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All on a cdc winged emerger. Top half of beat in good condition, No litter and very quiet. Fish in head and tail of pools.
Bottom half of beat is rocky gutter which holds fish but quite overgrown and deep. Had a grayling from here.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Continuing my exploration of the wild stream beats I had alook at this one after fishing Edw Hergest in the morning. No signs of fish although a few flies coming off.

The floods in October have radically shifted gravel in the top pool at this beat so that the main river flow is now pushed fast across what was formerly the holding area for grayling at all water levels. This made it necessary to search the whole beat for fish rather than rely on the main pool as anglers usually do. Two were caught but it was hard work, particularly compared with a previous day on the Cammarch Hotel lower beat where a personal best of 18" and estimated 2 1/2 lb was the highlight of many above the 1lb mark.

2 Grayling

Fished for 3 hours, not a single take, saw one trout jumped clear of the water. Extremely fast flowing, would not contemplate this stretch without a wading staff. As always a stunning beat.

Fished from 13:00 to 16:00 with the river level showing 0.35 at Abernant.
The low water level made life slightly easier as some of the bedrock was exposed making wading much safer!
3 of the Grayling all around 12 inches caught at the bottom of the beat on a pink shrimp and 1 in the top pool on a para adams.
The single Trout also took the shrimp pattern.

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

Caught on mix of french leader and dry fly, last two fish rising firmly to a Parachute Adams. Had to leave at 2pm to drive home at which point the fishing for the afternoon was looking promising despite gathering storm clouds. The river was at a good height with a slight tinge from rain the night before. Previous day on the Cammarch Hotel beat brought ten grayling to similar methods but in much lower water.

5 Grayling

A nice evening fish, once the rain had stopped!

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Lots and lots of fly life but no fish rising! Lovely beat

River height perfect but absolutely freezing No fish rising at all. Caught one brownie around 12” long on nymph at the end of the pool. Take care on this beat especially after the pool as it is mainly bedrock and very slippery as I found out today with a little water up my sleeves after slipping over
Still my favourite beat even though it’s a bit of a hike

1 Trout

Lovely spot but today conditions very challenging due to high levels, fast flow, and very cold. Drew a blank with weighted nymphs - maybe not heavy enough for these conditions.