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River had a nice bit of colour, hard sun on the water for most of the day but clouded over late afternoon, so no excuse for failure to land anything. Masses of fly life but no sign of any sizeable fish rising. Hooked two trout, lost both. Ho hum!

All fish between 8" and 16" taken with heavy nymphs. No fish rising river in perfect condition.

9 Trout

I had a fantastic day, caught lots of lovely brownies on a GRHE nymph between 4"-11" all released safely. It is extremely slippery to wade, I slipped and fell in and it wasn't pleasant to fish the whole day with my left side of the body wet. I would have avoided the wet situation if only I had the zip closed on my wading jacket. I would advise to wade with studded boot and wading staff. The weather wasn't great but the number of fish caught compensated it. I couldn't cover all the beat; 2 days fishing would be ideal if anyone wants to explore and fish this beat. I would definitely come back and fish this beat again.

14 Trout

8 brownies caught to about 10/12". 6 on a nymph under a dry but two came to the dry. Weather wasn't great and we had pretty constant rain throughout the afternoon.
One word of warning, I've fished this beat a few times in the past and forgot just how tricky the wading can be in places. I forgot my wading stick this time and paid for it with a proper dunking about 15 mins in to the day....far from ideal. The bit that caught me out was a fairly short distance from the first car parking area and was close in to the bank. I was happily wading up to my knees one moment, then came across a black hole and went for a swim. Be aware.

8 Trout

Nothing of any size but all in excellent condition with very fat bellies and all taken on nymphs. The most interesting catch of the day was a trout on the point fly and a Sage rod with a Hardy reel on the dropper fly, it turned out a visiting French angler had lost it last month and the beat owner is going to return it to him. Hooked and lost a better fish after a close quarter tug of war in the pocket water and tried in vain to tempt a very good fish that kept turning at the last moment to the dry fly. Always bring a wading staff to this beat.

11 Trout

Great day using the French leader and klink and dink method. No monster fish but average size being around the 12" mark. Most fish taken in the picket water or in the fast rifts.

19 Trout

No fish caught but had a lovely day anyway

All on a nymph, very few fish rising.

9 Trout

A very pleasant couple of hours spent on this beautiful beat. Very hot and sunny. A few takes from the broken water, but no fish landed this time unfortunately.

Incredibly beautiful beat, but too hot for the fish today...a couple of biggish trout took nymphs in the fast water but shook off. Apart from that, very quiet. There was a rise starting just as I had to leave at 8.30pm. Caught a glimpse of an otter.