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No fish caught or seen, but spent a very pleasant day with Mick, who gave shared some of his great knowledge of lies etc. which should greatly improve my chances of success on future visits to Goodrich Court.

What a change... 24 degrees, not a cloud in the sky. The water levels have dropped and the water was crystal clear. Great conditions for fishing. The only slight issue was that there weren't any salmon to be seen, let alone caught! The beat is in great condition and I will return again this year.
A great day, in beautiful surroundings. This year I accept that salmon will be rare at best.

A few fish rising through the afternoon and into the evening to sparse hatches of march browns, LDO's, sedges and smaller flies. Hooked four decent sized fish on a variety of dries. The first broke my line running between rocks and the next two shook the hook close to the net. It was 20.30 before I set the hook properly.

1 Trout

Conditions were perfect when I arrived at this lovely stretch of water. I started fishing around 11:00 and spent about two hours fishing a stretch of around 30m at the very bottom end of the beat. There was much activity with fish rising regularly to a sustained and significant hatch. During this period I managed to connect with more than a dozen fish but sadly only landed 7, all WBT. Two of these were significant fish between 15" to 18" long, the rest being 12" or less. All were caught on Adams fly. Activity on the river died at around 14:00 so I took the opportunity to sit quietly by the river with a mug of coffee and took in the lovely surroundings before going home. A good day.

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2 Trout

After late start only fished few hours through middle of day. Very hot and despite lots of flies no rising fish seen. Only one small brown on fly. Lots of obstructions in river. Will try again.

1 Trout

First time on this very promising water. Fished late afternoon/early evening. Few fish rising. Several fish flashed at flies but reluctant to take. Only one very small brown landed.

1 Trout

6 Trout

I and another Wild Stream Permit holder (P.D.) sampled this beat today starting at 1 PM. It was very hot and sunny and no rises were seen until later in the afternoon. I had a number of refusals using a Wyatt DHE and solid take with a red tag but lost the fish, which was probably an os grayling. The river is teeming with fry and fingerlings which, hopefully, bodes well for the future. The banks are very overgrown with nettles, brambles, and large swathes of Himalayan Balsam. I think that fishing is likely to prove very challenging in a few weeks time owing to the growth of the Bankside vegetation.