Feedback & Reports

I found this beat hard work as all the easy access is where fishing is prohibited leaving a lot of undergrowth and quite a bit of barbed wire to battle through. One trout on a shrimp pattern and a salmon parr on a PTN.

1 Trout, 1 Other

Fish 4-14 inches, mainly on GH-HE, less fish rising than on last visit. Two large 1lb+ fish from same pool, one sighted and caught from tail, one from the neck. Top half of beat fished. Some mayfly around, not much interest yet but it won't be long.

15 Trout

Nice day fishing, size of fish were about 6 inches caught on goldhead nymphs.

2 Trout

14 x 4-12 inch fish plus a good few salmon parr. Mostly on CDC dries and the odd nymph from faster water, fish rising in every pool, great afternoon fishing.

14 Trout

First time on this beat and was impressed. Very nice area to fish. Now that's out the way to the fishing.. rain, sunshine, then the most horrendous downstream wind made my three weight almost impossible to use. 6 of the eight fish came in the first hour to size 18 f -fly then the wind strengthened. As I could not turn my fly over nymphed heads of pools picking off another two and decided to call it a day. Lovely beat, shame wind ruined catch return.

8 Trout

Day 3 of 4 day trip and it was cold and blowing a gale over the Whittern beat. I tempted two nice 12" WBT up to my dry but otherwise a difficult and disheartening fish. Spent most time avoiding a hook in the face and untangling wind knots.

2 Trout

Fished this beat from 11 til 3.30 in bright hot sun but with a pleasant but annoying downstream breeze making casting light line a bit tricky. Started at the all weather parking spot and fished a small PTN as surprisingly not much fly life and nothing rising. Got into my first fish almost straight away and managed another two before heading back to the van, not quite making it to the very top of the beat. I got the distinct impression I was leaving just as I should of been starting but by the time I'd trudged all the way back I was parched. More like the middle of June than April.

3 Trout

Fished for about 4 hours in late morning/early afternoon. The river was fairly low and clear and still quite cold despite it being a mild sunny day. Very few flies about and no fish were seen rising. 3 trout caught short line nymphing, the biggest about 10-11 inches.

3 Trout

Having been successful on this beat earlier in the season I was temped to return. However, water levels were well down and I saw very little fish activity. Missed one take on a dry fly. Saw a few small trout in the deeper pools but they were easily spooked. Wildlife (dipper, kingfisher, yellow wagtail etc) in abundance so a lovely day nevertheless!

A three hour evening session produced 7 wbt. Started with a single PTN then changed to a duo set-up when I noticed a few fish rising. Still, didn't catch any on the dry, all taken on the suspended nymph. Vegetation growth now making access hard work. Fished between the two bridges and packed up due to failing light and the fact that I didn't want to hook one of the dozen or so bats that were swarming around!

7 Trout