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Bright hot day. Plenty of smaller bugs about. Some fish rising sporadically through the day. Water lovely and clear . Only 2 takes on emergers and no hook ups I'm afraid. Richard the beat owner was kind enough to come and say hello and recommend flies. Will return.

Fished Chanstone Court for a couple of hrs each on the evenings of 16 and 17 May.

6 small BT, with one slightly better (about 8 or 9 inches). Mix of takes on the dry, a small klink, and nymphs. River was holding a suprising ammount of colour still, despite the dry week.

Fishing the Dore requires the skills of a stealth of Ninja, flexibility of a Gymnast and patience of a Monk. It's certainly one of the 'wilder' Wild Stream beats. Your waders will suffer, but the (small) fish shaped reward is all the more valuable having worked for it.

Early May seems to be the sweet spot, with abundant fly life and hungry fish but the line-snagging foliage only just getting going.

Prolific hatches of what I think were Large Dark Olives and Green Drake Mayflies. Perhaps Oliver Burch will offer an opinion in his monthly roundup?

6 Trout

3 Trout

3 Trout

Lots of fly life on the river, sedges, small and large olives, yellow may duns. No rising fish at all. I tried dries, emergers, duo but only caught when I put on a tungsten bead nymph

1 Trout

One on a pt nymph under a dry, the other on an emeger. Both over 2lb. >18”

2 Trout

Fished from 1900 till dusk in fine conditionsand water .63m.
No fish contacted fishing wet haresear nymph.
Rise began 8.30 so switched to dry wulffand hooked 3 sizeable trout fishing upstream at upper rock.
All fish put up a great fight but all detached, disappointingly. Fished till 21.30 when rise ended

2 caught one returned

2 Trout

9” on the gauge and almost clear skies was never going to be conducive to good fishing with either a salmon or a trout rod. Very slow and I had packed up by 2.00.
River still carrying a little colour though.
The trout, all small, took small salmon doubles or an Adams offered to the odd riser.

5 Trout

4 Trout