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3 Trout

My first attempt of Salmon fishing on the fly. My thanks to Stephen Marsh-Smith for his help to set me up and give me a few casting tips. God knows what he thought as he left me to it! However, after a while, I found my confidence and managed to fish pretty well from both sides of the river. A totally new experience for me and I can say that I have never learnt so much in one days fishing. All I need to do now is catch a Salmon. Watch this space!

First time on this water and with 3 hours to spare, I fished the top of the beat spinning. No fish to report.

Beautiful spring day, if a bit bright for fishing. Still, when you're somewhere as lovely as this beat you don't get too frustrated. There were a few grannom coming off throughout the day with a much more sustained hatch in the late morning. The trout were feeding on the surface at this time and a couple were taken on a parachute Adams. All the other fish came to small weighted nymphs. Great to be back on the river.

9 Trout, 3 Grayling

No salmon caught but lots of trout activity and to top it all, an Osprey seen overhead.

A lovely day on Gromain, which started off quite slowly with a few fish taken on deep fished nymphs. Once the sun warmed things up, the fishing just got better and better. At 1 O'clock there was a good hatch of light grey uprights which lasted for a good hour. A few LDO's also. During this period the fish were rising freely and took 10 fish in the same pool. Mainly 8-10 inch Grayling but a few trout up to a pound and a half. All taken on a Parachute Adams or similar flies.
It's nice to see the river start to wake up after the long winter and take fish on the dry, as I feel I have been dragging the bottom of as long as I can remember!

12 Trout, 10 Grayling

Few hours fishing, river running gin clear. No fish seen or caught. Spring is around the corner.

Wind,rain,sun. Hard going fish caught on fly and trotting but still a beautiful days fishing. Happy Christmas all.

3 Trout, 4 Grayling

River was a little higher than I would have hoped, but certainly fishable. Struggled for long periods until I found the occasional shoal of fish, all in the 6-10 inch range. Felt the need to fish this stunning beat one more time this year, and will return next year after some warmer fishing in the Thai Jungle over Christmas.

3 Trout, 8 Grayling

River at nice level but no fish seen or caught. By 3pm the river started to rise and colour up but still a great day out. My mate was fishing for grayling but could not find them in the high water,but did manage some trout.
Thanks wusk.

4 Trout