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Very poor fished for 5 hrs know fish seen big blockage between footbridge and old rail bridge we will not go back

One good trout at 10 inches to a PTN in one of the deeper gutters. Steady trickle of mayfly coming off.

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Started fishing at 10:30am. River in good condition and a few small up-wing flies over the water. Started with a Stimulator which took a nice trout from a fast bit of water. Around midday saw the first of a handful of Mayfly. Half way along beat noticed a good fish rise which I covered with the Stimulator, but no interest. Changed to a fan wing mayfly with success on the 4th cast only to loose the fish at the net. Estimate around 16" fish. The same happened a further up stream with another good fish. Last fish caught just below the weir. Off to Ireland next week so will try the beat again in early June.

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River in fine shape, fisherman less so. Lower end of beat blocked by fallen trees

Spent a few hours here today, another beautiful location. Fished down from the footbridge this morning, and up in the afternoon but the fish were not playing.

The river is blocked by tree debris downstream from the bridge.

Note to WUF admin - please can you amend the directions to note that parking should be directly under the yew tree - the very nice lady who rents the cottage says to park on the grass triangle as close to the tree trunk as possible so her access is completely clear.

Hour in the evening spent exploring the beat. No rises

This is a most beautiful stretch of water, just a little colour, with nice runs and pools . Still a bit cold but a great place.
Having watched Mr Whitehouse on the state of the rivers, last night, the first thing I saw on the river bank was some sanitary towels , but it does not detract from the place as a whole . No fish, tried bead head nymphs , didn't see a fish , didn't touch a fish , just good to be back on the water. If this is the standard of the wild streams when the weather improves it could be a great year as long as there are fish there . My only other observation is this is in the Lugg catchment area and certainly the Lugg always starts badly and comes good late in the season so I hope this is the same .

River was very low and clear. Fished from 11am to 5pm, nothing seen.

Very quiet fish wise. Only saw two rising trout and didn’t see anything moving in the pools or holding anywhere. Plenty of insect life and even the odd mayfly around, plus Dippers and a Kingfisher.. I only stayed for just over an hour. This is a really pretty beat but the water level is really low. There are some deep pools, but you almost need to fish them like a stillwater - a dry sits on top and doesn’t move. The shallower runs are mostly too shallow to hold fish. I’ll come back when we have had some rain

Love this beat. Arrived on a cloudy afternoon with occasional light rain. Fished for 1.5 hours from 2 until 3:30. Few rising fish with tricky but rewarding casts to fish under tree roots and branches. First fish was an absolutely donkey! 15 inches caught on a para adams dry sz16. Really great fight on a 7ft rod. Second was 8 inches on the same fly. Caught further up stream on the pool just before entering the wooded area. Great afternoon fishing and always amazed at the size of the fish on the arrow.

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