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6 Trout

Fished an old favourite eleven till four ...She is super low, we're in need of a good bit of rainfall !!! Above the bridge is super slow stealthy wading !!! Average water depth a foot !! Find tippets and tiny dries !!!
Some fish nailing terrestrial from off the sycamore leaves ....Greenfly abound the underside of sycamore leaves in summer !!! A good pattern to bung on when it's breezy under sycamore branches that are over hanging.....
Dry fly sport was sublime if not incredibly slow with stealthy wading !! Walking like Neil Armstrong on the moon .... every step had to be placed down carefully!!! Spooky alert fish in the low low water of the Edw .... Hot too, think it got uo to around 23 today ... lots of insects on the go ... hawthorn , baetis, large dark olives and some of thf smaller sedges .......
Slippery fish today .... eleven made it to the net, but also a good seven or eight didn't...tis how it goes sometimes hey !!!
Found two dead stone loach .... maybe the low water and high temperatures??? All fully intact, no bite marks, nothing ??? What is noticeable is the build up of algae here .... Three good days flushing it away is muchly needed ....
On stone turning, plenty of caddis, baetis nymph, stone crawlers and saw one tubby bullhead .... Always nice to see ....
A fun five hours, a good few to my net on dries, but boy oh boy she's low !!! If I'd recommend a wild stream to a visiting angler at the mo, it would be the Arrow at Court of Noke or the Hindwell at Knill ...Both hold their water very well !!
Anyway, hot weather means a trip to the fridge and a cool bottle of cider ....Cheers folks!!!!

11 Trout

Nymphs in fast water accounted for the trout. Fished 2/3 of the beat down from the waterfall at the upper limit. Insects in great numbers all day with clouds of what looked like midges over the fastest water, but only glimpsed one rise. Briefly switched rods and put a duster then a F Fly over the spot. No joy.

5 Trout

Excellent day out,no fish caught from spinning or fly

Great day fishing. Worming method. Plenty of fish rising as well. Nice size, plump and in good condition. The other was perch (7).

4 Trout, 7 Other

River is low and it was bright sunshine. I was using wet flies, I did not see a fish move

1 Trout

A hot and sunny day. Occasional rises in slower stretches of water but fish showed little interest in a range of dries. However both of us hooked and lost decent fish on nymphs in faster water. An enjoyable if unproductive day on a delightful beat

3 mini trout, then 1 at 10" and an 11" grayling . Also had 3 three long distance releases between us. Had to work hard , warm and very bright with few rises. Most taken on the point in a dry dropper rig. 1x rod tip snapped, 1x pair nippers lost, free car wash courtesy of the fresian herd. Saw herons, egrets , kingfisher & dippers.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 Trout