Feedback & Reports

3 Trout, 5 Grayling

Lovely stretch of river in an incredible setting.

Hard work to find the fish but once I did I caught consistently.

Constant trickle of feed seemed to work well.

Access to river was excellent with parking behind your swims.

6 Barbel, 12 Chub

My first visit to this stretch. I followed the instruction to contact the owner in the days prior to my booking, but received no reply or call back. I decided to concentrate on fishing the left bank and started on beats 4 and 5. the river was in good condition, but the bank was largely unfishable due to the overgrowth on beat 4 and much of beat 5 until the bends with the shallow banks and gravel beaches which might fish better with more water. One chub came on beat 5 fishing the channel under the opposite bank. I then thought I would take a look upstream at beats 1 and 2 staying with the left bank. The access point to beat 1 was inaccessible owing to road works. The access point at the pump house for beat 2 was unlocked and didn't look like anyone has used it for years. The bank was unfishable due to overgrowth. There was also no obvious place to park. I went back to beat 3 which by contrast was both accessible and very pleasant. I only had one other chub but there was much more activity late in the day. I will concentrate my effort on beat three next time. This beat needs work clearing vegetation to create a few more swims and improve access.

2 Chub

No fish caught, no sign of any fish .

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Warm bright day, river a little higher due to recent and much needed rain. Caught 3 grayling and 2 wbt off the top before lunch. Beautifully conditioned fish, 10" - 15", all taken with an F-fly and all returned safely. Fish completely switched off after lunch, but I stubbornly persevered with dries, for no other reason than this is the method I love. Great beat, look forward to returning next year.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

River exceptionally low, very few pools viable. Managed and returned 4wbt to 10".

4 Trout

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

8 Trout

2 Barbel, 2 Chub