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Trout between 6 and 10 inch. All caught on nymphs. Only fished part of the beat, but it seems a lot of pools have been cleared from rubbish as far as necessary to fish them. Thanks to WUF

6 Trout

2 trout caught on worm with popup.

2 Trout

Got 2 fish in the flats just below the junction pool, both on a parachute klinkhammer. Missed 2 others on the same fly, fished from 8 till 1.30
Agree with the gentleman who fished yesterday, the brown algae covering the rocks is extremely slippery, took a dip and almost a couple of others.

2 Trout

1 grayling on dry fly

1 Grayling

Last fished this beat for coarse fish several years ago, the banks were quite steep then but I was delighted to see how much work has been done.. Steps at the best pools lead to easy wading over smooth gravel. My companion started with fly on Little Run and had a 12lb fish on a Dee monkey.. I started with single hook FC on deeper pools.to no avail. After lunch I changed to fly and hooked good fish again in Little Run. After several minutes the hook pulled. Nathan was both helpful and knowledgeable and is not afraid of hard work judging by the improvements to the access. "A work in progress" is how he describes it

1 Salmon

Fly.

Started at 1pm and had four enjoyable hours at the Rectory. Little surface activity but a few fish rising in the flats. Most of the fish came to nymph in the fast water, the largest (15") going airborne before I even knew it was hooked! Some of the trout were quite lean but all put up a good fight. Lots of salmon smolts caught, all of which were unhooked and released swiftly without being handled.

14 Trout

4 Trout

Cold easterly wind limited trout activity. A few rising from time to time, but not consistently. Lots of insect life.
Tried wets and dry flies to tempt them, but only 1 missed take all day between the 3 of us. Just couldn't find the right fly.

Fished 9am to 2pm. Good fly life with fish rising early. Caught 5 trout up to 15in on dry fly. Activity cooled after about 12 noon. Good day.

5 Trout