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At last some water, however was like chocolate. Fished all morning with fly as river was dropping. Thunderstorm and heavy rain at lunchtime so sheltered in car for an hour. Switched to spinner for afternoon but river started to rise rapidly and soon became impssible to fish. Ended up fishing from second step at the rock pool as all bank flooding.

Once again a beautiful day in the countryside. River clear and off the bottom end of the gauge. More trout visible and rising (obviously aware of the close season!). Enjoyed heckling each others speycasting, which is coming on in leaps and bounds. Three coloured grilse showed from cables downwards, but in slack water were unimpressed by small spinners. No fish but in two weeks we will be ruing the long wait 'til next season.

River off the bottom end of the gauge. A lovely sunny day in beautiful surroundings. Saw 3 red grilse showing in cables/oaks area. Water too slack for fly. Ignored efforts with small spinners. Had a nice afternoon on Rock drinking coffee and heckling each other's improving speycasting.

What a day to finish the trout season. Water v low and clear at .37m so elected to fish for trout as did John Lewis. I fished dry for first hour from 12 midday as fish were rising with John on subsurface nymph. John had one and a few tugs on the nymph with no fish for me on a succession of dry flies.
I switched to a green/yellow deer hair sedge on the point and a green/black size 14 waterhen bloa on the dropper down the wood stream which yielded 14 fish, mainly large salmon par and one brown of 8oz. John has another 2 par on a single black and silver nymph. Temp dropped sharply at 4pm and no further success but good day's sport.
Looks like some rain Sun/Mon but unlikely to be enough for Salmon.

17 Trout

10 small trout and salmon parr. Missed a couple of good trout. Saw two highly coloured salmon, no sign of any fresh fish in exceptionally low water.

Great to be by the river for a day and a bit either side. Weather? Perfect! River? Low and clear! Two sightings of salmon; one by The Rock and one below The Cables. Trout rising all day. Catching them however, was very difficult. For someone looking from The Bridge, it must have appeared that I was herding trout upstream with a Kites Imperial, fished Rawhide style. After some tuition my co-fisher caught his first trout with a fly. He also caught and released a good trout whilst spinning for salmon, way below the bridge. We saw Kingfishers, Dippers, 3 Cormorants on the water and 13 flying overhead in a V formation(???).
Met with friends whom I only speak to on the phone normally. Banter, teas, coffees, beer by the river and all day breakfasts, more please!

4 Trout

A beautiful evening on the river (thunderstorms held off 'til the drive home.) Greeting from the usual kingfisher. Very sporadic hatch. Only 1 or 2 risers. No sign of salmon today, top or bottom. Rain dance steps a little rusty.

2 Trout

Again water low at .42m. My turn to blank today as fish were hard to come by. My guest Dai Marlow landed one nice chub and one trout of half pound late on. One stale salmon showed at the Chine at 7pm.
No luck at all again on the dries at dusk but very few steady rises to target within casting distance. Also tried subsurface flies late on but no takes either. Need fresh water.

1 Trout, 1 Other

2 x trout 10-14 inches. A tough evening, warm and close, with a few trout smutting in very low water. A small Grey Duster accounted for a couple...and one got away. Stale salmon breaching in the Chine (as usual) and also Upper Rocks.

2 Trout

River low and clear. Bright sunny day. Lovely to be out. Saw a kingfisher and Red Kite in first hour. Fished for salmon with single hander. No sign of salmo salar. A moderate hatch of mixed Ephemera throughout the day with very sporadic rise. S.B. had six salmon parr in about an hour (encouraging for future stocks) and no sign of cormorants or goosanders for months. Caught 4 small brownies and 3 dace between us and enjoyed a very nice vibe.

4 Trout, 3 Other