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Fished from 12 till 3 sunny but cold. First time out this season and christened my new small stream rod. 6 Trout,8 to 10 inches and 1 Grayling. A few olives hatching but no fish seen rising. Plenty of Grannom coming of the Wye when I returned over Bredwardine bridge.

6 Trout

A few hours on the river this morning,still a good flow. 2 trout and a few missed takes.

2 Trout

Water was low, sun was high, had a great adventure, but no fish, A single take all day!

River was surprisingly low.

1 Trout

Fishing was very difficult, though enjoyable, much of the bank has been cut away by flooding earlier in the year, and there are many logs and fallen trees. I caught a small (two ounce) brown trout on a GRHE with a gold bead in a pool hundred and fifty yards north of the bridge at Chanstone Court. The weather was overcast and 'heavy', with intermittent rain. I also saw a small number of hatching mayflies, a dipper, and two kingfishers.

1 Trout

Thought I’d go further afield today. Very nice day out. Challenging fishing with it’s fair share of snags but very rewarding all the same. For such a small river this beat holds some sizeable, shaded pools. Lots of small trout, with 8 to net and same again away early. Also some seemingly very tame fish which led to some entertaining sight fishing. Only managed to fish the downstream half plus a tad today. Cheers WUF

8 Trout

A few hours on the river, low water, lots of cows and calves 2 trout on a mayfly type.

2 Trout

Pleasant evening exploring lower section of beat. Nothing to nymphs, but occasional rises so reverted to an Adams and rose two, hooked them and lost them. The fallen trees are challenging.

First visit to this attractive beat. Fished late p.m. to dusk upstream from parking. As WUF says and others have noted, several pools are too deep to wade through and it is difficult to find a way around them so progress was slow. I persevered with the dry fly encouraged by plenty of fly life and the very occasional rise, but failed to bring anything to the net. In retrospect may have had more success with the nymph in the faster water.