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Well… amazing, a real adventure. A combination of fishing with scrambling/climbing thrown in! A true mountain stream. It was a bit difficult to find the start of the beat (no white marker posts that I could see), I ended up just guessing really. Also the map of the beat could do with a bit more info on it, because once you are in the gorge you really do lose your bearings and have no idea where you are. There were two foot bridges that were not shown on the map that would help to position yourself. Also there was no info on how long the beat is. I was sure that I had gone past the end of it, but on reflection I still think there was more to go.
It was just the kind of fishing I was after, very tight, some deep pools, cascading water, the odd slow bit… a real variety. The main problem was that there were lots and lots of fallen trees (many of them recent). It was chaos in some places, and pretty dangerous… but I still loved it! In a perfect world some of the fallen trees would be removed, but what a job that would be, near impossible because of the access.
Lots of fish too, all caught on nymphs of a Klinkhammer indicator. Some did come to the dry fly later, but were missed. Overcast with a bit of breeze (hence the need for a bit of weight with the nymphs).
This is a real star of the Wild Stream beats.

15 Trout

Levels looked perfect. Saw no rushing fish tried various methods but no luck. Fished late afternoon and evening. A beautiful stretch of water but no fish.

First time on this stretch which we really liked despite somewhat blustery conditions. Quite a few of what we think were March Browns coming off and the fish were feeding on nymphs sub-surface. 2 WTB caught largest just under 2lb plus another hooked and played but did not get to the net. Enjoyable session.

2 Trout

river low and the day was suprisingly chilly, we upstream nymph fished and klink and dink
Frank Jones had the majority of the fish klink and Dink
small rise mid afternoon saw me into a nice 1lb plus fish on the black klink,

10 Trout

Finally, the conditins were almost perfect, one salmon of about 8 pounds sea liced and one sea trout of about 2 pounds.

1 Salmon, 1 Sea Trout

Trout caught on dry fly and gold head ptn

3 Trout

Very windy, no fish rising, one trout of about 1.5lb caught on a nymph.

1 Trout

fly fished for salmon, but no luck.

2 Trout

4 Trout