Feedback & Reports

Last minute booking. Upstream cold wind. No hatch seen. No fish seen. Great to be back on the water.

3 Trout

Fish taken between the 2 bridges in the morning, sadly by lunchtime heavy rain had set in and was forecast to stay.

2 Trout

Air and water were both 4C, cold, no insects or fish, sadly.
Still, had to do the first day……..????

The beat has been reduced in length removing the lower pool which I was planning on fishing in the evening. The expected hot weather swimmers took the bridge pools and several more swimmers wandering down the beat looking for their own pools were asked to return to the top pools. Fish were caught on tight line nymphs in the pocket water ranging between 10” - 17”. I would only fish here in cooler / wetter weather.

9 Trout

When I arrived the river was low and clear with little sign of life, add to this an annoying down stream breeze and bright sunshine and I didn't fancy my chances. Didn't have a touch for the first hour, and was beginning to think I was wasting my time. There was hardly enough flow to move the nymphs, which kept getting stuck on the bottom.

Finally I got to some faster water and lost a good fish, due to thinking the fly was snagged, and didn't lift properly. A second run down resulted in a cracking 14" trout. The rest of the fish were all around 10-12", and all except one were taken on a black nymph, the last on a clinkhammer. Lost a further two and missed a couple of takes too.

Turned out to be a good day after all.

6 Trout

Howling wind, low water, and bright sunshine made for a really tough day.

1 Trout

Bright/sunny - assorted flies used - just a couple of takes - nothing caught

Arrived to find a very low river but good cloud cover and plenty of hatches in evidence.
I started on dry fly and took a nice fish (2lb) from Parsons Pool, where rising fish were in evidence but tricky to tempt.

John, my friend fished upstream nymphs and took 3 heavy brownies (2.5, 2 and 1.5lbs). It was nice to be able to access parts of the stretch not normally wadeable but this was balanced by the challenge of presenting a fly correctly in such skinny water. As the day progressed the wind increased until blowing a gale downstream and the sun came out making fishing almost impossible.

We had a mystery to solve as there was a group of people in gloves and masks underneath the arch of the aqueduct, they looked to be busy bagging things and generally industrious (no impact on the fishing I hasten to add). It turns out they were surveying the local bat population and they remarked that that there was a healthy colony present some 50 -60.

All fish were returned and we had a great day despite the increasing challenging conditions.

4 Trout

Water low and clear, but plenty of flow on this beat. Fished small nymphs, landed 3 trout, lost one good fish and missed a few takes too. Very nice day was had.

3 Trout