Feedback & Reports

Conditions very good but hot and the level seemed to be dropping through the day. All fish caught using feeder method with pellets and ground bait. Found the chub loved robin red 8mm pellets with a short hook link.

6 Barbel, 18 Chub, 1 Other

Booked a really hot sunny day and as expected struggled. The barbel was 9Ib 2oz and the chub were 4Ib to 5Ib 4oz.
Didn’t lose any tackle and found no snags. The river was low but carrying some colour however the hot conditions were not ideal. We roamed the whole stretch to try and locate the fish but only picked up the odd solitary bite.
Will be back hopefully in Autumn.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

3 Trout

10 Trout, 11 Grayling

Great day on a lovely section of river. Most fish to nymphs (duo), but there was a proper rise just as I was packing up to leave at about 4pm so I managed one on an Elk Hair Caddis too. Grayling seemed to be present in large numbers and of good size - most over 1lb and several 2lb+, one of which took me a long way downstream in fast water. Trout 8-12" and a bit harder to find today. Water level seemed reasonable, but it was rather hot and sunny which may not have helped - although the beat is tree-lined throughout and about as shady as a river of this size could hope to be.

6 Trout, 13 Grayling

Lovely beat. Top water fished particularly well. River level a too low, really, for the lower part of the beat. Saw moving fish throughout the beat and the day - more towards evening. Looking forward to a return.

Bright and warm. River quite low, clear and slow. A few gentle rises. 3 fish caught on small grey cdc dry fly, 1 grayling on Klinkhammer, largest fish very lively 2lb Trout on nymph fished New Zealand style.
Lovely evening’s fishing

3 Trout, 20 Grayling

River was surprisingly low.

1 Trout

Bright hot sunny day. Quiet at first (fish, people and canoe wise) but by 11.00 there were dozens of people in the river at the top of the beat, gradually migrating downstream, swimming in the various slacks. The top half of the beat also became a lunch spot for large groups of canoeists. Carried on until late afternoon but a small number were still swimming and partying until 21.00, when I left.
Fish were caught at the very bottom of the beat on rolling meat and one on PVA bagged halibut pellet in the early evening after most of the mayhem died down. River was up a few inches but very clear.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub