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Two inexperienced Salmon fisherman refusing to get out the spinning rod! Not the easiest fly water but some lovely runs which will no doubt become more productive if it ever warms up. A real bonus to be able to drive the whole length of this long beat. Beautiful surroundings especially as there were no canoes or coarse fisherman!! Spoke to the owner and another regular on the beat who were very pleasant and helpful. Unfotunately their advice came too late in the day to save a blank. Will be back soon.

Two fish both returned. 3 lb approx and 3/4 lb approx on nymph

2 Trout

Fished for a couple of hrs in the evening, no salmon caught or seen. Nice fly water for a quick session.

After landing a 14lbs fish on the Golden Mile, fished White House and took a 19lbs salmon here also.

1 Salmon

First visit to this beat, tried spinning, alas nothing showing despite good conditions. A blank but nonetheless, a fine day at the river.

22lb salmon, taken on flying c.

1 Salmon

Fished New Zealand-style. Saw nothing moving or rising. Water low and very cold. Vaguely depressing, actually.

G and I fished from top through Woodstream. Water .67m and clear. Reasonable hatch at 12.30-2pm, mainly Olives but the occasional March Brown. Fished over a rising trout below log and fish took, tore off downstream and bust 3lb line. Took dark Olive. Persisted with dark olive above rock and hooked another around 1.5lb which came off before landing.
Weather fine and 8C.
No activity after 2.30pm. Fished till 4pm with no further takes.

Nothing caught.

Suffering from serious picscatorial withdrawl symptoms so just had to wet a line on the home fishery!
Went out today, and what a difference a day (sunny again but an east, south-easterly wind) made compared with yesterday. Arrived earlier today at 11.30am but didn't see an LDO until 1.45 p.m. and then precious few. Plus just a few March Browns. What few LDOs there were, fizzled out by about 3.15pm. Duns of both species were pretty well ignored but some fish rose to nymphs, presumably to the olives judging by the grayling caught on a dark-olive Klink. Given the cold, they must still think it is February/March! Much fewer fly than yesterday and precious few wind-free windows for the fish to get up at them. Most rises looked like grayling and only grayling were caught, so I guess that, unlike yesterday, the trout just weren't having it.
On Saturday of course, the weather was lovely - sunny and little breeze but I was only able to fish from about 2.15pm until 4.15pm but, in retrospect, that was probably prime time. Fish were rising quite freely from arrival until about 4pm. LDOs around and fish rising but not to duns. Caught trout and grayling and dropped or missed as many again, all on HE and olive emergers. Must be rusty or just plain incompetent!
On both days the water was still pretty cold at 41-43 degrees F and will presumably stay so for while as the snowmelt gets into the water.
Tomorrow looks even windier and then Tuesday and Wednesday rain. Must be time again for the garden, some indoor jobs and the tying of a few more flies. Come on spring, where are you!
Given the cold weather, we may well not see the Grannom for a while yet...and to think that in 2011 and 2012 they were here before the end of March.