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Really nice day with a few fish and some others lost. Even managed a slimy eel on double pellet.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

Encouraging that there are so many 4/5/6" trout and grayling in all the streams, greedy though so I ended up fishing with much larger flies than I wanted to deter them. Caught two trout at 10", the rest were the little ones including some great looking grayling.

5 Trout, 4 Grayling

Perfect, warm overcast day on this lovely beat with a bit of colour & height & fish showing. Sadly no takers but hey! Have to say was shocked by volume of canoeist activity particularly one group who decided to jump out of their flotilla for a group swim in the middle of the beat! Bless Them.

On a pleasant day it was disappointing to find the river low but slightly coloured, and devoid of fly life. Access was a huge problem, with thick vegetation on both banks, over grown trees and cattle gates across the river. My 7 foot rod was probably too long. I managed to rise two fish, miss one and prick the other. I saw two rises in 5 hours, not good even for August. I don't mind not catching anything, but feel frustrated at only fishing for an hour or so due to access problems. Not recommended.

Very short morning session on a river in perfect condition. Canoe traffic heavy but snagged a barbel of exactly 10lb from between them.

1 Barbel

Barbel seem to have spread out following the weekend rise, river almost back to summer levels.

4 Barbel, 12 Chub

River in great condition, fished evening, on nymph.

8 Trout

Only had a couple of hours. Great location. 1 small one on a cruncher and one beauty just under 1 lb on black ant sub surface which alone made the journey worth while

2 Trout

8 trout 7-10inches.
PTN, GRHE & Black Gnat
River low & clear
All returned

Bottom of beat,(near house),deep, not very accessable pools, you need to be able to cast better than me to fish here.
Half way along beat it opens out a bit to a succession of nice riffles & pools
Beware: 1st point of access here has a VERY LARGE WASPS NEST just where you want to put your foot to get out

In the evening had an otter porpoising across the pool down stream of the road brige at the top of the beat, 50M range & I know what a mink looks like in the water
A beatiful end to a day on the river

8 Trout

We both caught our 4 fish limit. All on various wet flies.

8 Trout