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Conditions could hardly be better! How many times have you heard that this year?
Not a touch for us as we covered the water with a selection of flies and Mick's advice in our ears.
A fish seen at Vanstone.

Spinning and fly fishing for Salmon. 0.778 on redbrook guage. Water clear. Cloudy sky. Sometime strong wind blowing downstream. Only fish seen was a large shoal of chub. The entry point at the top of the beat is dangerous. Bank has been washed away and thick mud, ankle deep is a trap.

My first salmon on the fly. 13lb fresh run cock fish on a Cascade tube.

1 Salmon

A cold windy morning, nothing rising so size 16 gold bead hares ear nymphs were the order of the day. Seven wbt caught, 4 to 9 inch and in good condition. A few more were lost.

7 Trout

No fish caught or seen at the Chapel. River quite low. More rain please Dr. Smith
Regards Denis

Struggled upstream with headwind. No joy with dries , emergers , nymphs. Downstream worked better with spiders. Two trout caught of which one c 1lb or so . Enjoyed the day - beautiful scenery, birds singing.....

2 Trout

Cool overcast day, but flies were hatching throughout. Not many trout rising, so prospected with para dries or targeted risers where I could. Landed 6 and missed as many, 5 were 9/10" and one hard fighter of 13". Quiet but satisfying day.

6 Trout

Light rain lasted until 3pm but it then broke out into a beautiful evening. I saw salmon in the Mill Stream and Rectory Pool but sadly none fancied my fly. However, five dace and one chubb clearly liked a salmon double with a silver hook and a blue dressing. One dace was at least 2lbs and all of them put up a good scrap. (WUF note might have been shad?)

1 Chub, 4 Other

Small shrimp flies used but saw no fish

Half day. Despite excellent conditions and reasonable hatches, hardly a fish showing ;expectation dashed by disappointment.