Feedback & Reports

Second consecutive evening. No fish. Small rises at heads of pools but not interested in my offerings. Tonight I tried a dropper rig, size 14 grey wulf trailing a brown nymph size 18. Nothing. Finally found a feeding fish in the lower beat but on the wrong side of the drag under the trees, behind a log!

2 Trout

PTN Nymph

1 Trout

2 Trout

Nice day on a very pretty small stream. One issue, we walked too far as the information says we would pass both a foot bridge and a road bridge. It seems that the foot bridge was washed away some time ago and thus based on counting bridges we carried on after the road bridge believing it to be what was referred to as a foot bridge. The beat information should be updated to reflect that in fact the first bridge one comes to is the end of the lower section of this beat.

15 Trout

Nothing doing until 9pm, then quite a good hatch of smaller and larger olives, and a good rise of fish - which led to many offers, but no hook-ups! (Should I have been using a smaller fly?) Finally caught a 2-pounder in the flat water at nearly 10pm on a Grey Wulff.

1 Trout

First time fly-fishing on a river. Very beautiful stretch and owners were really helpful with suggestions for where to fish and tactics. All caught on nymphs

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

Stunning stretch of river. Conditions were bright sunshine and water was lower than we expected, but the fish were active and plentiful. Stuck mainly to the fast water on the beat fishing nymphs, variations of Hare’s Ear seemed to be the order of the day.

5 Trout, 5 Grayling

Bright, warm day, river reasonable height although a few extra inches on the gauge would have been nice. Took two beginners for their first taste of river fishing. Never tied on so many flies in my life, but worth every minute. Both newbies caught - nothing better than seeing the joy on someone's face when they catch their first wbt in such a beautiful environment. 7 wbt in total, best about 14", all returned safely.

Significant hatches throughout the day - March browns, LDOs and the odd yellow mayfly.

7 Trout

Afternoon fishing session on stretch above High Force Falls using waders and wading staff (definitely needed). Good water conditions but wind was a real challenge especially as we were fishing the dry fly only on light tackle. 7’ rods with 3/4 etc floating line. Majority of fish taken on Klinkhammer and parachute dry flies on grey and brown patterns and size 16 barbless hooks. No other anglers seen and we fished up to the the quarry.

14 Trout