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Really windy day made for tough fishing, no fish caught or even seen but always nice to be on the river.

Fresh cock fish 15lb. on beat 6 to a toby. Nothing else seen.

1 Salmon

A later start than I hoped for due to my fishing friends breakfast requirements (a full fry-up). 10am start and welcomed by a head wind that didn't help our rusty casting.
A fair bit of fly on the water but then the gusts of wind blew them back into their hiding places.
After lunch a few yellow mayfly were being picked off by beautiful birds (sorry about the lack of bird and fly knowledge). A couple of trout were rising between the gusts. I managed to entice a small trout that wriggled off the hook before I could land it.
We fished mainly on the surface mixing it up with Mayfly, Parachutes, Adams and other small brown flies. Two sets of people were spinning the other side of the single bank fishing sections.
Finished at 6pm due to my fishing friends rumbling tummy, I'm sure if we continued fishing we would have caught more.

1 Trout

The river was very low, and flow was slow in the pools. Weather conditions were warm and sunny, although the temperature was lower than the previous day. Mayfly were hatching, and a few fish were feeding.
On the lower half of the beat, there was also a considerable amount of silt on the rocks and stones on the riverbed. On the upper half of the beat, the rocks were generally more clear of silt, indicating a run-off indicating a soil run-off problem in the central part of the beat.

2 Trout

12lb fresh hen. F/C. Weirend

1 Salmon

6 Trout

We both fished fly, mainly dry but also New Zealand style with a trailing nymph below the dry fly. It was on the nymph I caught the grayling. The water was quite high and there was much of the beat we could not fish because it was too deep. But on the wide gravel beds we managed to fish. There was a mayfly hatch along with yellow may duns, pale wateries and many sedge flies. The river bed was carpeted with salmon fry in the tens of thousands!

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

Conditions reasonable but a bit bright. Fished for the mayfly experience. Few flies hatching and fewer fish rising

Water looked cloudy but was deceptive as it was clear

2 Trout

Fished a ledger with worm. 1 rainbow Trout taken.

1 Trout

River was in great condition after the week's earlier rain. All fish caught on heavy nymphs using a variety of methods (duo, Czech), with best pushing 1lb and the rest in the 1/2 - 3/4lb range. Bulk of fish caught in an hour between 11-12. All fish were immaculate and returned safely to fight another day.

Word of warming on this beat - wading is tough. Wouldn't want to fish this with a decent flow pushing through!

A final comment to say that our experience was enhanced by Chris Price from Casting With Style...his expertise in guiding us over the day was invaluable, and the skills and watercraft taught to us will be life long skills that we can utilise on our home waters. I can't recommend him enough.

12 Trout