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Several bites, but nothing landed on legered worm or spinner. Remains of campfires, piles of litter and broken beer bottles on both banks.

Quite low for this beat, but found a good march brown hatch and one or two fish rising.

1 Trout

A much cooler day. One very brief hatch with no takers.

Fly fishing nothing caught.

Another lovely day, though quiet in terms of surface action. The only hatch occurred between 11.30-12.15, and accounted for half the fish caught. No fly thereafter. The rest were caught prospecting with a duo. Successful flies were March Brown Jinglers and emergers, Pinkhamers and Duracell nymph.

15 Trout

Nil return. Water very low and very clear. Beautiful beat though.

Blank!

1 Trout

What a day I had fishing the top 4 pools all day, netting so many fish I just didn't need to move. 19 grayling and 8 trout to the net. Mostly being taken from top pool between 730am and 11am on a double nymph set up, pink+white and orange+green being my most successful colours couldn't get them back in the water quick enough before I was setting my hook again. At around 11am the surface turned in to a bubbling cauldron and they stopped feeding from the bottom. Landed a double brownie around 930 and a 2lbish grayling was the icing on the cake and I finished my day around 3pm and went a celebrated with a fantastic steak dinner in Llangollen. Was meant o be traveling to Scotland first thing the next morning but I booked up for another go in the morning. Was back on the water for 730 am and nymphd untill 11am. Another 5 fish to the net 3 grayling 2 trout. One of the trout being around the 1.5lb mark. Gave me a good 5/10 minute battle and one of my most memorable hook ups. I will be returning again once I manage to convince the Mrs ????

8 Trout, 19 Grayling

Just a word on this beat and continuation from another angler's comments: it's probably the most filthy bit of water I've ever fished. Strewn metal, plastic in the willows, tyres, tubes, pretty much anything you could imagine. However, fishing was alright on a cold day! Trout came on bright nymphs early and a swung muddler later as nothing was rising but a small hatch of olives took off.

3 Trout