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Started at the top of the Rectory beat albeit some what low water just finding the odd deep holes - worked all the way where I could right through to the bottom of the beat .
Apart from the odd one or two trout having a go at a Dee Monkey nothing else .
Need a flush of water now , situation looks pretty poor right through the river system for the run of Salmon with only a handful taken , hopefully it will pick up .. Seen plenty of Goozanders and Cormorants , it’s only going to get worse if nothing is done , about time the EA etc done something about it , RSPB haven’t got a clue the devastating impact these birds are doing to our waters , let alone the chicken shat causing phosphate levels to rise .
Nothing done soon , we may as well hang the rods up .

A couple of fish rising at about 1500 but no hatch to speak of. Very cold - snow on the hills.

much calmer and warmer day today with bright sunshine I baited a couple of spots yesterday evening and caught pretty much on arrival and then steadily throughout the day
all fish caught were common carp and they were all in mint condition had 7 in total
2x9lb,3x10lb 2x11lb
very enjoyable day watching the wildlife that visits the lake
will be back !

7 Other

Had an amazing day out with my son cold in the morning warmed up about 10. caught Nice size rainbow trout .

6 Trout

Good hatch of LDO and March Browns , below the bridge pool .

22 Trout

Not a good day. Wading is really

1 Trout

Hard frost to begin the day. River very low and clear. Weather dry and mostly bright. No action all day until a hatch at around midday. This lasted for a couple of hours with spells of numerous fish rising mostly around Lady Alexanders catch. Had two bump off on dry fly and missed a couple of other rises. Access very good to entire length of stretch. An attractive section of river with much variation. Group of people briefly appearing on the opposite bank mid-morning to lob stones in the river was unwelcome.

First time here. Bright and cool with river flow fast and clear. Used Klink and Dink Duo to catch eight grayling mostly in the early morning . No surface activity at all. Lovely quiet beat although quite a lot of climbing over fence Stiles and barbed wire fencing along most of river bank .

8 Grayling

The eagerly awaited lunchtime hatch of March browns was postponed until 2.15pm but this sparse hatch did stimulate a rise. Hooked 3 fish on a dry March brown and managed to get 1 to the net. Other fish caught on a copper John.

2 Trout

Dry Fly/ wet fly

3 Trout