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An afternoon/evening session hoping for a mayfly hatch. There weren’t many around, although the trout did lock on for half an hour in the evening, beautiful fat and colourful Lugg fish as usual, best 14”. A few pea in a pod 8 inch grayling getting ready for the season to open too. Last knockings a couple of fish were rising under the footbridge – James twitched a mayfly over them which got hammered and a good fish charged down the pool, despite his best efforts it got under the bushes and that was that. Never mind, 10 seemed like a good evening.

no fish caught but 1 sea trout took after dark

1 Trout

2 x small trout on orange spider. Funny day, weather was ideal but fish not playing. Hardly any rising fish. Nice beat, I enjoyed it.

2 Trout

2 Trout

4 trout all to the dry fly,no rises.

4 Trout

3 caught

3 Trout

2 trout ... both prospective with a dry ... very slippery river bed

2 Trout

Nice water level, not quite clear. My first time on this beat. Really nice and I will be back despite a scramble or two. Some upwings about but only saw one trout rising. Changed to a dry, but could not get a rise mainly due to incompetence. Better luck on the NZ dropper. 5 trout on a Polish Nymph two of which were a decent size. Several others got off before they reached the net. A very satisfying day in beautiful surroundings.

5 Trout

An evening session from 19.30 to 21.00 looking for mayfly risers. 4 nice trout landed and and several missed or lost. Still quite a few mayfly around plus medium olives.

4 Trout