Feedback & Reports

Although we didn't catch any fish, we had an enjoyable day fishing upstream and downstream of the Lyepole bridge, in outstandingly beautiful surroundings.
There was very little fly-hatch, apart from a few small olives and only the odd rise in the pool just above the bridge.
I did briefly hook a small trout on a small green/yellow nymph (name not known) and had a snatch on a hare's ear klinkhammer, in the the pool at the first bend above the bridge.

1 x 10in trout on wet fly, black hopper with gold head, caught some way up half way between the bridge and weir after morning rain, trout returned and in good health. Some mixed fly life on the surface later in the day. Not much rising though a trout came up to a small daddy and changed its mind. Saw 3 kingfishers, 1 weasel, and many birds with wag tail and yellow marking flying fast up and down maybe a grey wag tail? Remains of a deer below bridge not sure what happened there!

1 Trout

8 inch brownie of a emerger. A few rises in pool above bridge. But otherwise quiet.

1 Trout

Was hoping for a hatch today given the warm weather during the day but last nights frost took care of that ! Water was very cold and running at low levels ... didn’t see a single rise. Tungsten head nymphs fished in the deeper pools on a longer leader worked for a few grayling but no trout showed up. Gorgeous day and wonderful to be out fishing !

3 Grayling

2 anglers. Water already close to summer lows, v clear, no real hatch to speak of. One regular riser seen all day, turned out to be a decent oos grayling, took a s20 comparadun. All other fish on variety of nymphs, s14-16.

7 Trout, 7 Grayling

Beautiful beat , really enjoyed fishing Lyepole , shame we caught so many out of season grayling instead of wild brownies but hardly any fish rising , all fish were taken on nymphs in deep pools or under dark cover. Wonderful to see 8 brook lamprey

1 Trout, 9 Grayling

1 Trout

Lovely location, sunny, warm day, abundant bug life but no fish rising or seen otherwise. Was checking potential trout spots and accidentally hooked a grayling.
Fished a klinkhammer and black bead hares ear nymph duo.

1 Grayling

Partly overcast. Lost one fish, but was very quiet

Out of season grayling everywhere !!!!! Kept moving to leave them to the amorous work but I think they kept following me ! Literally lost count , fish from 6 inches to about a pound . 6 brownies , one a lovely fish of about a pound .
Fished in glorious sunshine and a massive prolonged blizzard !!!!
An otter had clearly been having its fill of crayfish as well .
Great to see so many juvenile fish but worrying that the big grayling that used to be here seem to have disappeared .

6 Trout, 20 Grayling