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Lots of fish to be seen but frankly I found all but about 20 yards of this beat unfishable. The stream is flanked on both sides by trees and being so narrow this prevented any sort of cast apart from the odd 'bow and arrow'. After struggling with a dry fly (nothing rising) tried swinging a weighted nymph pendulum fashion. All to no avail. I assume the heron I saw did better than me.

Nil cought, low, clear water, no hatch......but lovely day...maybe next time. Thanks to WUF.

5 rainbow trout spinning with silver toby.

It felt more like the end of Feb rather than the end of March, cold NE wind. Really nice beat but not sure what to do on the big long glide with nothing rising, but some lovely water. I understand it was lower than normal but my last visit here was mid summer in 2010, so to me it looked a lot better. Nothing happened until 2:30 ish when the wind dropped, some flies coming of the water then frantic half hour saw three fish landed around 1.5lb, missed another three or four. All fish returned. All caught on a Parachute Adams. The wind returned and the fish disappeared, but three nice fish , cant be bad for a days fishing.

4 Rainbows using worm.

The day was Cold and grey, some grannom. Two trout, best 10 inches. Three oos grayling, best 11 inches.

Weather took a quick dip on Saturday, the warm March sun had disappeared for a day and a cooling Northerly breeze reduced the air temp substantially on previous days. There were few granom about and although there were a few flying about at times there was no discernable hatch. Around 2pm there was a good hatch of 'March Browns' not sure if they were true March browns or not, the fish responded well and rose well for quite a while. Managed a dozen fish on a mixture of small pheasant tail and hares ear nymphs and a couple on emergers. Nothing of leviathan proportions, fish to just about a pound or so nice but challenging days fishing.

First rod two trout about 11 inches, two trout about 6 inches one small grayling and several salmon par all caught on goldhead hairs ear.
Second rod one grayling on nymph fished under a klink.

0 fish caught.

2 Grayling and two brown trout caught new zealand style nymph was the trick 6oz each approx water quite low.