Feedback & Reports

A new beat for us - there were two anglers. Very impressed with the management of the angling facilities - in fact with the entire farm. Though the banks were largely covered in brambles, balsam and nettles, which seems to be obligatory these days, fencing was a single stand of electrified fence which was easily scalable. Weather was good though water was low. Wading was relatively easy but with occasional deep holes so caution was necessary. As ever, my buddy proved his superior ability and landed 3 grayling (one a very nice fish) and an OOS trout. I wasn't completely outclassed though as I managed to land one 10 inch or so grayling late in the day.

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

Couldn’t resist coming back for a second time. Lovely river and good sport throughout the afternoon on trotted maggots. Hope to be back next year.

2 Trout, 8 Grayling

4 grayling caught and returned. Fished indicator method and in deep pools with a two nymph set up. River conditions were ideal, 0.3m up. A good day.

4 Grayling

Using float fished maggot, plenty of grayling on the move up to 13" and one trout caught at the end of the day. None of the bigger fish in evidence this time.

1 Trout, 10 Grayling

6 grayling including 2 over 2lb. Red maggot on float. Great day. Thanks!

2 Trout, 6 Grayling

Couldn't resist coming back for another day here and I was not disappointed. Much the same pattern as last time, a slow start with only a couple of fish showing on the lower section in the morning but in the afternoon things looked up with a shoal of feeding grayling being located. They took the beaded ptn for a while then went off the feed. Further up in a nice long run the final fish of the day was the best, measuring in at about 17" and a good solid one at that. A fabulous way to end the day.

2 Trout, 8 Grayling

4 Grayling

First time on this beat and below freezing when I arrived but the sum was on it's way up so a good day was in prospect. I fished beaded nymphs under an indicator and had a couple of fish from the tail of a pool at the lower end of the beat. Nothing further until later in the afternoon when another pool towards the top end yielded another 7 grayling including a beautiful specimen that measured 18" and easily my personal best. I'll be going back for sure!

1 Trout, 8 Grayling

My first time on this beat and below freezing when I arrived but the sun was showing and a good day was in prospect. I fished beaded nymphs and shrimp patterns under an indicator. A couple of fish were taken from the tail of a pool towards the bottom of the beat but then nothing for some time as I worked up the river. Later in the afternoon another pool towards the top end yielded 7 more fish including a beautiful specimen of 18", by some way my personal best. All fish took the point nymph.

1 Trout, 8 Grayling

Lovely spot and a nice beat for trying a bit of trotting with maggots. Most of the swims I wanted to fish were accessible. The weather was glorious with blue sky and sunshine most of the day, but perhaps not ideal for fishing. The glare off the water from the low sun was a problem at times. No grayling caught, just a small out of season brown trout. Really need to brush up on my flost fishing skills.

1 Trout