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A bright afternoon & low water made for difficult fishing. A fair amount of fly hatching, including a few mayflies, but no sign of a fish, not even fry. Prospecting with dry fly & nymph brought no response. Copious amounts of filamentous algae lying in the margins & balsam on the banks. On the plus side I was greeted with a fly-past by a kingfisher.

Plenty of insect life including early mayfly however only one fish seen rising for the entire stretch. Had one take on a parachute Adams but no others. Highlight of the day was spotting a roe deer crossing the river from the upper wooded section! Some ranunculus crowfoot spotted in the river which is encouraging.

Lovely evening for fishing Not a very good one for biting trout Did see a couple rising on stretches that were very overgrown and missed one on size16 ptn of small variety One kingfisher spotted and saw first swallows Will try again later on in season

Apologies for the belated report - first day of the season for me but no fish caught. The water was fairly clear but still a little high and fast. No insects seen hatching and no sign of fish.

First time here, water low as expected, just on dries few fish seem rising manage to cover a decent fish alas poor knot tying....

Parachute Adams type flies, worked well but only in places where fish were seen to be rising. River clear and quite low. Beautiful sunny day, plenty of flies hatching but very limited areas where fish were active.

5 Trout

Caught nor saw any sign of fish River quite coloured from overnight rain tried a variety of nymphs Some lovely looking stretches of river though

Beautiful stretch of river. Crystal clear water with a good flow to it. Lots of flood and storm damage, which is probably great for the fish. Cold when the sun went in and a northerly wind kick up occasionally as the day went on. Only managed to fish for three hours, so I didn't get to explore the whole beat.

No fish seen, no splashes, no nothing! And more importantly no knocks, no takes, not a single sign that the fish were interested in what I was carefully placing in front of them! It's the first time that I have blanked in a long time, but it didn't really matter, it was nice to be out and in the water in this beautiful part of the country.

Only fished for a couple of hours late afternoon. This beat is easier to wade then Hergerst beat with some nice looking pools, but although there were some mayfly about did not see any rising fish, and did not get any takes.

Normally at this time of year this beat should be boiling with trout, but this time nothing, not a rise. So after about 1 1/2 hours I moved on the the Edw were there was more activity.