Feedback & Reports

Gromain was looking glorious on a warm sunny day. All fish taken on a beaded nymph under a klinkhammer. Eight small trout and 3 salmon parr. Fished mainly around the fishing hut area and downstream.

8 Trout, 3 Other

Fished Thursday, Saturday and Sunday for a few hours early morning, with conditions looking favourable, but no sign of any Salmon.

At last - decent weather on a Thursday! And it fell on the day we booked one of our favourite beats too...The river looked in superb condition - clean and flowing well. Not much of a hatch but we could still get the fish looking up to our dries - 22 caught in total, trout and grayling too both to 15" and also 6 greedy salmon parr. The fish are all in super condition - fat and fighting well, especially the grayling in fast water. Someone should tell them to leave our flies alone till next week! All returned fit and healthy, hope to meet them all again when they have grown some more. Very pleasant chat with Mrs M-S out walking the dogs too. Many thanks for making this super fishing available.

12 Trout, 10 Grayling

River running at 2ft and surprisingly clear. No sign of any fish, did get a heavy knock in Heron's Run but that could have been anything.
Just a word of warning, there is the carcass of a large sheep stuck under the Board on the Bridge Pool, scared me half to death when I spotted it!

Only fished up by the brook for an hour or so, no joy, will be back later in the week when hopefully Monday and Tuesday's rain has shook things up a bit.

With the water lower than hoped (just over 1ft) Salmon fishing difficult, fished through regardless, nothing to report.
In the afternoon got out the trout rod out and took 8 trout up to a pound on dries, mainly Sedge emerging patterns but some joy on Mayflies too.

8 Trout

Good morning!
Just a quick report:
Arrived around 7pm and had good chat with very pleasant trout anglers who were just packing up. I then went off to the top of the beat – right bank. 11" on gauge so lowish and all very quiet but great chance to see the pools. Amazing ledge in the Spring pool! – and I could see why this would be such a good holding pool. Fished down to the Willows – all of it really nice varied water which looked like it could yield fish almost anywhere at different heights. When I reached the big rock in the willow pool I was wishing for a another 10in of water – very likely spot and below toward the submerged rock – all looked very fishy. About 8.30 went to the Heirag – wow! As soon as I walked over the rock I saw a big swirl from a decent salmon - bottom left of the pool. I covered him 4 times and then a pluck and a take. Fantastic............but it was a shad that took not the salmon. I’ve never seen one before and it was quite beautiful at around 1.25lb.
I was just on the point of packing up when I thought – I must go and see the Ferry pool which looked like a nice flow. With time short and my wife waiting on the bank I ignored the neck and simply started from the boards. A superb flow at this height – great fly water. And at 9pm - a thrilling reel-singing take and I lifted into a good salmon! A heavy knock, knock and off! (I had lifted too soon in that fast water – curses)
There ended a lovely evening – so thank you so much!
All the best.

1 Other

No salmon. Water clear and level dropping. Good day.

5 Trout, 1 Chub, 1 Other

1 Trout

Fished the afternoon with other rods already using the beat, still the water looked OK. The top had only been fished with the fly so I went down the Spring pool with the spinner to try something different, did not touch anything. Couple of shad and trout from further down the beat was all I could manage.

2 Trout, 2 Other