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An overnight campervan stopover and a days fishing booked a week ago could not have foreseen the lashing rain and near gale force winds that graced the day. One trout fell to a sawyers PTN fished New Zealand style, and a couple of slashing rises to the royal wulf sighter. Gave up just after midday, I need a new wading Jacket!

1 Trout

Much debate given the weather forecast before we left this morning but the die was cast - no good waiting for all the ducks to line up, we risked the weather. The forecast was correct. Rain - not too bad if it had arrived on its own but it brought a freezing cold howling wind with it. A few hardy trout were rising and 7 succumbed to our decidedly damp dry flies - nice fish 7 - 13 inches, the one best of which was kept. Most of the fish were out of reach on the windward side of the river including a couple of persistent risers just above crocodile rock. One of our number on failing with numerous attempts to cover them from a safe wading depth had to go that bit further out - just about stayed dry but 2 long distance catch and releases were all he got for his bravery! We had to give up at 3 when all our fingers were too cold to tie on another fly.

7 Trout

Extremely windy and raining like a hurricane caught 1 brown around 12" long on black gold head wading difficult as very slippery to much wind to fish lovely stretch looking forward to returning in more favourable conditions, no gin of any fish rising very easy access to the water from car park also hand little cafe next door for a welcome cuppa to try and dry off.

1 Trout

Very enjoyable day; weather much better than the forecast but alas no fish!

Saw a couple fish. Battled hard all day against an up stream no joy

Very high and brown water made fishing difficult this day.

Matt Horton had his first fish of the season on a Willie Gunn fly, weighed in the net at 18 lbs, in the Whirly Hole at Hoarwithy.
Gerry

1 Salmon

Started damp & overcast, river rising slightly,hoped this might liven my chances but no. 3 WBT on my 15 year old cascades was the best I could do. Met Steven Marsh Smith who gave me a few pointers, didnt thank him for that or conservation apart helping to make all this fantastic fishing readily available to all, keep up the good work! ps,saw the Osprey. RAIN ANYONE?

3 Trout

9 x trout 9-13 inches, 1 x out of season grayling 9 inches, on various spiders. The river was very low, down on its bones, but the temperature had also dropped, showers of rain falling and that persistent wind was blustering away again. Not really a dry fly day, but trout were lying in the fast water at the heads of pools as if they at least expected something to hatch.

9 Trout

No fish - fished for about an hour but the conditions were too windy and not the easiest place to fish with fly only. Fished there many years ago and shan't fish there again.