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A lovely day out. There weren't a great many flies hatching and it was only later in the day that I started getting takes in the streamy water. It was great fun but I had no fish!

I took a chance with the weather and was reminded what the weather man means when he says "the jet stream has dropped"! Hooked and lost two fish before the down stream blustry wind, driving rain and rising coloured water forced me to leave. First time on this beat which has lots of varied water and will be back for sure on a more settled day.

Little Willow run of Lower Courtfield at 8.30pm, a 12/13lb slightly coloured salmon took a small black/silver single barbless Flying C midstream on a fast shallow retrieve from 45deg upstream. A very active fish, first time experience of salmon leaping several times well clear of water but hook held and fish released in water and swam off fast.

1 Salmon

Arrived to find river at 0.75m and in perfect condition. We both fished hard for salmon for 7 hrs but no sign of them today.
A good hatch of upwings (probably Blue Uprights) ensued at 2pm and quite a few trout were rising to them on the smooth glide above Wood stream. Also increasing number of Yellow May Duns present.
An enjoyable day, forecast deluge fortunately did not materialise. Left with the river just stating to colour up.

I only managed about a hours fishing before the river coloured up but this did provide me with 1x brown trout of approx 1.5lbs from the pool immediately below the top bridge. Not a very pretty thing with hints of "stockie" about it i.e. poor colours and fin quality.

1 Trout

Cool, wet and breezy. No fish showing but one take in the Dog Hole that sadly didn't stick. A couple of shad and one other tug in the Windmill.

2 Other

Spotty day like the weather. Little activity until mid afternoon when there was a patch of about an hour when there were a number of fish feeding then nothing much for the remainder of the day.
Probably outmaneuvered by the fish but tried different water heights and types of flies during the course of the morning to no avail. Ultimately caught three fish and lost around four. The fish were taken on a klinkhammer and a wooly nymph. The largest was a pound and a half, the others half that size.
Really enjoyed the beat despite the inclement weather and will definitely return.

3 Trout

Nice 12lb spring salmon. No lice but still very bright.

1 Salmon, 2 Trout

2lb Chub taken whilst salmon fishing using fly. River falling slightly though windy and overcast conditions made the day quite miserable. Clearest water this week.

1 Chub

One very small grayling and one trout about nine inches both on copper head nymph nothing showing on the top

1 Trout, 1 Grayling