Feedback & Reports

Morning was very slow again - same as previous day. However the evening improved somewhat. 9 barbel were caught with the best a 11lb7oz PB for its captor. Don had just turned up to check on our progress and witnessed the fish and added to his reputation of being a lucky charm on the stretch. 7 of the barbel were caught in Legge Meadow, the other 2 were caught in the Boat pool in the downstream half of the beat. Again, groundbait/pellet was the successful bait.

The wading was half as bad as I thought it would be - I only filled one wader when I thought I'd fill both. I managed a couple of grayling to 14" and a little trout. I had a lovely day.

In my experience it's never a good sign when you catch first cast. I must've raised a million fish to my Adams but only a handful stuck. Thankfully the fifteen incher I hooked on my last cast hung on tightly.

Hot windy day. 2 chub caught, one at 3lb and one at 3 1/2lb. Both taken on luncheon meat. I used two swims in the wooded area which was well worth the effort of tramping through the nettles.

Water very low and clear did well at top end of weir gardens, 6 barbel to 9lbs on maggot/pellets be back when more water.

Low water conditions, cloudy with a strong downstream wind. Quite a hard day with, 15 fish caught on Duo and French leader tactics. Largest fish around 12 inches with the majority small. One large fish lost after a short fight in the gutter. There were a small number of surface feeding fish in the Bridge Pool. These were taking very small terrestrials and midges with the occasional upwing. Very spooky and difficult to present a fly to given the conditions.

A nice day that included a sandwich and a pint in the Clytha (no need to take your waders off in there).

No salmon touched all day. Conditions were good but there was a procession of canoes for most of the period I fished (10:00 to 16:00) but the canoists were all well behaved.
It did give me an excuse to change flies while they went past me. I think I tried every style and size I had in my box. I will try this beat again next year but not at the weekend.

09.00 - 13.00 though level was low and vodka clear, I prefer vodka! There were some interesting pools and runs that may prove fruitful if you could get to them, note to self - re-stock fly box! No hatch of sorts and no fish seen apart from the suicidal 4inch Brownie that came to a Prince nymph. Erm, 5 vouchers, really?

One small WBT to a PTN. Water very low and clear.

A beautiful beat but I wasn't up to it today. Missed the only two takes I had. None caught.