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First time fishing this river so I wasn't sure what to expect. I used an 8 footer but a 6/7 footer would've been better as it's mostly fishing in tight spots. The river was running low & clear and it looked like it needed a bit more water to bring some of the pools to life and add a bit of depth to the runs. Hardly any risers though it was morning and cooler than recent weeks. Not much in the way of fly life. The bits I could fish I had four and lost one. 3 were on a nymph including 2 x cracking 14" fish.
The ones I caught were all d/s of the farm where the access is much trickier.

An interesting session and glad I went down.

4 Trout

Easy access to two pools through the farm, but above and below that the usual problems of steep banks, barbed wire, and treacherous wading. One trout risen; none hooked.

Three fish caught on french leader. Reasonable hatch of olives and a handful of LDO's. No rising fish seen. Easier access above the farm than below.

3 Trout

An early morning visit to the Tarrell turned out to be a red letter day, fishing from 8am till 2pm off the back of rain the night before. The river was perfect, a beer colour and rushing through. The number of fish in this river is astonishing, almost every pool, slack and deep pocket produced multiple trout to Euro nymphing, some of them a good size, but most were quite small , 6 to 11 inches average. In gin clear, normal summer low flows you'd be forgiven for thinking the river is fishless, the trout here hide under the many bedrock ledges most of the time. The wading in a high flow is pretty brutal, so bring your studded boots!

40 Trout

1 Trout

First time fishing this beat.

There was heavy rain the previous night so there was a good amount of water in the stream with some colour.

I fished for about 2.5hrs using nymphs, catching 6 and loosing 2. The largest being around 11" and the rest being between 4-9".

Unfortunately around 3-4 of the best looking pools were covered with fallen trees so it was very difficult/impossible to get a fly to the desired spot (but I guess that it to be expected when fishing a wild stream).

I had great fun to fishing this challenging little stream

6 Trout

Saw one trout only and he was on a diet.

low water, slick boulder gound, small trout seen not landed

Water level really low , the access to the banks is almost impossible due to the nearby barbed wire, with high levels it can be very dangerous to fish, having no access other than along the river , very few trout of size, but before expressing a serious opinion I will have to go fishing again next spring .
I assume that the river is poached by the locals ,otherwise the presence of very few trout is inexplicable , I fished on small rivers and spring creecks all my life I know what i'm sayng

1 Trout

We visited and decided it was not worth fishing on the day.