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Great spot to fish unfortunately got rained off. Lots of small trout rising in the corners just before the rain. Fished with nymphs and a couple of dries but no takes. Beautiful spot to fish but can be difficult in tight parts with the trees and brush.

We caught a salmon, it was about 7lb, caught on a 11ft #7 fly rod with 35lb running line skagit head (450 grain) T10 10” flo tip 12lb leader and most importantly a wille gunn double gold fly (size 8 hook)

Great place to fish i would definitely recommend it.!

Fishing Passport Note 6th May 2026 : The angler has since confirmed that no salmon were caught. Only the Shad.
Please remember that it is illegal for anglers to target them deliberately, although catching shad when salmon or trout fishing is often unavoidable. If you do find yourself connected to one, please don't overplay them, resist any temptation to lift them out of the water and release them as soon as you can.

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Bright and sunny until 2pm, when persistent rain settled in. Good surface activity, particularly late morning through to 2pm. A couple missed chances on MB, no fish landed on the dry. Managed three brownies on weighted HE.

Beat in excellent condition; a lovely day to be on the water.

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Steady trickle of hatches throughout the day but very little sign of surface activity. Hard work but 4 trout to nymphs. Lovely spot.

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Perfect fishing conditions, so no excuses. A lively hour around lunch time saw many decent sized fish rising, most of them too crafty for me, but lots of fun. Mainly stuck to the Ashford Bend. Wonderfully peaceful, plenty of bird life and a delight to be on the river.

A quiet day, with only a smattering of desultory rises to something very small (I think). Waited to see if there would be an evening rise, which there wasn't much (and the rain was starting), but the day was redeemed by a lovely 19 inch, 2.5+ lb fish, which took a small dun at 8.15pm. She was in shallow water near-in and I've been trying to get her for several years...

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With the water level at capacity fishable bank stretches were at a premium, a situation not helped by the unchecked growth on the west bank towards the head of the lake, a once excellent area now rapidly becoming a jungle. Here in mid-afternoon while there was a bit of decent, reachable ripple for a short while I connected with a deep-bodied 18" hen fish following a much smaller capture in a flat calm at midday on the short fishable part of the far bank. Before teatime the breeze had slackened and it never returned! The big new house high on the east bank looks impressive. Do they offer B&B?

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