Feedback & Reports

Just over a dozen trout between us, mostly small but one good fish of one and a half pounds came to the nymph in shallow fast water, as did most of the other fish. Our enjoyment and fishing was ruined about an hour or so after starting by a pair of ignorant canoeists who decided to paddle straight through the beat in low water conditions. After they had been politely informed that they were trespassing, they refused to acknowledge and then proceeded to beat their paddle blades against the river bed as they made their way downstream - with predictable impact on the quality of the fishing
You look forward to a day's fishing. You pay your £30 a head, and then you get that kind of an experience. They had clearly either not read, or just ignored the advice on the WUF site. Not a great advert for partnership working.
WUF Note: While access arrangements cover the large majority of reasonable canoeists there will always be an element who insist on ignoring them, wherever and however much the arrangements are advertised. It is important to remember that these people would paddle whether there were arrangements in place or not. Such militant attitudes are enforced by the stance of certain canoe organisations who refuse to accept the law that ownership of a section of river includes the water that passes through it. We ask that if anglers are faced with this situation to do as DS & LE did - politely inform them that they are trespassing and if it is an organised group, to take the name of the organisation and pass it on to us.

WUF note: we have made geat strides in managing canoeing and generally there is a reaistic level of compliance. When there are difficulties it invariably centres around people who enjoy looking for trouble, such as experienced here. Their behavoir is inexcusable

15 Trout

Late to river. Just 3 hours fishing. Bit of a walk to the river but a rewarding bit river.

3 Trout

goldhead nymph

2 Trout

River low but v clear. Cold biting wind and persistent rain all morning but eased a little in the afternoon.
Trout taken upstream nymphing (x2) on silver size 16 perdigon, downstream nymphing (x2) olive bead head nymph and two others. Some salmon parr too. All in all, a satisfactory day . improved by judiciously timed cups of tea and the odd fish or two.

6 Trout

Lovely day. Fished hard from 10am to 7pm but didn't get a bite! Tried everything I could think of: nymph, dry, duo, streamer but to no avail I'm afraid. Plenty of trout rising, though, so I can only put my lack of success down to a problem with my rod! Plenty of fly life about; tried to match small olives but the trout not interested. Water levels low.
Access better than expected (from previous feedback) and generally no problem getting into the river although upper end of the beat a little easier. Lovely scenery and great to be there for the day. Thank to WUF.

2 Trout

3 on wet fly and 4 taken on a streamer

7 Trout

Perfect weather conditions but the river was a little low and clear. Fish all taken on dries and several missed and lost too. 1 small salmon parr from the faster water.

4 Trout, 1 Other

Mainly cloudy with a few squally showers. Levels lowish. Downstream section of river almost inaccessible due to undergrowth along riverbank. Fished hares ear nymphs in deeper section up near bridge. 1 small pretty brown trout caught and released. Another good fish hooked with a thump and immediately lost.

1 Trout