Feedback & Reports

Ideal water height and clarity today. Saw plenty of activity, quite a fair few takes, and netted a decent-sized brown trout just above the bridge on an orange/olive GRHE. Many thanks again to the beat owner for his advice on the phone. Will be back again.

1 Trout

Water levels very high

1 x half pound brown trout on dry fly, safely returned. Lovely stretch of water.

1 Trout

Superb day. Reasonably good levels, following a few days of rain, though surprisingly the water was relatively clear. Only fishing the Chine up to Upper Rock Pools. Had a few takes, playing a strong brownie for c.5-mins before knot gave way! Will definitely be returning in coming weeks to fish the lower pools.

2 small brown trout just below rock pool on PTN

2 Trout, 1 Other

Arrived 11.30 am with the gauge at 0.72, having reached a peak of about 1.1 on the Thursday afternoon. Water was clearing and dropping, with a visibility of a couple of foot or so, but still some colour. It looked very promising. But it was not to be. Fished the Rock a couple of times through with a size 12 Bann Special then moved down to the lower half of the Wood Stream, to under the bridge and then the Bridge pool from the gauge steps. Switched to a Stoats Tail and ran through the Rock Pool a couple more times. I had expected to at least see some fish but nothing. I couldn't find a way through to the upper Rocks Pool but having had a good chat with Barry at the bridge he is cutting back the undergrowth after the last few strange months. I would have loved a fish but getting out on the river was such a tonic. Apart from practising my very rusty Spey casting, I loved the dippers, kingfishers and the hope, the hope....

John Lewis and I enjoyed our first visit after lockdown. Fished Woodstream and landed 7 trout, all around half pound apart from one beauty of 1.8lb landed by John. I was broken by a similar size fish using 2.7lb tippet, shame.
All fish taken using floating line with long leader and gold head hares ear nymph size 14.
Water .53m and beer colour but reasonably clear.
Brilliant start to our season, John landing all five taken, myself two and one lost

8 Trout

Did not fish due to Covid

Yes , I know the river was at least ½ a metre too high, but it was opening day . The water colour was good and I managed to fish from various points on the wooded side , mainly from the bank with a sink tip skagit line.

The recent record flooding has done a lot of moving and removing. However, today the sun shone like that of April, birds singing and a buzzard flying low above me. Good for this Londoner to be out again and yes I did think I was going to get one .

River at 1100mm and weather fair. We saw no salmon all day, but still enjoyed our day on the bankside. The Chainbridge pub has changed hands again - we hope the new landlord can make a go of it.