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Went down late afternoon after the rain stopped. Water was coloured - not quite a wash off though. Good to see the river level had come up. The fish were celebrating elsewhere..

Very strong winds. Impossible to fish left bank- I tried!
When sun came out the fish seemed interested. Largest fish
12 Oz .

26 Trout

Well .... a different day today totally!!!breezy overcast and what turned out to be a tricky three hours this morning !! Ppfffttttt hark at me !! Anyone would think I'd made a bad batch of scones for a W.I meeting !!!!! It's always lovely being on the water ....

My usual beat ... local to me and so handy ..as is Kington too .. annoying downstream breeze ..strong too but persisted with tiny dries .. top of the first glide I just couldn't make out what they were rising too !!! I like a challenge but strewth they had me this morning ... First took a twenty black f fly ! I think just to cheer me up maybe !!! Possibly iron blues I couldn't see in fairness .....

Anyway small fellows this morning had another two on the f fly and another one on an eighteen black klinkhammer ....always good fun but no tubby hooligans were being fooled this morning! Crop looking as it could do with a two day session of rain and soil is starting to crack open like it does in August ..... sign of things to come maybe !

Still a fun but hard session and managed four on the dries ... hard earned brownies thus morning .... May give the Hindwell a bash one evening end of the week .....

4 Trout

0 fish caught . Used worm today and power bait on Saturday but still didn’t catch

Recent reports were right about this amazingly beautiful location - very low levels and no fish, although there were signs of insect life. Fished various wets and nymphs for a few hours over the middle of the day..

Early morning start before the canoes resulted in sightings of at least 3 fish in the Vanstone pool. After that river very quiet in regards to fish. Weed catching the fly became an issue almost every cast, single hooks and long-leaders helped but I am looking forward to the next rise of water and push of fish.

Fished for an hour or so at 7.30am without success with nymph patterns. Tried again for a similar period in early afternoon without any offers to nymph or dry fly. The conditions , with a cold upstream wind, made fishing difficult. There was quite a lot of fly life pm but I only saw 1 fish rise and then only the once. Lovely beat but I chose the wrong day.

1 Trout

Lovely beat. 2 rising trout caught on dry flies in the early evening. One good size 12" and a smaller one of around 5". Missed a risinh 3rd fish by setting hook too quickly. Plenty of fly life on the River.

2 Trout