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Nil return. In my opinion too high and fast for wading/fly. No fish seen.

Blank. River somewhat too high for wading and the fly although I tried it until lunchtime. Spinning during the afternoon and hooked a smallish but fresh fish in the lower part of Quarry Pool - lost at the net.

9lbs salmon caught on flying c

1 Salmon

Very wet day but river in fair condition. All fish taken on variety of dry flies.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

River high .83m on Ross gauge ( 3ft7on HL guage) but fished ok. None seen

Arrived after heavy rain the previous day/night to find the river a little up and carrying a touch of colour, the weather was now mild and mostly overcast and dry but the river was still freezing cold!
I had bought along a friend to introduce him to river trout fishing and wading as the river here offers very easy wading and has plenty of fish to go at so is a perfect venue for your first attempt.
We made our way to the very end of the beat with the intention of fishing our way back to the car and the Bell, shorty after we started fishing there was a short lived hatch of a fly I didn't recognise which rose just one fish, I find the far end of the beat rarely produces. The fishing was tough from here on with very sparse and sporadic hatchs not enough to bring the fish up. My friend did manage one trout in a pheasant tail nymph and managed to rise a fish to a Klinkhamer which came off shortly after, I had a grayling on a gold headed nymph.
A lovely day despite the tough fishing rounded off by a pint at the Bell to celebrate my fiends first wild brown trout.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

First time on Whitney, river at a good height & running clear. Fished fly & spinner on beats 2 & 4, nice pools and enjoyed my first day of the season but no signs of a fish. One or two nice trout rising around lunch time.

One good B trout of 2.5 pounds great condition fish

1 Trout

2 Trout

Cold downstream wind with very little fly life, enjoyable but hard going

2 Grayling