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3 trouts (Small)- nymph

My first trip on the roving voucher beats and while not easy, it was very entertaining. Much of the river bank is overgrown, but to my mind, this added to the interest as I enjoyed losing myself for a few hours. The sun shone brightly on the hottest day of the year so far and not many fish were moving. I raised and missed a few in rough water as they were just too quick, but eventually I caught three trout in the shady stretches. Two came to a hare's ear and one on a dry greenwells and all were lively fish around 8oz.

This short stretch has a lot of interest and variety which can absorb you for 3-4 hours. I found an unattended rod with ledgering tackle at the bottom of the beat, so I'm guessing this water is sometimes fished on an 'informal' basis by locals. Quite a lot of litter on the banks, including whole shopping trolleys which surprised me given that the beat is some distance from the nearest supermarket. Nevertheless it's definitely worth a visit.

Colin caught two very fresh salmon on Tuesday 22nd May using the flying condom. One was 13lbs and the other 10lbs. Both safely returned. Colin was fishing from the boat.

Not a touch and no fish showing. Water carrying a little colour.

Very few rising fish and very tentative takes. 3 missed and 1 taken in 4 hours fishing. (wbt)

A lovely day on the river but relatively few insects hatching. Only saw two fish - one take to a small royal wulff in the ripple but missed it!

Very hot bright day, fished under tunnel of trees above the bridge. Very few rises, new zealand style produced one wbt 8inch to nymph and one wbt 10 inch to the grey wulf dry. Both returned. Other rod blanked.

3 x 8" WBT plus 1 grayling caught and released but several lost. On arrival looked like the perfect day, a lot of flies over the water, as throughout the day but few rises. At dusk the air and the water was alive with flies but no rises except for a lone salmon splashing regularly in the Erwood pool.

Beautiful day but too bright! No fish caught or seen.

No fish seen or caught but a nice day out.