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Still water, on fly all day, plenty rising, but no bites.
Still a great day out

4 Trout

Some great swarms of gnats and a small number of upwings hatching. Low water and clear - seen some nice trout cruising and picking flies off the surface which were hard to get a fly in front of. Great day in all.

3 Trout

1 x 11 inch fish on a nymph, lost 2 fish on a dry fly and missed takes and lost a few fish on nymphs. Weather bright and sunny, river low and clear. Beautifull beat, plenty of wildlife.

1 Trout

Caught on soft hackle dry fly, especialy in afternoon when fish became active.

10 Trout

1 Trout

4 Trout

Conditions remain unchanged over recent days.
That is to say, water on the low side but clear, with a piercing, blustery cold wind which inhibits casting.
Suspect water too cold to animate the salmon.
If they are running they are not showing.

Fished with my good fiend M B, who is even less experienced than me at fly fishing
Arrived at around 8:30 the river very low, weather cloudy with a cold down stream wind.
I started at the very bottom of the beat and M a little further up.
For me it was very hard going with to start, the wind hampered my casting and any fish that did show I couldn't cover. Then around 10:30 the sun came out and stayed out, and with it an enormous hatch of gnats and a few small mayfly.
I fished the clink and dink but despite casting at every fish I saw only two went for the dry, one was missed and the other lost.
I caught 2 graying one about 10 inches the other 4, and two trout also 10 inches and 4.
All of my fish were take on a GRHE.
M had two very small trout on a dry, which he persevered with all day.
The most surprising thing was that despite the fly life there were only sporadic rises, and fish rarely rose in the same place twice.
I did see quite a few nice fish but they just seemed to be cruising all over the place rather than staying on station.
A lovely day on a beautiful beat, would love to fish this place when they're on the feed!

4 Trout, 2 Grayling