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Nothing caught. River in spate.

Arrived about 1.00 p.m river running like chocolate and still rising - didn't even get the rods out before going home.

Early morning 6-9am, no fish activity. No catch.

Lovely afternoon, but nothing caught. In fact, saw very little fly life on the river and few fish moving. Tried mainly may flies and grey wulff. Very efficient service from the Foundation, as ever, but more detailed description of the best fishing pools would be helpful to a poor angler like myself.

No fish caught. Overcast day with light rain. No fish seen rising, water was crystal clear. A mink was seen in the river with young if this is of interest. Nice stretch of river will try again another day.

Could have been a sea trout, or a very good wild brown trout, or even a stocked brown from elsewhere on the river. Either way, it was a monster. Actually, two monsters, one about 2lb and the other even bigger at 2.5lb. Nothing all morning and then half a dozen, including the two lunkers, in one pool, one after the other within a 30min span. Could have been the weighted nymph (which I subsequently lost up a tree), or the sun which peaked through, the time of day, or just pure luck. As luck would have it, nothing for rest of day but what thrill to catch and release the two monsters. Fantastic.

4 x WBT to the net, all released. Quite a few missed. Sporadic rises during mid-late afternoon when some welcome cloud cover arrived. Midge patterns and GRHE accounted for the return.

What a beautiful stretch of river! Very hot and bright day with a slow but consistent hatch of brook duns and ther odd LDO during the day. Nothing rising but some good fish seen including a whopper - I should think 3-4 pounds but couldn't get a cast at him. Only took two fish of about 9 inches. One on a Waterhen Bloa and the other with a spinner at dusk. There was a good fall of spinner and a sedge hatch late evening which bought some fish up for an hour or so. Good fun and I am sure a decent angler could have had much more success than me. Kingfishers, dippers, kites, herons and...Goosanders!

Despite only cathcing only 2 WBT, one was estimated to be 4lbs, taken on a small olive klinkhammer, the other on a GRHE. Modest numbers of fish were taking flies off the surface throughout the day but we were disappointed by the evening rise, despite excellent conditions.

Couple of trout caught on a hot sunny day. Few trout seen rising, despite prolific hatches. Beautiful location.