Feedback & Reports

First time on the beat, directions good, parking easy, a beautiful beat. Generally well maintained, be useful to mark the paths on the beat map to show access points, however most of river wadeable. Odd branch needs a trim to get best out of some pools, please return my flies if this is done lol.
Caught fish in the main pools on heavy nymph, best brown on dry in a shallow pool tail, but stealth essential to catch these.
Definitely return.

Rob

3 Trout, 10 Grayling

The water was low and clear, but there were a few Olives, Caddis and small stoneflies hatching. Most of the fish came to nymphs. The Graying were in good condition, the best of about 1 1/2 pound, most around 3/4 pound the trout were all small 6"ers.

2 Trout, 12 Grayling

Superb spot. However, I had difficulty finding the beat. Caught 4 small grayling although a very large fish was hooked but the inevitable happened and it got away!! All grayling caught on tungsten nymphs. No rises.

4 Grayling

Very hot and bright conditions. Fished the lower sections above the chapel. Tried all kinds of methods and only caught a couple of small salmon parr.

Bright conditions with light downstream wind. Lots of BWOs and sedges in the afternoon. Only fish showing were the salmon parr. Managed to tease out a small trout and grayling from the fast water just below the bench at the top of the beat on weighted GRHE.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Decided to celebrate the beginning of September with a trip to CLG, where the beat was its usual lovely late summer self and the water clear with the level ideal at a tad less than 0.5m. on the Cilmery guage. A perfect day weather-wise as well: some sun, some cloud, some breeze, some still conditions. Very little fly at any time - morning, afternoon and early evening - but there were a couple of significant rises around midday and mid-afternoon, with the odd fish showing in between. Tried spiders, nymphs and emergers and ended up with 27 grayling and five trout. None of the trout exceeded ten inches and most of the grayling were 8-10 inches but a few larger fish showed up as well - two 16" at about 1.5lb, one 15", two 14" and two 12" ladies obligingly took the emergers. Most fish were taken with a small hare's ear emerger, grayling steel blue or UB Duck's Dun, all flies tempting both rising and non-rising fish. The rest came to a skinny pink nymph and red tag spider. A lovely day marred only by a small ceremonial dip! At least the water wasn't too cold and the belt kept the nether regions dry - plans to fish the evening however were left for another day!

5 Trout, 27 Grayling

A good day on the river and friendly advice from Charlie at the beat. The grayling, at 1/4lb and 3/4lb were taken on Goldhead hares ear nymph and the WBT taken on mixture of dry fly and nymph. Largest WBT about 1lb and 2 other smaller ones. All fish returned to water. A good beat which we will return.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

River was a nice height, slight colour. Absolutely no rising fish. This beat has always produced fish for me. Perhaps the cormorant and mergansers I saw there last year had done their work. Managed one grayling about 1lb and another smaller fish, all on small red sedge floater. A hatch of needle flies. Even the angler trotting on the opposite bank could only catch small fish. A pity the water in the first field is impossible to access because of bush growth and a barbed wire fence. Still, a very peaceful spot with easy parking. Tight lines to all.

2 Grayling

Beautiful location with relatively easy wading on gravel bottom and low water. However, cold wind meant that there was little fly life and action on the river.

1 Trout

3 Trout, 20 Grayling