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Lovely beat low water for time of year

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

Started at the top of the Rectory beat albeit some what low water just finding the odd deep holes - worked all the way where I could right through to the bottom of the beat .
Apart from the odd one or two trout having a go at a Dee Monkey nothing else .
Need a flush of water now , situation looks pretty poor right through the river system for the run of Salmon with only a handful taken , hopefully it will pick up .. Seen plenty of Goozanders and Cormorants , it’s only going to get worse if nothing is done , about time the EA etc done something about it , RSPB haven’t got a clue the devastating impact these birds are doing to our waters , let alone the chicken shat causing phosphate levels to rise .
Nothing done soon , we may as well hang the rods up .

Nothing caught or seen

Water low and clear. Overcast early on then brightened up around 1pm. Good hatch of flies round 11.30 being mopped up by many small Trout.

river lower than I expected first fished was the Rectory Pool it's self. Hooked and played a good fish about 15lb only to loose it at the net. I slipped on the rocks. Fished the rest of the pool with no luck, fished the other pools and saw nothing or caught nothing

With the upper river having dropped significantly, putting a salmon fly through the few deeper pools was unsurprisingly unproductive.
Small numbers of olives were hatching throughout the day though from 10.30 onwards. The fishing was very good when the temperature rose, but ceased when it clouded over and the temperature dropped a few degrees.
Fish came to a variety of nymphs and emerger patterns with some of the trout taking a dry Adam’s as well.A mix of sizes, some shots, a few parr including a salmon parr , but also trout to 12” and a few big grayling in lovely condition. Mostly taken from the top of the beat.

7 Trout, 10 Grayling, 1 Other

One grayling off the top to a march brown.

1 Grayling

A blank today.

Fished for salmon at first, though learned later a very nice one had gone through Rectory recently and rested in Gromain waters!
Tiny grayling on a goldhead size 16..don't know how it got a mouthful of that fly!

1 Grayling

Perfect sunshine all day and temperature in the teens.
First time on this beat - it is an excellent piece of water and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Only one solid touch all day - at the boil after Gravel Catch on an Ally’s Shrimp on a sink tip.

Will be back!