Feedback & Reports

A wonderful day on one of my favourite W&UF beats. Biggest grayling was 14" ... all caught on trotted maggots.
Many thanks to the landowner and the W&UF.

6 Trout, 13 Grayling

Air temperature minus 6 on arrival, river in good condition but I think the temperature was to extreme , saw two Mink during the day

3 Grayling

First time to this beat. A very enjoyable day trotting maggots. River quite high and pushing through.
Small fish, except a bonus OOS brown of just over a pound. My first Grayling, which i am delighted about.
Challenging fishing in some parts due to trees having fallen in, but plenty of swims generally to have a go at.
Thank you again WUF

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

2 Grayling

River dropping after recent rain but still a little high. Located grayling in slower water off bends or near bank. Idyllic setting, shall try again in the spring!

2 Grayling

River was at a good winter level all fish were caught trotting maggots.

3 Trout, 16 Grayling

Very nice venue for a few hours fishing. Conditions very cold but river running at a good height. Caught 3 small Grayling and a decent out of season Brown Trout on trotted maggots.

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

Lovely few hours on this beautiful beat. The river was a tad high and had a good pace but was fairly clear. Despite the wading ban I was able to Euro nymph from the bank and had plenty of places to try. Luckily the cottage was unoccupied and I was able to fish the garden. I ended with 3 good grayling and 2 OOS trout all of which gave a good account of themselves. Access, especially by the bridge, has deteriorated since last season and the beat would be out of bounds for anyone unable to scramble over broken styles and barbed wire fencing.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

When we arrived we decided to walk to the bottom of the beat found this hard going due to where the cows had been walking and the ground very bogey . The bridge across the ditch was unsafe to cross. When we reached the falls found the water was running fast. Walking back along the fence line which was all barbed wire did not find many places to gain access to the water, passed a couple of trees which had fallen across the river (should be removed ). Access on both sides of the river looked very scarce. Stopped for lunch and decided we would walk the top part of the beat. We were disappointed to find again that there was no where to access the river apart from one stile ( when stepped on fell apart ) looking to the other bank there wasn’t many places to access the water. With the water flowing so fast wading would have been too dangerous with not having access to get out of the water. Probably needs to be fished when water is lower and not running fast to enable for wading.
2 fished 1 small grayling caught.

1 Grayling

A first time reccie here for me today . Set in a stunning valley and time actually seemed to slow down here ! Beyond peaceful and hot in the sunshine today! 0.47m on the Byton gauge and seemed to be pushing through the pacier sections at a fair old lick and the colour was enough for me to be not too adventurous with the wading in any steep sided gravel pools! Same in the pacy water really. A few bits of fly around but not much moving on top but stuck with the dry, such a nice day for it.

Went downstream to start and is pretty much socked in down there with herbage/trees but enough places to squeeze in and fish ok. Seemed to me though that its going the way of some of the wild streams sadly with no foliage management and good fishing opportunities being lost. Had a walk above the bridge in the evening up the r/hand bank but the left hand bank looked to have better access on the whole! The bendy bits just above the bridge looked deep and very interesting indeed ! Nice pace on them too today.

Looking forward to running a deep nymph or stick float through them sometime this winter. Lots of small olive nymphs/stone clingers and loads of shrimp on the rocks up in the fast water at the weir. The local kingfisher was putting on some great close up flybys today and dippers busy busy as ever.

Couldn't find the grayling today, too busy just enjoying the peace and good weather I guess!

3 Trout