Feedback & Reports

I know I should have read the recent catch reports "before" I booked this beat, but you live and learn, as they say!
We are by no means expert fly fishermen, but we flogged the entire length of this stretch relentlessly for about 8 hours with every fly in the box, but only a single fish was seen, it was about 8" long and travelling downstream like an Exocet missile. This is a real pity because this is a fantastic stretch of water that looks like it should be teeming with fish. Small shoals of fry provided some encouragement for the future but at the moment this place is only good for casting practice. A possible reason for the lack of fish may be that no insect life could be found under any stone we turned over. On the positive side we rescued a sheep who had managed to get it's head stuck in a fence.

23rd and 24th May 2013, 2 rods. We fished 4/5 hrs both days, morning, afternoon and evening. Marginal weather, very windy and bright sunshine followed by heavy showers on both days. River level normal but a little coloured. Despite the perfect setting we caught no fish, we saw only 3 fish jump over the two days and no rises were seen. Otter tracks over the whole length of the beat gave us our excuses. We saw no fry in the margins except for one fish about 1 inch long. Methods used, up stream and down stream nymph fishing with various gold head and hares ear nymphs on the point with a wet black gnat on the dropper.

Beautiful beat and glorious weather for sunbathing. River already getting a bit low so combined with sunshine made for difficult going. No fish seen or contacted apart from zillions of fry.

Cold - no fish caught or seen.

Cold day - No fish taken or seen. Fished 11am-2pm

No fishing. 2 feet of snow. Nowhere to park because of snow. River high but considering amount of snow and rain remarkably clear. Will be back in 2 weeks to try again.

Level up a few inches with a tinge of colour, looked to be spot on. No fish seen along open stretches! Did see cormorant. Two bt from under trees on small ptn 9&11".

Water conditions still quite coloured so no visible surface activity. Tried upstream and across small wtd.nymphs and selection of spider patterns to no avail so this is a nil return. Nevertheless this is a lovely section of river with some attractive pools and glides. Access though from the lower car park more like an assault course. No identifiable gate, style or pathway, thistles 7ft high, fallen trees and concealed wire fences. Exit from river proved even more difficult. Quite understand that we cannot expect manicured access and river banks especially since agriculture is suffering from depressed and volatile returns. Thought however that you would like to receive my genuine impressions of the venue.

No fish, conditions were poor with persistent rain.

Beautiful day but too bright! No fish caught or seen.