Feedback & Reports

Great location, but I think a little early in the season. Also, due to the recent heavy rain the water was a little fast and brown. Covered the section from top to bottom, nothing caught, and nothing seen. Will try again in a month if we have some better weather.

Fished from iron steps down through the Willow Run with fly and spinner. Nothing caught or seen. Fished the top part of Wyebank plus bottom pool in the afternoon but still no joy. Slight colour to water and cold upstream wind. Still an enjoyable day though.

Fished afternoon only, above bridge. 4 seasons in a day, wind, rain, hail and glimpses of sunshine between the squalls. Water slightly coloured. A few olives seen coming off with the odd rise to the naturals, but was short lived. Fished NZ style, 3 wild browns caught on nymph. Largest circa 12" (very nice fish) and others 8" or so.
Lots of woody debris following recent flooding etc. Bridge needs clearing.

3 Trout

Lots of LDO's and March Browns/Brook Dunns coming off the water this morning despite the snow flurry with plenty of fish sipping at the water to feed on them in the long pools and in fast water too. Managed to catch fish on the dry as well as nymphs from 1/2lb up to 2lb.

12 Trout

First trip of the season and it was nice way to start; 5 cracking little brown trout 6-8 inches on black magic nymph fished New Zealand style. Great day despite the wind, rain and hail! Nice little river, though it could do with some clearance work; lots of rubbish and debris along the stretch which spoils the beat somewhat.

5 Trout

I landed 4 well mended kelts and had a nice looking follower to the high bank. Fished hard in challenging weather conditions but no ultimate reward for me today. Thank you.

1 Trout, 4 Other

3 Trout

Good Morning but very cold, very hard fishing. When the sun came out things improved a lot and fish seemed to be moving around more.

10 Trout

Most of this beat was very shallow. I looked in all the deeper pools but couldn't see any fish, although they are no doubt in there somewhere. I needed smaller flies than I possessed for this water, so didn't do much fishing.
Before I started, a chap stopped on the road and reversed up the path, saying he hadn't seen an angler there for years. He said he and friends used to catch salmon parr there in their youth, and that there was much more water flowing down it then. Some of what he was telling me echoed OB's last report for this beat from 2011.
I was also warned about boars and sure enough I encountered one by the water which probably had young ones hidden somewhere. It didn't like my presence and I kept my distance.

Cold and windy day overcast and some rain.
Mid day a very brief hatch of March Browns which saw a few fish rise. Rain came back in and hatch and feed stopped.
No fish caught but still a great day.