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Nothing to report on catching fish. Only 2 rises spotted in the whole day. Only saw 3 other anglers on the water who had not caught any trout but had 1 perch!

Super beat.

4 Trout

This turned out to be a very expensive day of casting practice. The river was high, though not in flood and very coloured. You couldn't see the bottom in water deeper than 18". Despite a continual trickle of mayfly coming off, we saw only 3 fish rises the whole day. Not a single rise to any of our mayfly patterns or other dry flies. Nymphs and spiders were equally ignored whether fished up or downstream. We had possible 3 bites on nymph between us in the day. It was hard to know what was up with the trout but they were not in the mood to feed. Shame because the stretch of river is lovely.

River clear and quite low. Slightly overcast with some light drizzle. 3 rods fishing 3 methods - dry fly, Duo and nymphs on a French leader. Single dry fly accounting for 7 trout around the 25 to 30cm mark.
2 to Duo, 1 to upstream nymph. Countless Salmon parr. All fish returned. Good to see a few Mayfly come off but fish were not particularly interested.
A difficult day and a bit of a puzzle. Conditions appeared to be ideal for a 20 fish a piece day but not to be. We'd not fished this beat in Summer before... Maybe this is more of a winter grayling venue? It's a fabulous stretch of river nonetheless.

10 Trout, 20 Other

5 Trout, 2 Grayling

5 Shad and 1 Trout - 4 Salmon showing in beat 4 and 6.

1 Trout, 5 Other

My companion rose but did not hook a nice fish, but otherwise the day was undisturbed by trout.

Very difficult, no trout to stalk at all. All fish returned.

2 Trout

6 small trout to 1/2 a pound, all on nymph.

6 Trout

Water level quite high. Kept having to get out of the river to progress, barbed wire played havoc with my waders. Lots of mayfly around midday. As a first experience of the Wild Stream permit it was a wonderful day out. Will return with a shorter rod.

1 Trout