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3 weight outfit, 6x leader, olive lug tungsten nymph (barbless flies). River good condition not too low

3 Grayling

1 Barbel, 9 Chub

6 grayling including 2 over 2lb. Red maggot on float. Great day. Thanks!

2 Trout, 6 Grayling

A good day to be out, best grayling was 2lb and lost another of similar size at the net. Good parking and easy walk to river. All I would say is much of the river is un-fishable due to overgrown banks and fallen trees. A few swims that are OK for trotting at the bottom end but the entire top half was impossible to fish.

1 Trout, 5 Grayling, 2 Other

One grayling to a straggle nymph and a couple of other touches in the run below the island. Moved to the mill stream after lunch and one touch to a goldhead pink grub.

1 Grayling

River quite low for time of year which may have limited the number of swims suitable for trotting a float. One particular hot spot produced 5 fine grayling to 2lb 4oz but could not find another along the stretch. Physically demanding day for those of senior years.

5 Grayling

River running clear , down to 1’2” on the gauge. Very cold and fished a light salmon/switch rod mainly from the bank to keep wading to a minimum. 3 1/2 hours long line nymphing produced a few fish , but takes were sporadic and all the fish were small.

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

The day was grey, cold and windless. Temperature was a constant 2-3 degrees. River at 1'4". All fish caught trotting. 10 fish in the 12-14 inch bracket, 2 at 15/16. The rest were 4-10. OOS trout - 3 between 9-10 inches, 1 over a pound. Super day in a super setting - good for the soul!

4 Trout, 24 Grayling

Couldn't resist coming back for another day here and I was not disappointed. Much the same pattern as last time, a slow start with only a couple of fish showing on the lower section in the morning but in the afternoon things looked up with a shoal of feeding grayling being located. They took the beaded ptn for a while then went off the feed. Further up in a nice long run the final fish of the day was the best, measuring in at about 17" and a good solid one at that. A fabulous way to end the day.

2 Trout, 8 Grayling

A local stretch of water for me but hadn't fished it . Water conditions not the best for grayling fishing on this day unfortunately no fish caught ,but still a beautiful stretch of water will be back to investigate more.