Feedback & Reports

First day fly fishing: great tuition with Shaun Watkins. Dull and windy conditions had a grayling and a brown trout both around the 1lbs. Lost a fish and missed takes, hatch of May browns around lunch time fish didn't come on just a small number was surfacing. Great surrounding and well maintained banks

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

After a hailstorm (temp 3 degrees) there was an olive hatch and I took 5 on dry flies - small olives. Very cold all day with rain and wind. Fishing v hard as river still running off after rain.

5 Trout

A difficult day chilly and overcast. Sporadic rises of March Browns which accounted for majority of fish on dries. Nymph fishing not very productive. The trout caught were all of a good size 1lb + fish the best being around the 2lb mark would have been heavier but showed signs of recent spawning. Quiet a few takes were missed. Fish were a little reluctant to take hard.
Pete Wesson

5 Trout, 2 Grayling

What a great beat this is, stunning surroundings, easy access, well kept but still very natural, with nice solid benches along its length, really first rate and obviously full of fish judging by the catch returns. However I struggled today, not sure what, if anything, I was doing wrong but I failed to catch. The river was fairly low and very clear with bright sunshine most of the day, the only cloudy spell came late morning just as March Browns started coming off in quite some numbers along with a few smaller flies, sadly this was very short lived only lasting a few minutes so the trout didn't have chance to respond.
I'll definitely be back for another go.

Low water, clear. Not much of surface activity, got a pair of nice trouts 1.5-2.5lb on wet fly. All returned.

2 Trout

Very cold, odd fish rising on bottom beat but couldn't get one to take. Red Kites were out in force, I've never seen so many.

Beautiful day out, sunny. Could have done with a bit more cloud. Saw a few fish rising and a few small trout cruising around the flats. No fish caught due to angler haha. Missed two rides to my fly though. Fished nymphs early morning (incredibly badly) until I saw a hatch and fishes dries..
Will be coming back..

River slightly high, very cold. Method used Klink and dink some fish taken on dries. Also tungsten beaded nymphs. Some fish on swing round and on hang. Generally very good for the time of year and conditions. Sporadic rise when sun broke through.

5 Trout, 17 Grayling

A tough day today. The trout just weren't interested. We fished hard with nymphs & bugs in the morning but with no success. A brief olive hatch around 1pm brought some fish to the surface & we had some sport with 5 oos grayling on the dry fly. Water was on the high side.

5 Grayling

2 of us fished again today as guests of Shaun (thanks Shaun). After a great day yesterday, and with the water slightly lower again, we were quietly confident. However, fishing being fishing - our confidence took a bit of a beating! Good weather, but cold in the wind. Had around 10 grayling to 1.5lbs between us - no trout today. Spent a couple of hours chatting with Shaun on the bank - just great to get out!

10 Grayling