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Mayfly nymph took two small fish. Both returned.

2 Trout

2 Trout

Strong, cold downstream wind seemed to suppress the hatches. A few rising fish beneath sycamores saved the day. There are now cows, calves and a bull in the field, but they were placid enough.

4 Trout

River in good condition. Trout feeding on a range of fly in the surface layer intermittently throughout day and at dusk. Some good fish. 3 fish retained to eat.

11 Trout

Sunny intervals and a light breeze. On the river around 11am. Very little fly life throughout the day. The occasional flurry of yellow may duns and sporadic smaller olive upwings. Hardly saw a caddis. I spent most of the day searching the water looking for rising fish or prospecting likely spots. Rising fish were hard to find and spot. That said, when there was a bit of activity the fish took cdc emerger patterns readily. I caught 2 fish on yellow may dun emergers and 6 fish on smaller olive emergers. All fish over a 1lb and two fish over 2.5lbs.

8 Trout

Sunny intervals and a light breeze. On the river around 11am. Very little fly life throughout the day. The occasional flurry of yellow may duns and sporadic smaller olive upwings. Hardly saw a caddis. Excessive eutrophication blatant. No weed growth and all the rocks coated in horrible brown algae - the result of excessive agricultural run off and sewage pollution.

I spent most of the day searching the water looking for rising fish or prospecting likely spots. Rising fish were very hard to find and spot. That said, when there was a bit of activity the fish took cdc emerger patterns readily. I caught 2 fish on a yellow may dun pattern and 6 fish on smaller olive emergers. All fish over a 1lb and two fish over 2.5lbs.

8 Trout

3 Trout

A real treat to watch an otter giving her young cub a swimming lesson. He preferred skipping along the bank! Also the largest number of sand martins I have ever seen. They were well fed from a trickle of various olives, mayflies and yellow mays all afternoon. And the fishing was good. All caught on dries.

6 Trout

Two 19 inch fish of 3 and 2.75 lbs, the rest around 13-14 inches, on PTN (duo) in afternoon, and then size 14 Adams (dun) in the evening, right up to dark. Most of the fish were in surprisingly skinny water in tail glides and in little rocky pockets off the main current. Thought I'd hooked a small one, from a tiny rise near the end of the rod, in near-darkness, and it turned out to be a 3-pounder!

7 Trout