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12lb fresh run salmon taken during heavy shower on an orange flying C.

1 Salmon

No fish caught, due possibly to my inexperience. River clear but a little low, however lovely day Ina beautiful environment.

One grayling and one brownie, both caught on a red headed ptn.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

A small overgrown tributary of the Lugg , that is great fun during the mayfly hatches . Went for a pleasant walk with my wife , at about half five , passing this little brook I have permission to fish and noticed a lot of activity with mayfly everywhere! Lots of splashy takes to the spent gnat! So when the walk was complete , off I went with my three weight six foot brook rod and a few of my mayfly patterns.

The activity was thinning out at about half eight when I got down there but still managed a couple of beautifully marked crackers. Great fun on the light little rod and took the spent fly pattern with confidence, both returned. Shall have a few more sessions on this small deceptive brook that's alive with little brownies . The trout population here is healthy and aquatic insects in abundance . . . along with a beautiful kingfisher!

2 Trout

Couple of hours fished, didn't stay into late evening. Still mayfly in abundance but trout not paying much attention.

3 Trout

2 Trout

Day started off wet and windy which resulted in tough fishing, perseverance was rewarded though with a lovely fish taken from the fast water in the lower stretch on a small Klinkhammer . There was only sporadic fly present until 17:00 when the rises began to appear, 3 fish were taken on a spent gnat before things quietened off around 19:00. Lovely stretch of river.

4 Trout

I spent the day at the lower end of the fishery. There were some yellow sallys and one or two mayflies hatching. Nothing caught but I felt that I was fishing correctly for the conditions if there were fish about. The Channels are a much more accessible part of the beat.

Nothing caught on all methods, very dissapointed.

Wasn't expecting much and wasn't disappointed; water warm as a bath and green as grass.
Lots, 100+, small Chub in under the overhanging trees and bushes feasting on the fly hatches with bigger fish in the faster water of the Bridge pool so looking really good for the start of the coarse season at Foy Bridge. The Creel section had numbers of Dace and big Chub taking flies off the top right in the margins. Time to dust off the centrepin!

3 Chub