Feedback & Reports

Saw very little signs of any fish at all. Spent 4 hours trying a variety of dry patterns; the closest I got to any interest was with a Deer Hair Emerger which was snapped at by a couple of trout neither of which made any solid contact, hence a blank day. Really enjoyed being on this lovely stretch of water though.

2 Trout

Very easy booking system and great service when I called up to change dates etc. Very enjoyable few hours spent on this beat late afternoon into the evening. 12 fish taken on the long nymphs (french leader) all fish between 10 and 15 inches in length. Some tricky wading...if anyone finds a pair of polarized Oakleys...they're mine! Haha
will definitely return soon. Many thanks and well done.

12 Trout

I took a spectator along with me so I didn't get as much out of this beat as I should have done, as I didn't wade too far from the bank and didn't spend too long here. It's a grand stretch of river. I didn't see many fish move. I rose one to a klinkhammer but in my haste I snatched the fly away from it.
There is a footpath running down the side of the beat, giving access to the water at various points along its length.

Hot and bright and water a bit low didn't make for easy fishing. Dog walkers throwing balls into the river and sunbathers all day put the middle section of the river out of action. Still a lovely place to spend a day waving a rod around.

1 Trout

Very hot, did not see any rising fish, had a few follows on nymphs but by mid day the swimmers muddied the water up and all it went dead from there on.
Lovely day though.

Weather conditions were warm and sunny. There were few trout to be seen all day. Minimal hatches of Mayfly from around 4 pm and still barely any rising fish. We caught 4 small WBT on Nymphs and returned them safely. When we left around 6 pm the temperature was 22 degrees celsius. A beautiful summer day made up partially for the meagre sport.

4 Trout

Beautiful day on the river with some excellent conditions. We have several fish daily early in the day and later in the afternoon. Most fish fell to a klinkhammer or GRHE fished upstream. Lost one very good fish early in the day which wrapped its self round a rock!

12 Trout

This beat can provide challenging wading but the water levels were perfect allowing access to most areas. Weather conditions were also perfect but unfortunately the fish weren't cooperating. Total and utter blank, no activity seen.

A difficult day today, we walked the beat last night and the place was alive with hatching insects and rising trout taking what they could before the swallows took their share. This morning was a different scene with very few insects, the swallows had lost interest and the trout had vanished back into the watery depths. My fishing buddy had one on a gold headed nymph early on and then struggled to get a take although he did rise a few fish to dries later in the afternoon.
First thing in the morning I found a good trout sipping at the surface leaving barely a dimple but showing its dorsal and flicking it's tail as it did so but it was over on the far bank with three different speeds of flow between it and me which pulled my dry fly out of shape every time I got near it. I gave it up as uncatchable and moved on. Several hours later I found myself confronted with the same fish in the same place feeding the same way, by now it was a stunning sunny afternoon and standing in the clear water mid river was a glorious place to be, I tried for the fish again, covering it several times, but then I got my fly to land and drift in the right place just long enough to get a take and I was soon netting a fabulous trout of 20 inches. This was the biggest of the day but I had others of 14 and 15 inches. A difficult but rewarding day on a beautiful stretch of river, will definitely be back for more. Thank you WUF.

8 Trout