Feedback & Reports

A wonderful morning fishing! Birds singing in the warm spring air and a very large, well mended kelt about 11am. Thanks to Don and Adam for the fishing chat.

What a lovely day (for those who dont mind unseasonal weather)! Had a kelt around lunch time from the bottom of the beat and a pike about 8 or 9lb from the wood crib, after casting to a fresh looking fish showing. It did have me fooled for a couple of minutes. Enjoyed this beat again, nice to talk with Don and John the other angler on the beat. Let pray for rain!

About 6 salmon seen, but no takers all day.

I had a lovely day and met up with Don who game me an update.
I saw four fish but didn't catch a salmon; however I did catch a 5.1 lb pike which I released back.

Lots of fish seen, some obviously kelts but not all. Missed 2 good chances, 1 a classic head and shoulders rise of a nice fish. Don was very helpful.

Showed up at first light and fished hard throughout the day rotating between the bottom and wooded sections of Courtfield. River was low and clear with fishing rolling in every pool. Saw one that had the look of a fresh fish about 15lb or so. Fished the spinning rod all day with a FC, cut the "pop can" metal hooks off that usually come with these spinners and put on a proper single hook. In the end had 9 kelts between 8 and 15 pound or so. Didn't hook into a fresh fish today but those kelts kept me busy. Beautiful day and with those single hooks makes releasing fish easy. Need some rain to wash the healthy run of kelts out though and push some new ones up the river. As usual Don's the best with advice and locations.

Mainly fished the lower part of the beat i.e from steps down to pub. Fish were showing all day albeit most were probably kelts. Had one well mended kelt 30'' plus a fresh cock fish of approx 25lb which slipped from the net before I could either photo or measure it. Both fish on red flying c with copper blade. Tried the wood section in the afternoon but did not even see any fish moving. Thanks to Don for the usual advice and encouragement.

Caught another large kelt on an Hokkaido Sea Bass Killer and lost two others. It measued over 36 inches so it was a large fish released very carefully. No fresh fish obviously seen after the excitement of yesterday on Courtfield.

Fished 13.30 to 18.00. Sunny and later overcast, water clear and lower than of late. Black/yellow silver spooned flying-c, barbless hook. From the Little Willow area on lower part of beat I caught a strong and well mended kelt of 33" nose to tail cleft. 2 other fish surfaced whilst playing the kelt so continued and caught a fresh run fish in excellent condition and colour of same length.

I then moved to the wood section but the sun was out and no action. When the cloud arrived later several fish were dolphining in mid Leggs Meadow so I covered this area and hooked a large fish that did a lot of headshaking then shot off downstream. Eventualy it came to the net but I had to drop into silted river past my waist as I only had 12lb leader to the spinner and the fish was too long for net! A 42"-43" fresh run cock(?) salmon in excellent condition was released in the water.

I then lost a small kelt in poor condition at net. There are obviously more fish lying up in this beat and with cold nights and lower water they may be expected to hold up for a while, though many may be kelts.

Lovely day to be back on the river with renewed optimism given the recent excellent catches. Salmon were showing regularly throughout the day - particilarly on the lower part of the Courtfield - although it was difficult to tell whether these were fresh or kelts out of the corner of the eye. 3 kelts came to flying c's one of which was around 40" in length. All were well mended, gleaming silver and swam off strongly. Don was as helpful as ever and kindly allowed me to fish the Wyebank beat as well. Can't wait to get back.