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Landed 5 small trout and 1 shad ( max 12" ), all on GH PTN in the faster water. Lost another 6 on the way in, and missed about another dozen. Saw a few mayfly, but no rise, even late in the day.

Arived 4.45pm set up and the third cast a lovely 10" brownie followed by another and then a 6" little fighter. Then the rain came, which put the dampeners on it quite literally.

The yellow dun mayfly hatch was spectacular while it lasted, but the trout that were rising all over the place did not want any may pattern presented, instead they were taking a green olive No12 hook presented as a wet just
sub-surface. Lost a few but great fun while it lasted. One final note access is still quite difficult with high vegitation on the bank and in the water, trees etc.

10 brown trout beetween 4 and nine inches. 3 on a green pt nymph before the hatch and small dries after took the rest. Great wilderness fishing experience.

It's a very rough track down to one of the most secluded waters I have ever fished but although you do need a 4x4 to get there it is well worth the effort. Crystal clear water and complete silence welcomes you. Parking by the boat house I chose to fish the left bank, quite boggy walking. Started with single size 14 dunkeld about 100m from boat house. 2nd cast resulted in a quite violent take from a 1/4lbs immaculate dark, yet well spotted wild brown trout. When the east wind eased, it was possible to use dry flies...shipmans buzzers...f.fly...griffith gnat...and general hoppers in 12/14 hook sizes to eager rises (great fun). Later in the day I decided to walk round over the bridge and fish of the steep rocks, good move this water a lot deeper a small gold head prince of nymphs size 12 took 5 fish in 10 casts all fish were generally bigger this side .... if you like fly fishing this venue will not disappoint.

Nothing caught. Saw only a small handful of fish rising, only one of which was of decent size. Water level very low for the most part. The brochure recommends a 7 to 8 ft rod for this beat. I fished in the morning with an 8 ft rod and found my line caught in trees a little too often for my liking. I fished the beat again in the afternoon with a 6ft6in rod. This was much more practicable, particularly for casting in tight corners and confined spaces, characteristics of this beat which were accentuated by the low water level.

One 11 inch BT taken, on small hackled pheasant tail,from edge of bridge piers.(That pool had risers, but streamy water and lower slows v quiet). Trevor had seen shad there.

7 trout all about 6-8 oz, 9-10 inch. All on various mayfly patterns. 2 of trout caught in Worm Brook. Moderate hatch of
olives and some yellow may fly. Everything stopped when it started to rain. Not a bad afternoons sport.

3 x Brown Trout: 1 x 12", 1 x 10", 1 x 5", all rising to either a parachute adams or red sedge.

10 x trout 6-10 inches on dries. Lost a couple of larger ones as usual. Large brook duns and the very odd mayfly coming off, though trout not reacting as yet.

Dull day with few fish rising. Mayfly hatch from 5pm when I was leaving. Since I failed to rise much, despite many fly changes, resorted to Greenwell's Glory fished wet and caught 7 BT, best 3/4lb, and lost a few.