Feedback & Reports

Second visit this year and can't fault this beat. Water high but no problem with access. Took a couple of dunkings even though I had studs soles and a wadding stick. Didn't spoil the day as had three WBT 8 inch - polish nymphing with weighted black PTN on point and Red-tag on the dropper. Had plenty of misses and one that nearly pulled me, resulting in my GRHE being completely stripped.

3 Trout

First salmon! 10-11lbs Caught around 7pm just up from the fishing Hut. Sink tip with black and orange tube fly. Great fight on a 10ft trout rod & #8 line. 1'7" on the guage and dropping. Met some nice people there, thanks for all your help!

1 Salmon

First time visitor and although most impressed, with the ease of access to this remote but well maintained beat, the amount of water available was quite overwhelming and to be honest I came away somewhat disappointed in my lack of success. Most likely due to my limited ability to read the water and can only recommend either the use of a guide or booking into the local B+B for a week to be able to do this one justice!
As suggested by a very helpful season rod I did wade out as far as I could; to a large flat rock [beyond the rapids even], and fished above and beside the “large boulder”. The finest point from which to cast a fly that I have found in 45 years of fishing throughout the UK! [So enjoyable in fact that I fished it through for far longer than necessary].
For trout anglers; I counted 14 runs and hollows in the 50 yard section just in front of the hut while enjoying my lunch, so over 1.5 miles of available fishing that should equate to??

3 Trout

Excellent few hours fishing on this stunning beat caught 12lb fairly fresh hen fish on flying C from the Spring pool gutter very lightly hooked was out of the water more than in hook came out in net. Caught another in the Bridge pool hen fish of 15lb just starting to colour again very lightly hooked on Flying C. Finished fishing for the day at 8.45am.

2 Salmon

Fished in the morning with three out of the four being caught in the morning. Used a gold headed nymph on which I caught all of them! Did not need to change the fly and was getting bites on almost every cast. I fished the lower part of the beat and worked my way upward. Most sucsess I got was towards the lower part of the beat with only one fish being caught in the evening up the beat.

4 Trout

Bridge Pool

1 Salmon, 4 Trout

12lb fresh hen. Caught on fly - Cascade

1 Salmon

Arrived to find that overnight rain had pushed the river back up to about 2ft with a fair bit of colour. Fished until about 7pm on a nicely falling and clearing river but unfortunately no sign of a salmon. Fabulous place to catch nothing though!

1 Trout

River was very high and in flood. We fished anyway as we'd travelled from London. 1 small trout and one lost. Saw 2 salmon.

1 Trout

The river was very low and although I fished through to 9.15 pm there were few rises. It's a big river for trout fishing with long and slow pools (not ideal but look good for salmon) with some nice gravel runs and narrow channels between rocks. Caught small trout on klinkhammer and hares ear gold head although they hardly bent my rod.
Best stretches appear to be near pools either side of the fishing hut.

6 Trout