Feedback & Reports

First time on this lovely beat.
In it's short space (400 yds) it had every feature on which to show a 'newbie' how to river fish - long slow glide, fast riffle, deep pool, shallows etc.. and was therefore a perfect choice.Easy and safe wading too, though all of the water can be accessd without getting your feet wet!
Plenty of bird life to observe - Buzzards, Swans etc.. no Kingfisher today though ...and no insect activity or fish rising during our half day 10am - 2pm. Tried nymphing and wets to no avail. Back tomorrow , without the student, hopefully for some fish.

See today's other return.

Scenic spot & the sun shone, but no fish. Water level still quite low. Some algae in places near the bank. A couple of fish rising at the lower end, but that was it! A Swan & Kingfisher visiting was nice at least..

First time ever fly fishing, beautiful stretch of river, beautiful weather. Loads of small fry, only a few decent size trout seen topping, none caught but had a few small chubb on the fly. Absolutely loved the wading as used to bank and boat fishing.

3 Chub

No fish caught. River very low. Saw 3 fish. One was very big. Will return when we have had some rain.

Lovely day. Hooked a decent fish but broke off on a small dry with badger hackle. Saw a number of larger fish in the central section. Lots of swans around which needed to be negotiated around. at least 5 cygnets at present, possibly 6.
A reasonable number of trout rising at various times. Weather got very bright and sunny around 2pm and couldn't stay till later for the evening, so left around 2:30pm. lovely place.

Fishing on old Clytha today. Started at 8 in the morning till 12.,nice whether and fish is rising. Hooked one trout but lost it while landing. Nice beat whit plenty of fish and stunning wildlife. Looks like heatrow airport whit all the kingfisher flying around. When its possible i’ll go fish here again.

River seemed much lower than on previous visit, but with plenty of fish still rising

A chilly day with occasionally a stiff, cool breeze, despite the sunshine. A short but lovely and varied beat. A consistent hatch especially of yellow mayflies, but the fish didn't seem to be that interested in the duns and most of the sporadic rises looked to be to emergers and the occasional mayfly spinner. Fish were taken to a mayfly spinner and downstream nymph, with a good number of additional takes on the surface missed. This is definitely a beat to fish again.

3 Trout

Saw several fish rise, but sadly no bites. River looked on good condition, with several fly hatches throughout the day.