Feedback & Reports

No fish showing and virtually no water in the river!

Hot bright day with low water - little visible movement. More chance of catching one of the many labradors that chased sticks for the many passers by - much be school holidays. Lovely day and a token small trout at the end of it.

1 Trout

None caught - a few jumpers but nothing consistent.

Fished for the morning before the sun really got going. 4 very small trout caught and returned - lost another 8, a couple of which may have been as big as 9"! All on grhe.

4 Trout

My first time on this beat and just as I thought, being close to town there was many dog walkers, kids swimming in the river and people everywhere.

1 Trout

River dirty after previous day's rain. Enjoyed the sport, saw a few fish rising but impossible to catch!

Very good beat, beautiful day. All caught on dry fly - little mayfly. Water clear & low.

8 Trout

8 x trout 7-14 inches. Conditions looked ideal - the river up just slightly after showers, a tinge of colour, a clouded sky which threatened more rain (which never arrived), warmish. In fact it was all quite slow fishing, with nothing much rising until after lunch, although olive uprights, medium olives, a few yellow mays, the odd true mayfly plus some terrestrials were all observed on the water at times. Spiders didn't work well, so most of the work was done on dry fly and also New Zealand style nymphs. Hard work, but a very pleasant day.

8 Trout

One smallish trout caught and returned. Despite great expectations based on the glowing reports of good catches recently, the 12 hours of fishing was a waste of time as there were no fish to catch. Plenty of fry but the concensus with other anglers was that the river had been emtied of fish. Nobody was catching anything. So instead of dining on trout I had had to settle for cod in batter.
Not an encouraging outcome for a visitor with expectations.

1 Trout

Water coloured up and high after over night rain. Explored the beat but did not fish.