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River now falling and gin clear at around 2ft but cold and upstream wind. No sign of any trout or salmon or other anglers.

All trout caught on worm with pop-up.

4 Trout

After such a wet, dark, even desolate winter it was a delight to be out fishing such a wonderful water on what was a perfect early spring day. Perhaps too perfect for fishing without a cloud in the sky, but frankly I didn't care.
This is a beat of great character, super pools and runs, interesting fishy spots throughout. There was a reasonably steady hatch of March Olives from around 11.15am until 3.00pm but the fish didn't turn on to them. A great deal of promise though for when things warm up.
Excellent beat notes and directions were provided. Those warnings re taking along your chest waders should be heeded. I found my wading staff a comfort too.
Many thanks to the Foundation and owners for making this available.

River still draining the wettest winter, not too much colour. Saw 1 salmon. Caught a chub and a pike on a Flying C.

1 Chub, 1 Pike

Nice stretch of river. Caught 3 barbel, various methods used. Will be back.

All fish caught on worm, 2 with a bubble float and 2 fishing on the bottom.

4 Trout

The river was coloured with lots of water pushing through, which made wading a little tricky - as DJ found when he took a ducking within the first 5 minutes. We pressed on as the river cleared through the day, but our efforts proved fruitless - we saw no fish and caught nothing. Access is pretty good but wading is necessary to get to all the water - chest waders and a wading stick are essential. A terrific beat and a great way to spend a day, - we'll be back in a few weeks.

River fined down from recent floods with colour dropping out. Fished opposite weir garden but very quiet with no fish spotted all day. Tactics used were open end feeders filled with pellet & pellet hook bait. My fishing companion caught a barbel (5lb 6oz) which was to be his only fish of the day whilst I continually found snags & lost 3 feeders & a ledger. Decided to switch swims & 1st cast caught a 2lb chub but then started to snag again. The swims looked good with slow oxygenated water running round the outside of a bend but perhaps the fish have moved downstream into deeper, slower water? Very snaggy!

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Another blank recorded. Other fishermen catching just one or two.

5 x small trout 10-11 inches, beadhead nymph on the point of a team of spiders. A glorious and sunny day and the river at a much more reasonable level than two days earlier. Still, nothing much seen rising at the surface yet, despite occasional large dark olives and it seemed to be necessary to go deep. Others did better; regular angler Peter North had an 18 inch trout from the beat this morning on a nymph fished New Zealand-style.

5 Trout