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21 grayling to trotted maggot. Four fish over 2 lb, including two at 2 lb 8 oz.

3 x grayling 15-16 inches, bugging. A really beautiful winter's day, still and sunny, with the temeperature hovering just above zero - although there was no visible frost, the air being so dry. River still a little high but looked in nice condition. Nevertheless, fishing was very hard work and by mid-afternoon I had made no contact. At 4.30, with the sun going down and the rod rings beginning to ice again, I found a pod of nice grayling in a very deep run. It was one of those places where a man of my height finds it necessary to wade to the armpits and bounce around on tip-toe, while envying those tall young fellows from the Foundation who no doubt take these deep holes in their not inconsiderable stride. If you have visited the WUF, you will know the ones: always first to be aware when it starts raining. Lost one good grayling and netted three, which made a very satisfactory end to a lovely day. I'm sorry to see that we lose this beat at the end of January; whether the fish are co-operating or not, it's always a nice place be. Can the WUF get it for next year perhaps?

First time on this beat and water clearly still a bit up and slightly coloured so that the bottom could not be seen in about thigh depth water. Overcast day with some brighter intervals and about 7 degrees centigrade.
Never had time to do the whole beat but what I did looked very fishy indeed. Used short line/czech nymph with several changes of fly. Took two grayling one big male approximately 2lbs and one little female.
I could have easily used a 10 foot nymph rod for better reach but only took an eight footer so struggled a bit. However pleasant day out.

5 x grayling 10-16 inches. A day with the trotting rod, water high but clear. A really tough morning, but in the afternoon, coincident with a large dark olive hatch (although nothing rose)a few grayling came on to feed for a bit.

2 Brown Trout 8" and 11" beautiful colouring.

Beautiful beat, river was clear and running quite high. Fished czech nymph and caught a nice grayling around the pound mark, lost another. The grayling were hard to find but still enjoyed the days fishing. Hard wading in parts. Looking forward to the next adventure.

Tough day, after high hopes for the beat. Only managed two fish between us, and not even a fish seen. No hatch occurred. Can only presume that the fish were shoaled up somewhere, perhaps in the lower part of beat. but then again perhaps that's just graying!

Double blank, I'm afraid - no contact with grayling. The water, although clearing, was still very high, or at least too high for a couple of senior citizens like us. Still, it was good to be out and about on the bank again after all these weeks. First snowdrops just starting to show.

11 grayling to trotted maggot. Four fish over 2 lb, with the best 2 lb 10 oz.

A most enjoyable day with water level returning to fishable height from recent floods. Sadly no grayling could be tempted by our nymphs and shrimps!