Feedback & Reports

The sun came out around midday when I started fishing from the downstream limit. The river was alive with mayfly and swarms of smaller two tailed spinners (iron blues?), plus small and large birds, mostly unidentified but I thought one was an owl silently flying away. All fish caught on dry fly, mostly using one that bore some resemblance to a mayfly. I kept moving and fished almost the whole beat, which was a lot of wading! 8 wbt between 5 and 9 inches, and spooked countless risers.

8 Trout

36 or more to hand 4 of which grayling. Fished from 10a.m - 3.30 p.m klink and dink for first two hours with size 18 natural cdc black bodied f-fly with size 18 tungsten beadhead below. This took about 12 trout and four grayling. By noon they were locked on mayfly with dunns being sipped down in slower water and emergers in the faster heads of pools and in the foam lanes. foam bodied size 12 mayfly brought 20+to hand. A good day on a good beat.

36 Trout

11:30am Start. Striking too early made for lots of lost strikes. Lost a further two that shook the hook. 3:30pm 9" WBT on #12 Gold Head Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph in the riffle entering the head of a pool. 4:30pm another 9" WBT on a Winged Adam's #16. All earlier takes were to a #16 Greenwell's Glory before I lost my last one in a tree.

2 Trout

Fished the top half as I fished the lower section last time. Plenty of insect life but not many fish rising. Some up-winged flies, sedge and the odd mayfly. Caught first fish on ptn nice 8 inch wbt. The second fish was the best at about 10 inches and the third was about 6 inches long the last two fish were taken on a black and peacock spider. Missed several others. The fish seemed to prefer taking their food from just below the surface. A more able fisherman might have made double figures.

3 Trout

An unbelievable day on an incredibly beautiful little stream. We lost count of fish caught - action was non stop.
Biggest just over 1 lb and lost a nice one of 2-3lb.

10 Trout

A cold drizzly day but at least the cold East wind had gone.
Fished the bottom half by 1 and stopped for lunch back at the bridge with only 1 6 inch Trout on a Klinkhammer.
Changed the set up for the duo with a size 16 PTN on the point and continued upstream.
The slow water was very low and clear so concentrated on the pool heads and was rewarded with 5 more Trout to 14 inches and 4 nice Grayling 12 to 16 inches.

6 Trout, 4 Grayling

No fish this evening but there were a few rises. All the access points below the bridge are still fine. I did find that someone had blocked the path down to the river inside the bottom access point with trimmings. I cleared this away so there is now access to the river.

14 small trout to 8 inches, all taken on size 14 March brown spider from mainly pacey water, great sport but this venue is a tough cookie, I would advise that only fit agile anglers attempt this venue. Great day BUT I don't think I will return, I'm knackered!!! Thanks very much WUF.

14 Trout

Lovely sunny day but cold wind blowing upstream. Only 1 rise seen all afternoon despite sporadic hatches. Nil caught.

First time fishing this beat and I must admit it's a cracking stream. Walking down to the start of the beat, I was unsure how the day would go as it was my first outing of the new season. Started fishing at 11am using upstream Baetis nymph, using a cut down 3lb tapered copolymer leader to 5ft and 2 to 2.5ft of fluorocarbon tippet (3lb) which worked a treat as I caught a few WBT and 3 OOS Grayling. A bit later on, moving upstream I then switched to the dry, as there were plenty of LDO's hatching and fish rising. Same leader set up but changed the fluorocarbon tippet to 3lb copolymer and used a cdc foam dun #17.
Good day had 11 WBT and 3 OOS Grayling. I will return!

11 Trout, 3 Grayling