Feedback & Reports

Fishing were rising sporadically through the day, but the action kicked off in earnest in the final hour of light. This is when I caught the largest fish of the day (maybe 2.5 lb), on a catskill dry-fly gifted to me by Simon - who I shared the beat with.

4 Trout

3 Trout

4 Trout

4 Trout

An excellent day at Penpont with the help of fishing guide Kim Tribe. We began our day just beneath the bridge and after a slow start I had a nice trout on a midge dry fly. We then moved down to the pocket water in the section called "End of Fence" and did well there bringing in a couple of fish each using a Coachman pattern. We then worked our way up to the runoff from the Bridge pool and had success using a Pheasant Tail nymph. All the fish were in the 9"-11" range I would say.

The setting at Penpont is absolutely gorgeous and the beat is quite long and fairly easy to access for most of its length.

A big shout out to the guide, Kim Tribe, who is very knowledgeable and helpful. I am still a bit of a beginner - especially when it comes to consistent casting but Kim is able to blend instruction with fishing and keeps you active the whole day long. I will definitely fish with Kim again.

8 Trout

Rain the previous day put the fish on the feed. Trout to 13” ( fat as butter ). Caught fish on spiders and dry fly.

10 Trout

Water very skinny, clear and fast. Very few signs of life, no fish landed.

Slightly cooler overcast day so hoping for a reasonable day after all the bright sunshine. River extremely low , I’m hoping this was the reason for a non productive day and not my abilities!
Walked the length of the beat before setting up , not one fish seen, not one rise and no hatch, a thoroughly disappointing day!
Fished Penpont 4 times now and three of the four visits have been extremely hard work, I’ll give it a miss next time and try another beat!

Very hard beat very low water and very clear but lovely views and stuff

1 Trout

This is the first of two days' fishing on the Penpont beat, so what follows applies to both days. No fish, no rises, no takes - river was low and clear, wind was bitingly cold and from the East. I tried spiders and PTNs on 5 weight line and used the dry fly rod just to get some practice in. I imagine much finer tackle was needed, plus a much better angler than me to catch fish!