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Weather - clear , cold and frosty first thing . River low and clear . Line freezing in rings till midday when cloud cover came
Method - trotting .. red maggot
Returns - hooked 9 fish , lost one trout , lost one very big grayling .. had seven Grayling all over 1lb the biggest were 1lb 15oz 2lb 1oz, 2lb 1oz and 2lb 3oz which is a dream session for me
Other observations - because of the boundary fencing and high banks be prepared to Wade across river and back again to get from one field to another but thigh waders suffice easily for this in the low conditions. Great fishery and a big thanks to Allyson for assistance

7 Grayling

21 x grayling 6-16 inches, 1 x out of season trout 14 inches, trotting. A cold, grey day, but the river is in condition. Three good ones, but grayling of all sizes turning up here, so it seems like a healthy population

21 Grayling

Clearing water, fewer leaves in the river and 1'2" on the gauge. Surely there'd be grayling about! There were. Had eight between two of us. Two bumps all day for me... but my fellow angler got all eight of them!

8 Grayling

Pellet and feeder tactics were tough today and in hindsight we should have taken a bucket load of maggots! Lovely beat. Cold morning start and bright sunshine probably didn't help but a nice day nevertheless.

4 Chub

A freezing cold day with ice on the already slippery rocks, so I was rather cautious and failed to find any grayling.

Bit nippy this morning ( - 4 degrees ) wish I had brought my hand warmer ! ( zippo are brilliant ) frost stayed around all day in the shade but the sun came out and it didn't seem so bad. The river was spot on quite clear no wind so no leaves which was good! And the cold must have put the trout off because I am usually pested by them here. Fished nymphs all day and purple perdigons were by way the best. Grayling to 15" but 8 of them were very small.

2 Trout, 23 Grayling

Frosty start at 10am, water cold and clear. Spent the morning trotting maggots and the afternoon nymphing. Four of the grayling came to a nymph, the other fish to maggot. All fish safely returned.

4 Trout, 7 Grayling

The weather was bright and sunny, but the morning frost persisted through most of the days fishing. Nothing showing, so the fish were caught on small nymphs fished deep.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Blanked.

River very low and clear, weather bright sunshine and high pressure! Only had this day to fish, so had to go with it.
A difficult but very enjoyable day in some of the best scenery the UK has to offer.

1 Chub