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Lovely day. Trout rising here and there and very difficult. Rose two good fish, missed both. Only fished for a few hours. Should have been a much better day.

It was a day of disappointment today, starting with the difficulty in wading on the lower section including the impossibilty of using the bank to move along. So we backtracked and walked along the bank to the lower pool to discover two anglers spinning. A quick call to the Foundation confirmed spinning is not allowed, so they made a call to inform the owner of the other bank. No fish caught or seen to rise, so we made our way systematically upstream to discover another angler fly fishing the waterfalls, so no fish caught or seen to rise here either. Which left just the middle section for us to fish. Over the whole day only 5 or 6 fish were seen to rise and none were tempted. So like I said a very disappointing day overall with all four rods having dry nets. There were small numbers of mayflies hatching and the ocassional olive drifting by, but I suppose you can't expect anything other than a poor day when seven anglers are sharing 3/4 mile of water. Needless to say we won't be rushing back any time soon.

WUF note - On recieving your phonecall we immediately phoned the land owner opposite and it appears the water is fished by a local club. We have subsequently contacted the club and informed them that their anglers are spinning out of season. They promise to monitor the situation.

River above summer levels but clear. Quite a few flies about and caught most to rising fish on dry fly, biggest 16in.
Great to see such a well maintained fishery with sturdy stiles and bridge. Will definitely be back.

10 Trout

A splendid location with very good access.

1 Trout

Fished from 12-5pm. Olives hatching in small numbers throughout the afternoon but only 1 fish seen rising. 6 trout caught on gold/copper bead hares ear nymphs.

6 Trout

Plenty of water. Mayfly patterns best. All fish released.

7 Trout

1 x 10 1/2 inch trout on a grey Klinkhammer. Fished this beat between 12pm and 4pm and it was pretty quiet.

1 Trout

10inch and 11inch on loopwing Mayfly.

2 Trout

Only rose one fish all evening, and missed it. Lovely stretch of water.

1 trout caught and returned.

1 Trout