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river level still decent, but fishes extremely spooky. 3 graylings ad 1 brown trout caught with French leader fishing the deepest pools, and 2 grayling caught on a dry around 11am. from then on no more fishes have been raising

1 Trout, 5 Grayling

Very hot and sunny. Little or no fly on the water. Nymphs did not work for me. A dry Greenwells brought a few fish up. Mostly small and one better one.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

Trout very shy and difficult fish. Maybe the full blasting sun and the otter played their part in that. Still a wonderful day!

1 Trout

Not the best weather conditions, very warm, clear skies an bright sunlight. Also being a bank holiday weekend lots of walkers, dogs, cyclists, etc.

Water levels weren't too bad with some colour in the water. Managed to get five trout to hand, lost another 5 or 6. Did see some fish taking off the surface at one location, even with the bright sunlight shining on the water. A few casts into this area brought one trout to hand.

5 Trout

Nothing caught or seen. Nice day out in a company of very friendly new owners of the beat. Having said that, can they also be booked as fishing rods? Thank you.

Caught two small fish in morning on para adams. Fishing slowed in afternoon. There were some occasional rises, but likely due to the bright, clear skies fished stayed down as day went on. I probably could have caught more by nymphing but having just moved to the UK from US, and having fished nymphs all winter there, wanted to stay on top. Even though slow, great day on the water and this run is very nice with a lot of variety.

2 Trout

Worst experience of fishing I have ever had in 55 years of fishing. Completely spoilt day (and the river) due to huge numbers of people also "enjoying" the river. One paddled down through where i was fishing in a blow-up raft. Culminating in an abusive couple who jumped into the pool and waded across where I was actually fishing. They made it very clear in no uncertain terms that it was my fault for being there. I gave up. I thought that canoeists were bad enough but this capped everything. It's not the owners fault so I see no reason to ask them for money back. Be warned - Do not book this beat on a Bank Holiday. WUF take note - The Bell have filled the suggested car park with benches.

1 Trout

Had a lovely day fishing for salmon on the fly but unfortunately, I did not see or catch anything ( the sun was too bright is my excuse). Nevertheless I learned a lot about the river at that particular height.