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Lovely couple of hours on the river. Overcast and breezy but plenty of fly life on the river. Didn’t see many trout, just a couple rising once, and couldn’t tempt either. However nice stretch of river and will be back to fish again.

Late afternoon visit & first time on this beat & so really worked out how to get at the fishing & from which bank to get in. As I walked to the weir at the bottom I saw several fish rising & taking various upwing species. Sat down & put a fly on & they all knew I think; Only saw two more fish rise in the next 2 hours. Missed one caught the other. He was a fighter too but went back safely. We are so lucky to be able to isolate on such beautiful stretches of British countryside. I shall be back ,earlier & with a better plan of action .
By the way the not-so-little spider who lived behind the felt in the lid of my Wheatley fly box had obviously had enough of playing 'jack-in-box' & had planned his escape; As soon as I opened the box he shot out like a bullet ,down my wader leg & off into the long grass. I suspect he was quite hungry having been in there for some months. I shall miss him though.

1 Trout

Nothing rising, showery but two nice fish to nymphs in likely lies. Fallen trees evident in most parts of the beat.

2 Trout

Lovely evening. Mayfly out and some rises but not takes or catches.

High wind, and persistent rain brought a real change in the weather, and made for a pretty tough day. Hardly any fly life today - a solitary mayfly and a couple of large olives, and I saw only one fish rise all day.
Managed 2 trout by persevering with very small bead-head PTNs fished upstream, both fish in fine condition and both safely returned.

2 Trout

Two on small green nymphs - nothing rising, but occasional flash from grayling shows they are there! Hot days meant success only at first and last light. Will be back.

2 Trout

Nice water but challenging- reasonable access. Not many rising fish despite abundant mayfly hatch. Lots of fallen trees - would be an easy job to clear them and more of the bank.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 x 11 inch Trout to dry CDC Mayfly targeted from a rise
Despite continual hatch throughout day of Olives, Browns, Mayfly etc saw three rises in a ten hour window. Fished all the deep pools with various nymphs etc to no avail. Where a brook enters the river approx half way down the beat the water Quality drops to a buff slimy bottom. Anyone else seen the Otter? dead Cray fish present
I don't think the beat holds a healthy population of fish
Very challenging best with a 6ft 2wt due to the amount of fallen trees and overhanging branches
beautiful day river very low on a beat that needs a lot of work to make it what could be great

1 Trout

Probably the hottest day of the year so far so no joy. Packed up and left at 11am.

Fished from bottom of the beat, starting at 6:00pm and finished at the beat end 8:30pm. Was hoping for a mayfly extravaganza with fish gorging, but hardly any rises and some, but not many mayfly. Hey ho. Stuck with bushy shadow mayfly and rose 3 in likely runs, all coming to hand. Still too early maybe?

3 Trout