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The Law of Sod!...I struggled all season to catch grayling on this beat but today got the biggest (19") and fattest of the winter ..but out of season! Becoming seriously time poor for fishing I grabbed the only day in the foreseeable to go,despite the forecast of steady light rain.
A special day..struggled until midday, no sign of fish and then the swallows appeared ! first I've seen this year and they were there for the flies, what followed was a steady varied series of hatches and the 8 trout ( 9-12") came to #16 Iron Blue , Greenwells and Adams.The grayling to #16 Kites Imperial......all from one pool.

8 Trout, 1 Grayling

One on for an electrifying few seconds at the Windmill Pool and then casting practice. Only saw one other fish move. Great day out though. 28 swans in the next field as I was leaving.

One trout on dryfly. One poacher seen fishing opposite bank..

1 Trout

River in flood wasted journey better luck next time

Two trout caught and returned both to french nymphing. Biggest fish was approximately 1lb 4oz.

2 Trout

Only fished for a couple of hours in the late afternoon, water clear but high, nothing showing. One missed take on Adams????

Water in great shape at 0.89m and little or no wind. Weather fine with only one brief shower at about 2pm. Fished dry with March Brown on a decent hatch between 1-2.30 and landed 6 between three quarters and one pound above the rock off the staging. Lost one on the lift which would have scaled in excess of 2lb. Hatch stopped at 2.30 so switched to grannom spider 14 and landed another 3 fish to three quarters pound at the steps from the streamy water.
No salmon seen. Fished above and below rock with no success.
A very enjoyable half day!!! What a difference from Monday, my normal day, where the river rose rapidly and I got a thorough soaking, so thanks Barry for the invite to fish today.

9 Trout

9 trout taken on a either a Klinkhammer or nymph; in fact two fish taken on both at the same time. Agree with the previous comment, the central section is almost un-fishable due to the forestry work with so much debris in the stream. All fish caught on the lower section, which is a lot clearer. A lot of fun navigating up the stream and catching some feisty little trout especially on a 6 ft 2# rod.

9 Trout

5 fish caught on dry fly, small brown shuttlecock.

5 Trout

Warm, sunny day but strong flow and colour after Monday's rain meant no fish seen but first Iron Blue on the wing. Floods have left big alders in all the pools. Skunk cabbage taken hold on the island, probably should be removed before seeding.