Fished from 4pm till 7 pm, cloudy and warm but no fish on the surface until after 5 pm. Used winged olive, caddis and Grey drake, but most caught on olives. Lots of spinners about and the odd mayfly.

Still plenty of flow in the river which is presently clear. Bullocks in first field can be a bit too inquisitive!

One hour after bank day 14.30-15.30. Fished the stretch we had cleared. Very bright and sunny. Fished mayfly patterns but little interest

7-8.30pm. Not much surface activity. Cold air. All on dry spent mayfly. Couple of mayfly out but i was probably too late

Copy of a Davie McPhail mayfly pattern landed a very fat 12" fish. A mayfly emerger had fish slashing at it. Lost 2 and had a few miss the fly when they rose. Not much happening until 4pm ish

A home made black size 12 wet fly, First trip on club waters lovely weather but quite bright, a few mayfly on air but not much sign of fish, water slightly coloured.

Fished for a couple of hours from 2.30pm very bright conditions and river full of dandelion seeds so having to constantly clean fly.

Lots of fly life but not much surface activity. Went through the fly box to try and tempt a fish, eventually caught a 14 & 12 inch on a size 18 caddis.

Some rain during my few hours where i fished a nymph and had another big fish of 21 inches!! The rain cleared and the dry fly action started and I switched to an Olive upright and had some lovely fish.

Large hatches and lots of surface action. I tried 9 different dries, but nothing. Then switched to a dun nymph. Had a 17" brownie first cast. (Didn't fight much). Went home!

After the rain. 1.5 hours lots of surface action. All on dries. Partridge mayfy yellow variant. One of 11 inches

Pleasant 3 hours from 3-6pm, lots of rises and plenty of fly life, fish very tentative and subsurface takes. Water clear but low

Fished from 7-8.30pm. Hard work with the water so low and clear. 1 on a #20 grey duster and 2 on #16 sherry spinner. Pretty decent spinner fall. Lost 1 (and both my sherry spinner flies 😕)

Hardly any surface activity.

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Fished 13:30 - 16:30. First ninety minutes saw lots of fish and fly life activity. Once the temperature dropped it went very quiet.

3-5:45 cool upstream wind only saw a couple of fish feeding.

Lovely 3 hours below Coldridge this evening, lots of olives and a few mayfly’s, not much in the way of rises but my trusty Caddis duo managed to tempt 6, largest around 14 inches

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Black nymph.

Too early for the rise on such a bright day but I had some fish in the fast runs. Best fish was a cracker at 16 inches!

Followed Tim after his session. I fished 4-6:30. Plenty of fly life but initially hardly any surface activity. Caught all five in a fifteen minute period in the glide between Mill Pool and Park Mill Bridge best around 12 ins.

Fished from 10.30 to 3pm. Trickle of olives all day. Lost a couple but caught 2 on a hares ear nymph and most of the rest on #14 parachute Adams. Saw 2 mayfly come off. Best 12 inches.

River was coloured so was using a large caddis nymph. Caught a lovely big fish of 21 inches!!

High and quite dirty water. Nothing on the surface. Not much action on nymphs either. Black pennell took 2

3 hours at Park Mill, water fast but clearing, 2 on dry 2 on nymph. Lot of debris in river

My 1st time. Loved it. Caught a tree, a bush and the back of my jacket! Many thanks to Pete who chaperoned me.

Cold wind and no rises but 2 nice fish (11 &9") both on dries - my own partridge spent mayfly thing - in abot 1.5 hours fishing

3 hours at Tremayne today, quite a few hatching and a few fish showing, 3 on BWO and a Salmon smolt on an olive nymph which gave a surprisingly good account of itself.

Couple of bits but no success today. Beautiful day for it though.

March Brown

All four fish caught in 5 ‘o’ clock. Very few fish showing but a cold upstream breeze didn’t help.

Fished from 2pm for a couple of hours, nothing much showing.
Fish very skittish had some tentative takes but didn't stick.

Water very low but clear, bit of a hatch around 3pm and a few rises, but fish very fussy.

Good morning fishing, water low along with cool east breeze.
All caught on gold head green nymph.
Padlock on roadside gate seems to be broken.

Cold and windy 2 hours at Coldridge this morning, no rises but a few sedge about.. significant amount of timber in the river with plenty of underwater snags - you have been warned!

Water quite low along with cold stiff breeze.
Caught both fish on green gold head nymph in fast water.

No surface action. Tried dry for an hour, then switched to ghpt and took 3 in 45 mins including 2 salmon parr. Cold nw wind. V clear, low water.

