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Decided having not done this beat for a while , to give it a bash , and it turned out being a good call , was sunny with intermittent clouds and about seventeen degrees when I bowled up at one , plenty of insect life about , including quite a few mayflies . . . . .

The Arrow brownies were definitely looking up , and had feisty fish in the runs and heads of deep pools , all on a small Parachute Adams , and also had four on a rusty Adams , splashy takes and boy did some of the fish put up a scrap on the two weight rod , great fun !!!! Had a couple that were in the twelve inch range , but most were between five and seven inches , all with the usual pretty Arrow markings . . . . . .

Only went up to the weir , would have been nice to carry on up the beat , but having caught twelve lovely brownies to hand , all on the dries , was enough sport for the day , and called it a day at half four , finishing off with a feisty little seven inch fish , from out of the weir pool , spot on !!!!!

Lovely few hours , shall do the full beat next time , as it's a cracker , and twelve gorgeous brownies to hand , and three lost at long range made it a fun , hectic afternoon , great fun , back very soon , probably early next week , in between shifts . . . . . . . Happy days !!!!!!!!!!

12 Trout

Back to The Rocks which is becoming a favourite. A blustery, chilly wind; low and dropping water level; little hatch; and me being a bit rusty/clumsy after the off-season; all made for a challenging day. Two 8” trout to hand using dry plus dropper, but all the spots that gave up loads last October, didn’t today!
I took a bit of “phone a friend” advice from JE from Kingston and went down and across some runs with a pair of heavy nymphs. Bingo - a 14” WBT and a 14” Grayling to hand. Should have done that all day :-(

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

First time one the beat. Conditions looked ideal, caught a Shad on a vibrax swiftly returned. 2 salmon seen in Cadora Pool. No contacts on either fly or spinner. Big shoal of mullet on the beat. Fantastic day fished from 5am. Hopefully with big tides building for the weekend more fish will arrive????

1 Other

10lbs on a black and silver fly for Joe Gooch.

1 Salmon

Fished hard for 12 hrs but no joy

The Lugg looked promising. when I arrived early morning, the level at 1ft 2 Ins on gauge. I fished a pair of nymphs for 5 hours catching 3 trout and 3 grayling, no rising fish were seen. The Lugg can be a slow starter and I am sure in another couple of weeks will fish a lot better. Lyepole is a beautiful beat, with a symphony of birdsong as an accompaniment.

3 Trout, 3 Grayling

A generally good day, but the wind was quite strong, and casting was very difficult at times. My friend DH forgot his wading boots! Sigh..... He managed to find a few areas that he could cast from and make a day out of it.
Many trout were caught - about 25 in total, none of them big but better to see new fish thriving. No Salmon seen.

12 Trout

As above from MD.

17 Trout

Black gnats hatching throughout the day but few fish rising to them. Bullocks in the field are very lively!

1 Trout