Feedback & Reports

Brilliant stretch of river. Fished 1700-2000. Information provided was accurate and correct. Stretch is good for fly fishing with minimal hazards when in waders.

7 Trout

.76 on the gauge sunny and warm fished top of the beat for first time am, most of that water accessible and fishable at current levels and flows, patience & caution rewarded with 3 fish 10 - 12 ins from edw pool and below taken sub surface on weighted hares ear and spiders . Further down the beat hatches of fly life smuts/midges and small sedges blown upriver on the wind midday to late afternoon rising splashy youngsters - great fun fishing drys, couldn’t tempt any of the better fish from their lies. A great day on a great beat - thank you.

3 Trout

Warm sunny afternoon, windy though, light hatches, occasional fish rising (mainly inspecting but ignoring my dries). Caught on small flies - emerger, spider and ptn.

3 Trout

Got to the water late teatime for a couple of hours from the bank , beat and water level looking v accessible/fishable, brisk & cold downriver wind with little fly life coming off. Two smallish WBT to spiders swung across Lady Alexander’s Catch. Lovely beat !

2 Trout

River quite high compared to previous visits. Despite the sun a very cold day. Caught a nice size grayling on a beaded hairs ear nymph below a klink, two small trout about an hour apart. Quite a busy hatch about 12:00 but no takers. Had the occasional snatch on my klink but nothing to indicate a switch to dries. Did I mention it was very cold ?

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

2 Trout

Very cold morning to start at 3 c. Fished spiders and a gold head flashback hares ear on the point. All fish apart from one caught on the top end of the bottom part of the beat. The brownie was caught at the very bottom of the beat. Managed the obstacle course for the top of the beat which is not easy for an old man. Usually catch up there but nothing this time. Greenwells spider, Partridge and orange and the flashback caught the fish. Still a bit slippery under foot in places.

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

6 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 Trout

Fished from 10:30 to 4:00. The river was around 1.05m (Erwood gauge), a little lower would have been preferable but it was manageable. The weather was not great, very cold air temperature, blustery winds from every direction and intermittent torrential rain. One brown trout caught on a sedge dry fly pattern during a brief spell with no wind and a little sunshine when fish started rising (Stone Catch), the other two fish caught on tungsten bead headed nymphs under an indicator (Lady Alexanders Catch)