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Other fish - perch
All fish caught by worm or spinner

5 Trout, 9 Other

Not a great number of fish moving but a good day's fishing. 7 fish caught between the 2 of us. Water low so plenty of bank to fish.

7 Trout

Very still bright day, fishing was very slow, tried various spots just the one take which resulted in a 13lb 10oz common.

1 Other

I don't think I have fished the river at this time of year. Wild chives were growing everywhere and the rhododendron at the hut was in full bloom. Anyway. Weighted hares ears proved to be the fly of the day, catching 5 of the 6 fish, the other falling to another type of nymph. With the amount of sunshine we had there wasn't much of a rise going on considering the fly life. I did speculate with dries, but the fish showed no interest. Incredible amount of bird life around, also a gang of canoeists, and a family of bathers came and went. Its a big beat and didn't bother us. We will return mid summer for another crack.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Other

River very low with not many rises. Tried various dries with no success, then nymphs, just the one fish caught on small GRHE.

1 Trout

Lovely day but fairly bright & wind. A couple of short periods of fish rising, caught a good 12-14in on a sparkly Klink on edge of riffle. Several takes on dries which did not connect . As the wind got up the rises stopped. The other a 8-10in on a black copper john .

20 Trout

On fly sun keeping the trout down but come alive when cloud cover come in the afternoon.

4 Trout

Started at the bottom of the beat and covered about 80% of the stretch during an afternoon and evening session. Mostly pretty shallow with a few deeper areas. No fish caught and didn't see a fish or a rise during the entire time I was there. Other anglers have caught so they must present. I suspect a more experienced angler would have fared better. But it's a vary scenic stretch and I would happily come back. There's a couple of places in the field above the caravan site where you can get out of the water and walk back along the bank to the caravan site ( I think this path extends all the way form the top of the beat to the caravan site). After walking around the edge of the caravan site you walk straight across the middle of the next field and then diagonally across the next one to join the Offa's dyke path at the bridge over the river. You can then follow the Offa's Dyke path back to the car.

3 Trout