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3 lovely spotty fish caught on dry Greenwells. Fished 3pm - 7pm and didn't do the beat justice. Only picked out the likely looking spots and didn't do much prospecting. Easy access into river.

3 Trout

A bright, blustery day with the cool wind coming downstream. I spent about six hours on the beat and didn't see a single fish.

Brilliantly sunny for most of the day and much warmer than of late. Sporadic rises from the middle of the day onward proved to be out of season grayling, with one small fish falling to dry fly. An interesting beat with a mix of slow meanders and faster water.

1 Grayling

This is a lovely setting and was looking forward to a good day, however the weather conspired against me. Very windy, which always managed to be in the wrong direction for casting, and made casting very difficult or impossible. The river was slightly coloured after some recent rain. I hooked one fish, on a beaded Pheasant Tail, which came off almost immediately and did not see another fish all day. Which depressed me more than the contrary wind.

Windy but river OK with a touch of colour - only fished a couple of hours, 1 trout 1lb on nymph.

1 Trout

Water was very discolored saw no fish even though there were plenty of flies, insects around. Talking with a local he commented how the fish had disappeared from these waters over the last few years. A little disappointing.

Lovely day's fishing. Very pretty beat, with a mix of easy and challenging fishing. The trout though were not in abundance. Water still cool, no rises seen, pretty hard going.

1 Trout

The river was a little high, but unusually very coloured for most of the day (perhaps there was some river work further upstream?). The weather was clear and sunny, around 15 degrees, no wind. The water was still very cold and there was only a small hatch around the middle of the day, with no fish rising all day. The fish did respond to deep nymph tactics, with the best trout around 12 inches and a bonus grayling over 2 lb. Lovely day to start a late season.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

Nice weather but the fishing wasn't so good. No fish caught, no hits or follows. Only saw one rise the whole time I was there. Very unusual for this beat as its normally teeming with fish. Maybe its the time of year?

Still had a good day out in the countryside and peace and quiet!

Water still very high ,still snow on higher ground .windy and cold.