Fished a very pleasant couple of hours, no surface activity. Caught all fish on green beaded gold head nymph

Water temp 12C

Water very low but clear

Very pleasant 3 hours at Hawkridge today, some insect life (olives) and a couple of rises. Water incredibly clear for late March, but still cold.

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First outing for father and I. Water was very cold but it was great to get out.

Spent pleasant 2 hours in the sunshine, both fish caught on red tag nymph (thanks Gerald) water very clear ( but cold)

Did not fish this year 2024

No surface activity. Both caught on nymphs

Evening blank. Little surface activity

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Evening fishing. Little movement

Evening rise. Fair bit of surface activity

Not fished this year.

red tag

Good to see clearer water at times this year, even when high

Most successful fly was an Adams. Lost 3 decent fish (one possibly a sea trout on L. Dart)

All fish caught on fluffy daddy long legs imitation. Water was quite high and fast with the weather 14C. More fish rising and noticed daddy long legs and stone fly on the water.

Water was very low and very little activity on a quiet warm morning. Saw very few fish rise all morning.

Lovely 14" fish but generally the day was very quiet indeed.

River up a few feet but clearing. Plenty of fish showing in the long calmer runs.

Fished from 5pm til dark. My son Tom caught the fish ! Lovely to get down to the river though sad not to see an otter/beaver !

Fantastic late afternoon session, water clear, a few fish rising and managed to net 8 and lost a fair few as well. Expected thunder, lighting and heavy rain instead low wind and a beautiful sunset.

Great few hours fishing from 10am now hanging up the rod till next season.

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Excellent 3 hours below Coldridge bridge, river clear and vegetation starting to die back making access easier. All fish bar 2 larger ones caught in faster water.

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No fish showing river up slightly but clear

Spent a couple of fruitless hours trying to tempt a fish on an Adams, just about to call it a day when connected with a decent 13" brownie, nice end to the season.

Tried nymphing as no fish showing, managed to get 3 in the faster water, but saw a large salmon in Mill pool around 7pm as I was leaving, I think it’s waiting for more water to move upstream.

Decided to have a go at klink and dink, caught 2 on the klink and 2 on the dink ( they were the larger) otherwise quiet with very low water and algae against the banks

14:30 -17:30. No activity whatsoever. River very low.

Fished just a couple of hours from 2pm no surface activity.
Only found interest in the faster water.

Fished late afternoon. Very quiet and little rising. Bank team did a good job upstream of Mill pool.

Catch included a dace of 7". 2 beavers seen. and a red deer hind crossing the river!

Very little activity

Fished from 3-6pm water very low, but banks clear after yesterday’s work. Best fish 12inch + from otter pool

Very little activity

Water fairly murky

Fished for a few hours from 10.30am, above the bridge at coldridge but not below as cattle in river.
No surface activity but gnat sparked some interest.

Fished from 6.30-8.30pm, water very low and lots of algae, slow fishing not much surface activity. Caught decent 14 inch at little dart junction pool on muddler.

Fished from 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm
Few fish showing and river could do with a flush, water muddied after cattle crossed around 5pm. Used a number of different flys and a good olive hatch around 6pm

Fished for Sea Trout 8.30pm to midnight. No luck
Two showed as well as a grilse as dusk fell.

Hardly any fish showing and a stiff breeze blowing downstream.

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Nothing much showing which seemed odd as conditions were good, fished just a couple of hours.

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Not many fish showing. While between Old weir and signal box heard quite a commotion upstream. A few minutes later a family appears pushing an inflatable canoe. 30 mins later that passed me again near Rocky heading back upstream. End of session!

Fished 5:30 - 7:30. Nothing much rising, river quite low. Cows and calves in field next to the Old Mill

Fished for just a couple of hours from mid afternoon, nothing much showing, all caught on Adams.

Fished from 4-8 pm. I started a Bridge Reeve but the river is up a good couple of feet and very cloudy., no fly life, no fish showing at all.
I moved up to the second field and fished various run and pools to the weir. Much better conditions.

Fished from 2 - 4.30pm nothing much showing caught all fish on Adams with one over 14" most enjoyable.

A Daddy Long Legs created some early evening activity

River low and clearish, lots of small fish this evening, but caught one decent one and lost another. Lots of hatching but few rising.

One of the fish caught believed to be a Chubb

Midge emerger. Fished 8-10pm, only a few small fish rising. Lost 3 which is wouldn't have said were over 9" either and missed some other small fish too.

Below Coldridge Bridge after the first downstream stretch was very overgrown with access from the field very difficult.

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Water a bit brown, fished from 6.30-8.00.
No luck but a lovely evening.

Water very peaty coloured, some fly life but not much showing

Grey duster (midge pattern) #18. Fished from 7.30pm to 9pm. Lost one too.

a few olives around but very few rises