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Alfred Pope caught a 13lb fresh run salmon in the Cafn on fly

1 Salmon

Pelham Aldrich-Blake caught a deep bodied fresh run 18lb salmon in the General on fly.

1 Salmon

Arrived about 11:30 to find a strong hatch of large up wings (probably a mixture of LDO and March Brown). Large numbers of fish rising. This ended an hour later. Having tried many patterns found the best to be deer hair emerger and cdc emerger. Day was one of missed opportunities. Had many takes, over 10 fish hooked but all came off before I could net them. Despite a nil return it was a great days fishing.

Very cold and windy made fishing almost impossible. Had a bit of a walk the water looked in great condition but still very cold. Didn't fish but would love to try it on a better day.

One rod tried for salmon for a while to no avail, ended up catching lots of grayling and a few trout on various dry flies, and a few on the duo taking hare's ears. Best graylig was 1lb 12oz and the best trout about a pound. Lovely looking bits of water with a fair few fish rising on the flats just above the bridge.

6 Trout, 25 Grayling

Between the 2 rods we caught 5 wbt - the best to around 1.5 lbs (all returned safely). All were caught using small nymph patterns fished across-and-down. Lost 3 larger fish, again all hooked on small, dark nymphs/spiders.
No hatch to speak of, and despite staying late in the day we only saw 2 rising fish.
River looked perfect, and with a little more warmth will get us back for another crack.

5 Trout

Nice location, nothing seen, nothing caught.

Better weather conditions for fishing than 23/4. Cloudy, downstream breeze, air temp. 15-18C, water temp. 11C. Arrived at noon. An excellent but brief hatch of (late?) March Brown started at 12.10 pm and continued for 20 mins. Many fish rising. Had 2 on dry March Brown(Heddon). Moved upstream in search of a recurrence and was fortunate to come across a hatch of LDOs at 1 pm with plenty of fish rising. This continued sporadically for about one and a half hours. Caught 4 on dry olive. Trout averaged 1lb 2oz with two at 1lb 8oz. A nice day's fishing!

6 Trout

1 heavy salmon lost in Biblins Run when cast snapped. 1 x small brown trout caught.

1 Trout

Caught 4 brown trout using mayfly imitation kept 2.All caught between Lower Caban and Island Stream in fairly fast water. Day was overcast and fishing was very enjoyable.

4 Trout