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Thought I would have a final fling before September is out. Cold night and low water, but the wind turned round into a westerly, the temperature rose nicely. And .... nothing doing. Roll on next season.

1 Trout

We were washed of due to the rain overnight so didn’t fish at all.

Unseasonably hot and sunny and the crystal clear water looked stunning. Fish were rising sporadically but hard to cover quietly in the clear conditions.

Despite sunny weather and some hatching fly, only one (large) trout seen feeding. No takes all day, mostly fished Euro nymph and duo. Access was poor below 2nd weir due to undergrowth and small gate to access upstream of bridge stretch is padlocked. Very picturesque.

Nothing caught

Spent two days on this beat, fishing the lower section (in between car park 1 and 2). The 1st day was the most successful, with both trout being caught including a nice 2lb. Missed several bites between the both of us as well.

Whilst fishing for trout in a deep area, a very large fish took a size 10 shrimp, before I knew it, I was down to the backing and he was far off in the distance and snapped at the leader. My line was wrapped around the rocks, resulting in some chunks being taken out. He jumped once in the distance, and looked like a sewin, but I understand this is quite rare, so perhaps a salmon. It was a complete shock, I just hope the poor guy doesn't still have a hook in him.
I routinely fly fish for carp, so used to fighting large fish, but I've never ran into something this strong.

Strangely, the second day, we did not see a single fish.

The conditions were great, the beat is really varied, with some lovely large deep pools, although, it was fairly shallow in most parts. Wading was quite challenging and casting was difficult at the lowest section.
The water was clear, and the waterfalls were amazing.

We did come across a petrol lawnmower in the river that was leaking, so removed it, however, there was a considerable amount of petrol around it, with some left in. Natural resources have been contacted.
Appart from the above issue, the river was very clean with very little waste.

All fish were released.

2 Trout

Water was nice and clear no wing to speak of but sadly no fish with sore foot left at 13:00.

The wind had verred to a southerly, and the water was a good level & very clear. Fished from 2.45 and saw nothing until about 7pm. Then hooked two and caught one of about 2lbs, all on a nymph near the tail of broken water runs.

1 Trout

Lovely 4 hours on river, saw 2 otters, and caught 3 trout to 2lb on copperhead nymph. Plenty of water in river, sunny with little wind.

3 Trout