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Another fresh 13 lber for James Tustin from the Dog Hole.

1 Salmon

No fish caught

River clear and low. A few fish showing. Lots of hatching flies with most trout falling to sub-surface spiders & a couple on dry fly (average size 1lb). Seemingly very few grayling compared to previous years/ trips.

7 Trout, 2 Grayling

One rainbow trout taken. About 1.75lbs.

1 Trout

Just the one grayling earlier in the day. Seemed to see a rising fish wherever I went so was using dry flies mostly. Several bumps/bites after the initial grayling but no more catches - threw a nymph on for a time but got nothing on that.

Lovely day though with good weather and seeing plenty of fish. Just frustrating I couldn’t net a few more

1 Grayling

11 x trout 6-12 inches, dry sedge patterns and spiders. 1 x out of season grayling 14 inches.

11 Trout

A tough day on a very overgrown beat. I failed to estimate that the undergrowth but be at its highest and hence access to the water proved tricky.
Where I could get in I would have one cast then catch a tree or the bank. I lost a decent OOS grayling that took a dry and had a couple of refusals. Fly life was great but not many rising fish in evidence. I suspect if Id stayed until the sun was off the water this may have been different.
A first for me was to see a mole swimming across the river, moles can swim, who knew??

Cool for time of year. Intermittent rising during afternoon but only in short bursts. Hoped for an improvement in the evening but not to be. Did manage 1 on a small olive and another on a ptn. Lost a couple also. Plenty of fish evident and lots of fry in the shallows.

2 Trout

Late afternoon session, a sporadic hatch, occasional rises in shallow smooth glides, spooked a couple of small fish when moving upstream. 1 lovely WBT and a couple of fish that didn't stick, couple of lightning takes my reflexes weren't quick enough for. Nice stretch, didn't make the top of the beat as I ran out of time. Kingfisher, Wagtails aplenty and Sand Martins nesting in a section of bank, evidence of otter thinning out the crayfish population. Great stuff, I was nymphing, a better angler fishing dries would have had more fish I'm sure.

1 Trout

Quiet through the day but nice rise during the last hour of daylight.

11 Trout