Feedback & Reports

Stuart and I fished hard in the rain, but without success.
Surprised not to see any sign of salmon either.

Torrential rain till late evening, a force 6 to 7 wind and the river going through like a train had all the ingredients of a blank. Fishing the deep water upstream of the hut; finding small areas of slack water and using swimfeeders (3 and 4 ounce weight required); laying close in to the bank (couldn't do anything else really); saw us catch eleven barbel to nearly nine pounds and four chub all about four. Hallibut pellets accounted for most but sweetcorn and stiff groundbait paste caught several too.

Bearing in mind the conditions we felt we had not done too badly.

A tough day [due to weather] on the 21st, water about 8/10 inches up but only slightly coloured, 3 Browns to 12", which rose to klinkhammers in the fast water, and four graylings to 14" on sawyers grub under a klinkhammer or czech nymphing.

3 brown trout on viva. River high & coloured.

17 x trout 5-11 inches.

Blank day - Water level very high from all the rain.
Still an enjoyable beat to fish and will be back later in the season.

Excellent on-line booking system, very convenient.

1 Brown trout of 9-10 inch to dry fly.

17th July Holme lacey caught 4 barbel and 4 chub again on pellet. Miserable weather and the river rose a foot in the space of a couple of hours.

1 chub 3lb 8oz, 2 barbel to 7lb 5oz.

Tues 14th, 10 Trout caught between us, 2 at 14 inches one trout kept for the table. Fish were caught on either para adams, or Gold head P.T fished NZ style.

Thurs 16th, 8 small trout caught one very large fish lost around the 3lb mark. Again fish taken on para adams or PT nymph. had lots of fish rising to the dry. River was a little high and coloured from all the rain the day before. A group of canoiest where were moving up the river from the prommade through the beat around lunch time!!!