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Sadly we had a very quiet day. The weather was cold & dry and the river was very low.

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difficult downstream wind for dry fly.

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Downstream wind made upstream fly difficult. Kinked and dinked hares ear got the one fish in the rapids.

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River very low and gin clear, somewhat reminiscent of a Hampshire chalk stream. Good hatch of March Browns from 11am for about an hour. Fish not really consistently rising to them and very hard to cover in glassy clear water. Tough day on the river.

Very quiet, low, clear water with a cool northern wind. Fish rising occasionally, very sporadic unfortunately.

We failed to capitalise fully on a nice hatch of March Browns between 12 and 1pm, though in fairness there wasn’t a sustained rise. I did manage a stunning 19” fish which was voraciously feeding on emergers on a deerhair and quill pattern and lost two other nice fish. My friend also chipped in with a 15” fish on nymph. A glorious day to be by the river.

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1 very nice 2.5 lb trout while salmon fishing in the Butts. Took a 1.5 in black and silver tube and was returned.

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Despite the river not being as high as yesterday, it was still pretty high but beginning to fine down. To my inexpert eye, it was right at the limit of fishable. More in hope than expectation I fished down the Rheld Flats as far as I could wade and also the Butts. I picked up a nice trout (1.5lb) on the Red Francis conehead but not sign of a salmon. I think the river will be at a good height tomorrow (Sunday) morning but a whole load more rain is due in the afternoon. Such is backend fishing! I also had a good chat with fellow angler David who was after trout with the streamer and had more persistence than me.

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Lovely beat, small spate fining off in reasonable condition, some great pools but such a shame no Salmon seen. Many thanks all.

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