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Saw plenty of mayfly but no rises at all.

15 Trout, 5 Grayling

Well set of initially fof the Kington beat this afternoon, but when I arrived at the bridge there was a car already there at one , displaying their Wild Streams pass , so did an about turn back to Pembridge and plumbed for Court of Noke , ahhhhhh success no one was parked in the field and no bookings either ,happy days , kitted up and mooched to the start , well actually the style that is wrapped in so much barbed wire you can only just about see it !!!!!!

Anway when I started at half one , plenty of Mayflies , Brook Duns and stone flies on the go , and masses of mayfly shucks in the quieter water , although thfe brownies weren't hard on them during my three hour visit !!! They were still keen ti rise to flies causing a disturbance though !!!!

Still great fun casting to risers , and them hammering the big dries , superb!!!! After all the doom and gloom of COVID-19 it was nice for some real escapism . . . Trout ranged today from a tubby thirteen inches to ten inches ,and netted five in total , all in cracking condition, two long range releases on the big Mohican Mayfly , and a couple more savage attempts at the fly !!!

Getting a bit low now, and algal deposits starting to accumulate on rocks etc , could do with two good days if rain to be honest . . . But I guess cant complain still great catching gorgeous browns on the Mayfly . . .

Half way up the beat two young lads walked passed, I surprised them in the river and mentioned where were they going with spinning rods!!! The one was about sixteen I guess with a youngster of about ten in tow ,he explained Edward B . Is friends with the family and lets us fish here !!! I doubted them and mentioned its fly water only and permit water also, so WUF , could you look into this and contact the beat owners, to see if they allow friends to Spin the water !!!!! I think the proverbial brown stuff was coming out if his mouth , so I did send them.packing !!!

Anyway after that fiasco , finished with one more fish short of the bridge on a large Para Adam's, great fun , and a superb three hours , will get on the Kington or Titley beat one evening this week , happy days . . . . Stay safe out there folks !!!!

5 Trout

9 lbs cock fish from Weirend beat of Ross waters on a small single hooked mepps spinner

1 Salmon

The brook is very low and clear at the moment, but the fish are feeding. There was a Mayfly hatch around 2pm, which sent the the trout into a frenzy. However they didn't seem interested in any of my dry flies for some reason.

Eventually I managed to get some to take the nymph by doing a slow retrieve in the deeper pools. Really nice to be out again, even if I've forgotten how to cast!

4 Trout

One salmon lost in the Vanstone Pool. River level low and weed a continuous problem.

Double-handed fly rod. A lot of blanket weed and algae, so viability not good. No fish seen. Despite that, I had a great day; thanks to Mick Sutton, the Ghillie. He has intimate knowledge of the water and is great company. I look forward to returning when water conditions are better and there are salmon coming through.

Fished up to the bridge. 6 fish caught , two at 11 inches, one on a dry fly the other on a nymph the rest were small trout all caught on nymphs. Missed a few takes to a dry fly.

6 Trout

5 Trout, 2 Grayling

No Salmon showing. Had a big brown trout about 3lb and a small pike both on fly.

1 Trout, 1 Pike