Feedback & Reports

Dry fly, emergers, All fish one pound or over. River in very good condition. Most fish taken in lower half of beat, didn't have time to fish riffles.

6 Trout

A hot day with bright sunshine and low water didn't encourage the barbel to feed until late but a few chub here and there kept us happy. A small flurry of activity before dusk saw three nice barbel landed to add to our dozen chub, all on halibut pellet.

3 Barbel, 12 Chub

Fish splashing about but no contact. Also the first hint of a green tinge to the water. I believe I dropped a Pflueger Trion reel in the car park area - any news would be welcome either to the foundation or to timedmunds@aol.com

All 9 were taken in the faster runs on a Hares Ear Pupa, also 1 bat unhooked from a discarded hook and line in a tree towards the end of the beat.

9 Trout

It is a joy to see that the riparian owners of this beat are putting in some bankside effort for coarse anglers. Hats off to the waterkeeper/gamekeeper for all the good work he has done there.
Fishing was a bit slow at first despite good flow for the summer. Things improved when the was some cloud cover towards the afternoon. All fish taken on swimfeeder pellet.

7 Barbel, 8 Chub

Day one of our 5 day trip found the river low and clear with an unseasonably cold wind blowing. Fish were difficult to catch but a few were tempted by various pellets and boilies in the field downstream of the wood.

5 Barbel, 9 Chub

River low, long walk but worth it. Method: swim feeder with pellet or meat and rolling meat. Biggest Barbel 9LB 4OZ
Biggest Chub 6LB 7OZ - what a cracker. Most of Chub in 4LB - 5LB bracket, all in excellent condition.

4 Barbel, 19 Chub

6lb fresh run hen salmon from The Ferry Pool with Orange Cone Head Fly at 11.30 am

1 Salmon

River now very low and showing its bones. Jungle warfare approach flicking dry elk hair caddis into likely runs brought the trout. Splashy rises toward the end of the beat in faster run brought the small grayling to CDC emergers. Tough going but nice to be out for a couple of hours in the evening.

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

Oh - what could have been! My final hour from 7.30 saw the river come to life with an evening hatch - during this time I caught 2 x 14 inch trout in the upper section of the beat rising near the far bank to take a CDC olive - what I would have given for it to have been like that all day.
The morning and most of the afternoon was cold and very windy; so much so I retreated to the comfort of the car for a couple of hours. The only highlight of the lower beat was seeing an otter swim straight towards me in the section of water above the fishing hut - now there's someone who can fish!

2 Trout