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Fished from 12.00 to 14.00. A few fly about - March Browns?

Since this was the first time on this beat and it being fairly local to me I was prepared for it to be a recce. I fished the lower half of the beat and didn't complete the whole of it. No fly life to speak of so I prospected with nymphs. Hard going with no sign of fish at all until around 2 pm when the only take of the day occurred..a really powerful 14" trout that took a size 16 tungsten bead PTN and put up a serious fight. Interesting beat with plenty of deep pools easy wading but flowing over gravel and silt with little cover for fish or the angler. I look forward to another go when flies are hatching and fish rising.

1 Trout

The river was clear but pushing through a little making wading a little more precarious than usual. A modest LDO hatch and a few short flurries of March Browns had a handful of fish rising. I lost a good 2lb fish on the spider but then got a 2lber on a CDC Dun. A couple more to the Jingler followed. By 2pm, the flies were gone and the sport stopped.

3 Trout

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

8 Trout

Green Maribou damsel.

1 Trout

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

Will return later in season.

A great few hours on a lovely stretch. Good sized Barbel up to 9 1/2lb.

7 Barbel, 2 Chub

Took nephew barbel fishing for first visit had three fish to 10 pound 4 ounces. Very happy angler

3 Barbel