Feedback & Reports

All taken on wets fished down and across. 2 small Chub and 3 small trout on beat 3. 1 taken on Snipe and Purple and the rest on an unweighted Endrick Spider. 6 trout and 1 small chub - all on the Endrick spider at the top of beat 5. 3 trout between 3/4 and 1 lb A sporadic hatch of pale upwings and small olives.

9 Trout, 3 Chub

Another very warm day so I turned up mid afternoon preparing to fish through the afternoon into the evening. When I got to the river I wasn’t expecting to find two groups of young people sunbathing and a young family jumping up and down on the bridge whilst their dog was swimming in the river below them. It sounds horrendous doesn’t it, but it wasn’t. The youngsters sunbathing were really respectful and the family on the bridge were passing through and the father was making his children laugh. As for the fishing it was tough, although I did have tugs on my nymphs and splashes at the dry fly. I was rewarded later on with a 12”-14” brown trout caught on a cdc dun tied by myself, copied from Davie McPhail on YouTube. All together a good day.

1 Trout

11 Trout, 4 Chub

To hot and to far to drive to for the evening rise :-(

First time out this season, and the first time on a WUF water. A lovely half day fishing from 8:00 to 12:30 but unfortunately no fish caught. Did see about six rises, usually while my Parachute Adams was in the trees.

River quite low, hot day full sun , a few Mayfly on the water . No fish rising but tempted 4 small trout between 8 & 10 inches to a Mayfly . Fished for 3 hours

4 Trout

Another very hot day. River could really do with some rain. No real rise on to speak of so went with a red-necked nymph. All trout from riffle sections and decent size, including one from an adventure into the wooded bit at the top of the beat, tough going up here.

Really nice day out, something of a safari too. Saw no less than two very big eels (first time seen ever!), a possible small 3rd or even a lamprey (unsure as it buried under a rock), what looked like a nice loach, and a few kingfishers. Also-saw a massive dead fish so went and retrieved with a net to investigate-is this just a massive brown trout or even a sea trout that has lost its silver? (Photo attached-am a size 11 foot for scale) NB fish was returned to where it was found. Also slightly worrying saw a large grayling floating downstream upside down, so flipped it over gently and sent it on it’s way. It’s gills were pumping as it floated so maybe overheating/not enough oxygen?
Lovely day overall, thanks WUF

WUF Note: We have reported the dead trout and distressed grayling to the Environment Agency. We ask all anglers who come across dead or dying fish to do likewise as soon as they can - 0800 80 70 60 if in England or 0300 065 3000 if in Wales.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

Booked the beat on Tuesday 26th May and as the weather was looking hot and sunny decided to fish the afternoon into the evening. After travelling for over an hour I was extremely disappointed when I arrived at 1:40 pm to find a car parked in the parking space displaying a Wild Stream Season Permit. After contacting the Foundation to report the issue, the lady at the cottage very kindly allowed me to park my car next to hers. Fished a dry Mayfly pattern with a few Mayfly starting to hatch around 3:30 pm. Landed 3 plump trout all around 10 inches, hooked and lost several others and rose a few more. Saw a few Spent Mayfly later on but no real activity from the fish. What effect someone else fishing the beat before me had on my day I will never know.

Fishing Passport Note : The permit holder was contacted and reminded to check available beats before fishing.

3 Trout

4 Trout