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16 Trout, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Had one take but it threw the hook on a gold head, black nymph. Picked the wrong day today. Far too bright.
25○c and surprisingly windy.

Low water as per everywhere currently. Nice to meet a fellow Fishing Passport angler on the river today.

Loads of fly life today and great stretch of river with a good pub at one end, easy access and parking.

This beat is a stretch between two club waters and if I knew anyone to ask this to I would like to know if either club stock fish?

Lot of visible fish so sight fishing was as much of the day as targeting very sporadic rises that seemed to have no pattern.

Caught the good fish (pictured) on an olive and caught the second on a beetle. Missed a fish on a black gnat.
Tried many patterns even a few nymphs! but no more luck.
Most interesting of all was the abundance of fly life coming down the river with very little response from the fish.

Even though this was a mid week session it is busy with walkers as footpath runs along one side.

Lovely stretch of river and well worth the ticket.

2 Trout

Booked on a last minute whim, hatches have started, water slightly coloured from recent rain, fish holding up in deeper water, rises mainly where I couldn’t get into position, but did get a brownie on a Mayfly Parachute, should have been more but got hung up playing with the one fish instead of moving on. Beautiful evening.

1 Trout

Hot and sunny with a fresh upstream breeze. Beautiful location but probably not the best conditions. 2 fish best 1lb caught another lost. GRHE successful fly. Access to the beat via 2 gates.

1 Trout, 1 Chub

Yellow may dries got the most takes. The wild brown landed was a feisty one. The few rising trout seemed to stick tightly to their spots. Abundant and varied hatches throughout the day. It was great to chat to a fellow angler and compare notes.

1 Trout

What a beautiful location to visit. The river was low and clear with bright sunshine and a strong breeze. While we saw plenty of rising fish, they were not consistent and proved hard to tempt. There was abundant fly life with stonefly and mayfly hatching plus a host of other flies through the day though the trout didn't seem to be showing a preference for the mayfly. They also rarely took flies from the surface, preferring to take nymphs just below the surface. We managed two trout to a dry hare's ear and large dark olive. We consoled ourselves with the beautiful scenery and fantastic birdlife along the river. We saw herons, white egrets, sand martens, dunlin, kingfishers, three types of wagtails, dipper, cuckoo and a pair of buzzard. There were many other small birds in the woodland that we heard singing their hearts out but failed to identify.

2 Trout

River very low and bright hot day. Upper beat including bridge pool but little moving despite steady hatch of olives and mayfly.

River very low. Bright sunshine.

3 Trout

River very low. Bright sunshine.