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First time fishing this beat, dry with sunny periods. First half has quite a few nice pools where fish were visibly rising but not taking, eventually caught 3 small wbt in 2 minutes changing to a griffiths gnat which they hit like a train. The latter half has a very long section of fast riffle with little variety, I should have changed to nymphing but thought there would be another pool of rising fish just around the next corner - but no.
Saw a mink on the right (south) bank early on, got a shock towards the end in a deeper riffle when what looked like an octopus broke surface & rolled past me in the fast water turning over end on end - realised after it seemed to be a 2-3lb fish wrestling with a large lamprey - went past in a flash.

3 Trout

Decent mayfly hatch in the afternoon. All fish on para Adams #16.

3 Trout

Trout 15+ : Angler 1
A beautiful day on this wild stream beat, lots of splashy takes but trout won the day hands down! River in fine condition with small may fly hatch between noon and 2 pm.

1 Trout

Fished with a dry midge. Hooked but failed to land a 5 inch brownie. Spotted a mink on the southern bank.

We fished through the beat once in the morning and then again after lunch. The morning session was 'quiet' with just a few fish rising and nothing taking nymphs although the only 2 fish to net came in this session - both about 6". In the afternoon there was a mayfly hatch and there were more fish rising but very difficult to hook. SC had a big fish on (2-3lb) but failed to net it. A nice bright day with an upstream breeze which helped casting. Although the beat description says it was coppiced a few years ago (I think it is more like 7) the beat does need some tidying up to open up some pools and runs.

2 Trout

Two fish caught on CDC F fly, largest fish approx 15 inches.
I spotted a MINK stalking along the river bank.

2 Trout

Cloudy, warm day with little wind. 4 small trout (4"/5") on small dries. One better fish (10") on size 18 red shuttlecock.

5 Trout

Nice day if a little breezy at times, fished from 4pm to 7.30pm, water was slightly coloured.
Caught five fish, largest of approximately 10 inches, lost at least five others, all fish were taking on dry fly, blue winged olive and green wells glory.

5 Trout

All fish caught on para Adams size 16, largest fish of about 8 inches.

3 Trout

Plenty of rises in the middle sections of the beat.