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A strange day's fishing - I started with a dry fly on the dropper and a nymph on the point and on my very first cast in a deep shady pool caught 2 trout at the same time - both about 1.5 lbs! Both released. The rest of the day I caught nothing, despite trying a variety of dries and nymphs, although I did spook a 2lb+ trout in the tail of another deep pool. And I saw a couple very small fish rise that I couldn't tempt. Not many fish in evidence, but ones that are there seem big. River low, about 17 degrees, sunny at first then overcast later.

2 Trout

One trout caught and returned unharmed. 11 inches long and in good condition. Caught on Ginger Quill size 14 dry. It was seen to be rising several times and took on first offer. No other rising fish seen. River falling from large spate 4 days previously. Some colour in water.

1 Trout

A beautiful but tricky beat, the trout were more interested in sun bathing in the pool tails than feeding. Fish taken on a Griffiths Gnat.

1 Trout

Quiet afternoon and early evening - no fish seen

Hooked and lost a couple of fish at the bottom, one which was quite a good one. Then took a fish on the middle beat, before increasingly heavy showers finished the day.

1 Trout

Tough conditions with the river low and clear and the sun shinning. Late afternoon a few fish started rising and I managed three good sized fish to a dry (John Barnes Jingler) with a couple of other larger fish lost.

3 Trout

Bright sun and clear water made for tricky conditions. There are still access issues along the lower section and I had to ask a none-too-happy farmer to walk through their garden on the way up and back down the beat to avoid clambering over barbed wire fences. 7 wbt on dry fly and nymph. Most were 1/2 - 3/4lbs but I managed one larger fish weighing 3lbs at 22inches. Very hard work with most of the risers in flat water or tucked away beneath overhanging branches.

7 Trout

River had fallen more than expected. Clear and bright so very tough day. Fished both sites. So tricky to get it right here so will be back hopefully with more water, warmer and cloudier. All caught on Adams.

5 Trout

Nice day, few fly coming off, no real hatch hatch.Fish willing but very spooky. stealth paying off. Touched two very big fish.

10 Trout

Level fishable and had dropped a little from the day before when we fished the upper beat. But the wind blowing upstream made things pretty hairy (took me 4 attempts to get the car door open!) to the extent that even with heavy French nymph in it was necessary to water haul. My companion landed one WBT around 3/4 lb, I lost another at 2 lb plus but managed to land another touching 3lb. A vindication of what the Foundation has said about fish stocks on this stretch!

2 Trout