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Had a little difficulty finding the beat initially and spent most of my time just below and wading up about a mile from the stone bridge. Lovely stretch with high banks although this weekend the water was incredibly low and no bites over about a four hour period before giving up. Saw one fish kiss the water opposite the barracks but nothing else.

Started in the run at the very bottom of the beat around 10.30 and had a series of fish in the riffles, mostly 8-10 inches. Hooked and lost a good sized fish in the waterfall at the top of the riffles. by 1 p.m. the activity had calmed. 3 fish hooked and lost at the top end of the beat, but overall an enjoyable day which could have been trimmed to 10:30 t 14:00.

10 Trout

9 Trout

2 Trout

One fish @ 14", the other @ 6". Cold easterly wind, no hatch discernible. Both fish taken on weighted nymph.

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1 Trout

Fishing very hard, most people I talked to there didn't have a bite all day. Needs stocking I think.

8 Trout

None of us caught anything. Only seen one chap up there that had one bite. Fingers crossed I have better luck next time.

First time on this beautiful beat. No fish moved or seen at all the whole day, except a 40 meter long, slow moving flat section about the middle of the beat, where grayling fed from the surface almost continuously in the afternoon. 5 caught on Adams 10-12 inch, but takes on spider as well. Several lost.
Regarding access to the water - had no problem at all. Only disappointment is the amount of rubbish.

5 Grayling

Fished from 11:30 to 2:30 in a rather cold easterly wind. 4 Trout caught on size 16 PTN in the faster runs. Water seemed quite low but still managed to slip and take an early bath which spoiled my afternoon on a very nice beat.
A few Olives hatched around 1pm when the sun broke through and saw a couple of rises but not enough to change tactics. Dippers busy under the bridge and a Goshawk sitting on young halfway up the beat.

4 Trout