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Nice spot, some movements, regretly I had to return very quickly to Northampton. I'll be back with more time.
Several rises, some little trout were rising to a dry fly.
Very nice spot, easy to find the park. By the way the box for the vouchers is very helpfull (don't pick up).

A fine days fishing with trout rising to LDOs, a good hatch of March Browns was largely ignored along with the odd late Grannom. Most fish were taken on Olive F fly, 2 to Cock winged dun and one to a grannom pupa.

11 Trout

All returned including nice fish of 2lb and 1.5lb

14 Trout

Very good water conditions. Active olive hatches all day. 5 brown trout on Adams size 14, one on black spider size 16 and two on gold head HE nymphs sizes 16 and 14. All returned.

8 Trout

An excellent day's fishing at this picturesque beat. The slower flowing stretches were unproductive, but casting into faster water brought four plump trout to the net, hard-fighting fish in the 9 - 10 inch range. Three fell to a small goldhead nymph, the fourth to a Coachman, all fished downstream wet fly. A couple of other fish took but escaped the net. It seems that Spring is here at last!

4 Trout

Water very high. All fish released.

2 Trout

Only fished for a short while, so perhaps not surprising that we didn't connect with anything. The river was still falling and clearing after heavy rain, but conditions looked reasonably favourable and certainly worth a return trip. Very much a small stream / short rod kind of beat.

Spent 1.25hrs on the upper section of this Lilliputian beat in mid-afternoon, after trying in the morning but was beaten to it by another angler who perhaps like me had read JM's entry from Wednesday and was taking his advice!
No fish rising but occasional up-wing emerging (Iron Blues or Medium Olives?). Hawthorn flies and Black midges in evidence and an Alder fly sitting on a fence post!
Fished with surface fly and suspended nymph - a size 16 Gold-headed Endrick Spider on which I caught the fish and missed others.

1 Trout

Great to be back on the river again. One salmon seen head and tailing in Gravel catch early on. Alas no salmon and no takes. River too coloured for most of the day for fly. But a most enjoyable day none-the-less.

1 Trout

Sparse but varied hatch during the couple of hours I fished, olive dun, Klink and small nymph taking fish.
Lovely little brook with plenty of diverse habitat in a small package. The only worrying observation is the amount of HB along the banks.

5 Trout