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2 Trout

0.3m on the gauge so gin clear and plenary of access to the water. Much colder today and Sod’s law it was the day we decided to go. Good hatches in early after noon with a constant hatch of upswing flies, but only saw 3 fish rise all day.
Nice day though and saw 2 Pied Flycatchers!

2 Trout

Cold and cloudy. River level very low . Tried wet flies and nymphs. Some good tugs but no trout caught. Beautiful beat and despite nothing much happening, I had a good day immersed in nature.

Good LDO hatch late afternoon for a couple of hours, lots of rising fish in the faster water.

2 in the morning on nymphs, the rest on dries during the hatch.

10 Trout

3 Trout

Water v low and clear, bright skies, easterly breeze, no hatch at all. We saw two fish all day, caught one. We loved the beat though and already plotting a return when conditions are a little easier.

1 Trout

1 Trout

The huge clouds of dust rising under our wheels as we approached the riverside parking looked more like Arizona than Gloucestershire, however the river looked spectacular; clear and sparkling. We had an early take in Stones, on a yellow/black goldhead and the fish wrapped me around a rock and slipped away. My fishing partner had a salmon swim past him only a few feet away. Other than that we contacted, nor saw, no other fish having covered the entire beat. Mick, the resident Ghillie, clarified the mystery of the Cottage Pool - there isn't one! There was years ago but the approach is long gone and reclaimed by the willows. So don't, as I did, try wading upstream to the cottage because it becomes very precarious and there is no reward at the end of it. Tight lines.

1 Trout