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Tough day, windy, cold and very very wet. One small trout and one missed is all in a lovely river.

1 Trout

Robin Stewart. 8lbs and 11.5lbs from Rapids pool, spinning.

2 Salmon

With river moving from 1 ft 3 to 1 ft 6 and the prospect of heavy rain from the threating summer storm it was the first day of Sumer! I throught it was worth an hour with the rod, good cloud cover but guests of wind, never seen such a quantity of swallows and swifts dive bombing the river, great clouds of them! Spectacular.
At 11 am after taking two Shad, the line went solid and suddenly a very strong 18 pounder took off and 20 mins later came safely to the bank, slightly coloured and a small amount of white fugus on the nose, safely returned and followed by 3 lovely wid brown trout who all fought well on the end of a 16 ft salmon rod, driven off the river by 3 pm as the storm approached !

1 Salmon, 3 Trout, 2 Other

1 3/4lb, 1lb and two at around 10". Caught on Yellow May Dun.

4 Trout

3 caught fishing a duo, 1 caught fishing a dry. Rain and occasional wind made fishing a bit tricky but it was a good day. Some insect life and some fish rising. A gooseander and chicks were on the beat.

4 Trout

Very windy and wet day few fish rising but incredible number of olives hatching all day. Dries unsuccessful but small nymphs did the trick.

11 Trout

Grim weather. Howling wind and pouring rain, but olives hatchings en masse and plenty of fish rising. Best pattern Para Adams but a brown Klink also produced. Most fish in the 3/4 to 1 lb, best around 1 1/2 lb.

16 Trout

Four nice sized trout, the smallest weighing approx' 1/2lb and the best weighing 1.75lb, were caught on dry-fly using mayfly imitations during heavy rain and windy conditions. All trout were caught using barbless hooks and were returned alive and healthy after recovering. Terrific mayfly hatch!

4 Trout

In the morning no rises so fished heavy nymph in fast water and had 4 to 12 inches. Changed beat in afternoon, 1 fish then heavens opened so ruined the afternoon. Saw a mink swim the river, got out looked around aka scrouge style then scuried away to find afternoon snack. This is magical
wild life, great to be alive. Trout all returned.

5 Trout

Fished from roughly 9.00 - 19.00, finding the river running very low in most areas. Beat is made up of 2 parts, both with a similar character - long, shallow, sections over large gravel, interspersed with areas of bedrock with deep pools and fast runs. Lots of tree cover makes casting difficult in many places, but provides tons of space for fish to lie up. Struggled early on when persisting with nymphs. River was alive with insects including large upwings and mayfly, so switched to large dries in the afternoon and plucked a fish from almost every pool from then out. Fantastic days fishing. Probably 10 or so to hand over the day, but could've had three times that if I wasn't for my heavy feet and questionable techniques. A really enjoyable day on a stunning, wild stream. Highly recomended. Be prepared for careful wading and close quarters fishing.

10 Trout