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hard day

1 Trout

Duo, nymphs and dries all worked. Same old story of a very large trout lost when it got the better of me and wedged itself under a rock shelf. Challenging but fun fishing.

12 Trout

Although two rods were planned for the day, in the event only one of us fished. What a lovely stretch of water and so scenic. I only fished the bottom stretch of this beat below where it becomes more wooded. There was little sign of surface life, just the occasional rise but to what was unclear. I fished a variety of Adams and Klinkhammer flies but with no interest from the few rising fish. I noticed one regular and very subtle rise under the far bank under the trees just above the bottom pool. Again no interest in my Adams and Klinkhammer so I tried an olive emerger and first cast there was a violent grab for my fly and I had hooked a substantial fish. In fact, it turned out to be a personal best WBT: close to 20" long but no idea what weight, maybe a couple of pounds? A beautiful fish indeed and despite catching nothing else for the rest of the day I came away well satisfied. One thing perplexes me a bit: the fish was taking flies (I imagine) just below the surface in a very gentle manner so why such a big show in taking my fly?

1 Trout

Another nice beat with varied fishing, Unfortunately the fish proved hard to tempt in the bright and hot conditions, a few olives hatching here and there but no notable hatches really and not much rising.
Two fish caught and released on nymphs

2 Trout

Tough day! River was low and clear. There was the odd fish rising (during the 7 hour session) but not interested in our offerings with hardly any fish disturbed as we waded virtually the whole beat. Apart from the fishing it was a good day, dry and bright day in spectacular countryside

A few fish rising through the afternoon and into the evening to sparse hatches of march browns, LDO's, sedges and smaller flies. Hooked four decent sized fish on a variety of dries. The first broke my line running between rocks and the next two shook the hook close to the net. It was 20.30 before I set the hook properly.

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5 Trout

Blank day with absolutely nothing seen all day. No rises, no pulls not even a scared fish fleeing! Lovely stretch of river but where are the stocks of small fish I've seen here in previous years? Did see a Goosander with 9-10 chicks (but not laying the blame there). Low water with cool downstream wind.