... and I even watched several nymphs running the gauntlet in the river !!!!
Didn't see the mink today, although masses of tadpoles in quieter areas ... Huge oil slicks of them ... ... Full of life here today!!! Uowings, mayfly, sedges, Sand Martins and a cheeky Jay spying on me !!!
Serious need of water here .... needs a dam good flush through in fairness... A lot of leg work done nearly ended uo by thr top road at Hundred House ..
A long walk back, but a marvellous five hours dry fly sport ....Time for a Friday cider sat outside The Lamb and Flag..... Can't fault that hey !!!!

9 Trout

Euro nymphing pacey water brought 18 to hand and 3 on dry . Size between 6 - 14 inches majority around 12 inches . Very warm and very skinny water now.

21 Trout

30 Trout

Caught a 1 1/2 lbs brown trout on a daddy long legs fly.

1 Trout

3 on beaded nymphs in fast water, 2 on dry flies upstream late afternoon where fish rose consistently for around 2 hours. Not clear what they were eating but a size 20 klink accounted for one and size 14 copper coloured dry was snapped up on landing.
Lots of on and offs with both methods . It was good to see plenty of activity in unpromising hot and bright conditions. A good variety of insects over and on the water and spotted a bullhead in the shallows.

5 Trout

One good 2/3 pounds brownie lost at the net , plenty nice fish rising

2 Trout

Those damn trout too damn tricky for me!

2 Trout

Very few fish showing. Beautiful beat with lots of different water to go at. Grayling of around a pound falling to tungsten bead nymphs. Lost one and had a few pulls but generally slow/ hard work.

1 Grayling