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River high and rising after heavy rain overnight. Throwing it down all day. Caught 3, all returned, 1 on copper john nymph, 2 on dry olive because despite the rain there was a good hatch and occasional rising fish.
Goosander around all day but saw no mink

Fished afternoon & early evening (till rain arrived)on bottom half of lower beat. Good looking water, plenty of it & clear, but nothing caught & very little fly life or surface activity. Wading not easy on this section.

I agree with BL's comments of 24 April that the wading (at least the beginning of the lower stretch of this beat)is not easy. Combined with a heavy flow of water and higher river level after recent rains,this made for difficult fishing so left early. 1 lively brown trout of approximately 8" to a PTN.

Nothing caught. River in spate.

Arrived about 1.00 p.m river running like chocolate and still rising - didn't even get the rods out before going home.

Early morning 6-9am, no fish activity. No catch.

Lovely afternoon, but nothing caught. In fact, saw very little fly life on the river and few fish moving. Tried mainly may flies and grey wulff. Very efficient service from the Foundation, as ever, but more detailed description of the best fishing pools would be helpful to a poor angler like myself.

No fish caught. Overcast day with light rain. No fish seen rising, water was crystal clear. A mink was seen in the river with young if this is of interest. Nice stretch of river will try again another day.

Could have been a sea trout, or a very good wild brown trout, or even a stocked brown from elsewhere on the river. Either way, it was a monster. Actually, two monsters, one about 2lb and the other even bigger at 2.5lb. Nothing all morning and then half a dozen, including the two lunkers, in one pool, one after the other within a 30min span. Could have been the weighted nymph (which I subsequently lost up a tree), or the sun which peaked through, the time of day, or just pure luck. As luck would have it, nothing for rest of day but what thrill to catch and release the two monsters. Fantastic.

4 x WBT to the net, all released. Quite a few missed. Sporadic rises during mid-late afternoon when some welcome cloud cover arrived. Midge patterns and GRHE accounted for the return.