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Tough day. Few trout in nymphs. Very hard to access the river

4 Trout

Well, where do I even start. It is a fantastic beat to fish, but you absolutely need waders. I thought I could get away with just waterproof walking boots but the banks are steep and overgrown beyond imagination, meaning spooked fish and poor accessibility. The ONLY way up the beat is up through the stream, nipping onto the bank if and when you need. On top of this, there are no white posts to follow to the start of the beat, so make sure you take the path AWAY from the village and take the left hand fork when it splits in two. There are fallen trees and times when the path looks like its run out but keep pushing on until you get down closer to the river.

I spent all day climbing, crawling and sliding on my hands and knees to try and land a fish, and somehow in the end I managed to catch one. I did hook another one out of a nice deep pool by the bridge on a nymph but he wriggled himself free (sigh). Never the less, I threw on an Olive wooly bugger as a last resort to sniff out any territorial/ferociously hungry trout and managed to take a beautiful little 6 incher out of a deep pool who smashed the fly, day saved.

This beat is PROPER wild fishing. If you are not prepared to approach it like a military op in stealth on your hands and knees, with a few scratches in the brambles on the way, then go elsewhere.

All in all I will be back, with waders, and cannot wait to do so. Beautiful wild fishing and a point to prove to myself of catching more fish.

1 Trout

3 Trout

4 Barbel

1 x trout 12 inches, Duck's Dun. The only fish I saw rising this morning. A sharp frost followed by bright sun and the river very low again.

1 Trout

Hard going in the morning with French leader very cold !! 12 ocklock onwards few fish rising took 2 grayling on top clink n dink

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

Cold mistly morning. Still about 3deg at 11am, then the sun broke through and it warmed up. Lovely beat with some great runs and pools. Wading and bank access difficult in places. Caught three nice brown trout to 14" on heavy nymphs fished through knee high runs. No fish rising, in the warm and sunny afternoon. No grayling caught, which was a surprise. I fished this beat several times about 10-15 years ago and there were specimen grayling present at that stage. The caravans that are now in the bottom field are a bit of an eyesore. There are a few problems with the map: with the caravans now present, the access instructions are incorrect. Also, it does not contain the stretch below the bridge.

3 Trout

4 Trout

Bright sunny day very little wind. Started fishing at midday and Fished until five.Hatch of pale wateries on arrival which seemed to continue throughout the day so there were a few rises. Saw only one large fish move the rest seemed to be small. Cast to rising fish with a variety of dry flies. Fish caught were between 10 and 13 inches. Great day out in beautiful surroundings.

7 Trout

Hard work today, heavy overnight frost and thick fog covering the river. Sun broke through around 11 30. All fish taken late afternoon on small size 18 PT nymphs. Wading challenging on this beat with access through the wooded areas almost impossible. left for home completely whacked, enjoyable last day of the trout season for us though.

3 Trout, 5 Grayling, 1 Other