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Unfavourable conditions (weather – windy and showers, river – low and cold, no rising fish, fly life limited) made for a challenging day notwithstanding some of the wading however we made the most of the fabulous surroundings and the varied pools. We will be back. No catch to report (sadly)

No salmon caught or seen. First time out with a spey rod so as much a casting exercise as anything else - actually went quite well! Had a few strong pulls - probably trout, distance released a few trout and had one fat wbt that must have been pushing 3lb to the net, released. Would have been a good day to have the dry fly rod handy, but resisted. Lovely beat, easy access, easy wading and big fish - I'll be back.

1 Trout

Nice to fish this at near on summer levels, was able to wade the upper streamy water with no problems. french nymphed for a couple of hours and picked the bulk of fish up to beadheads then I moved down to the bottom of the beat as not seen it before and there was a steady rise of large fish but sadly most were in the feeding lanes on the far bank. Note for another time!! i netted 4 on dry all well over twelve inches . the rise only lasted 30 minutes and then the river died. One trout lost early nudging 2lb. an enjoyable day , sadly the grayling were far more active than the trout.

7 Trout, 16 Grayling

Water very low and clear but as usual an abundance of fly life. Very few fish rising so fished a nymph on a Tenkara rod. Trout were in the faster runs into deeper pools. Best today a fine 12 inches from under the bridge.
Also fished the top section today which only has a couple of fishable pools at the moment, one of which produced 3 trout.

12 Trout

Low water conditions. Although gin clear, no single activity spotted. I fished with a nymph for trout and with a small streamer for sea trout. I didn't catch any fish.

Caught 2 trout but lost both. River was clear and not affected by overnight rain. Lovely stretch but not my day.

Fished beat 2 and 4, no salmon seen, would love to fish it again with more water.

River was very clear and conditions not helped by strong downstream wind. Arrived around 3.30 to see a few fish rising, within an hour nothing showing and very little sign of fly life.
Had one grayling on an Emerger. Nice looking stretch, will try again when the weather picks up.

1 Grayling

Fish rising in morning only. Saw a couple of trout with white fungus on head. Good spot but nothing caught this time.

Truelly great beat, but no luck.