Feedback & Reports

Great to be by the river for a day and a bit either side. Weather? Perfect! River? Low and clear! Two sightings of salmon; one by The Rock and one below The Cables. Trout rising all day. Catching them however, was very difficult. For someone looking from The Bridge, it must have appeared that I was herding trout upstream with a Kites Imperial, fished Rawhide style. After some tuition my co-fisher caught his first trout with a fly. He also caught and released a good trout whilst spinning for salmon, way below the bridge. We saw Kingfishers, Dippers, 3 Cormorants on the water and 13 flying overhead in a V formation(???).
Met with friends whom I only speak to on the phone normally. Banter, teas, coffees, beer by the river and all day breakfasts, more please!

4 Trout

A beautiful evening on the river (thunderstorms held off 'til the drive home.) Greeting from the usual kingfisher. Very sporadic hatch. Only 1 or 2 risers. No sign of salmon today, top or bottom. Rain dance steps a little rusty.

2 Trout

Again water low at .42m. My turn to blank today as fish were hard to come by. My guest Dai Marlow landed one nice chub and one trout of half pound late on. One stale salmon showed at the Chine at 7pm.
No luck at all again on the dries at dusk but very few steady rises to target within casting distance. Also tried subsurface flies late on but no takes either. Need fresh water.

1 Trout, 1 Other

2 x trout 10-14 inches. A tough evening, warm and close, with a few trout smutting in very low water. A small Grey Duster accounted for a couple...and one got away. Stale salmon breaching in the Chine (as usual) and also Upper Rocks.

2 Trout

River low and clear. Bright sunny day. Lovely to be out. Saw a kingfisher and Red Kite in first hour. Fished for salmon with single hander. No sign of salmo salar. A moderate hatch of mixed Ephemera throughout the day with very sporadic rise. S.B. had six salmon parr in about an hour (encouraging for future stocks) and no sign of cormorants or goosanders for months. Caught 4 small brownies and 3 dace between us and enjoyed a very nice vibe.

4 Trout, 3 Other

Water Very low at .42m. Able to fish the top run completely at this height with some wading care required. Fished intermediate and size 10 Ally's Shrimp. Hooked two decent Chub but no salmon. Went through with a team of wet spiders but only succeeded in landing two 6 oz trout.
Fished a sparse rise from 7-8 with succession of dries with one fish of decent size taken on no14 tupps but came off before landing. Probably three quaters pound.
My guest had no takes at all, but he did spook a stale 5lb grilse at the rock opposite stairs.

2 Trout, 2 Other

Fished above the bridge in the morning and didn't see a fish, my companion saw numerous fish below the bridge and had a take on a float fished prawn, one nil to Mr salmon!!
Went for a very nice lunch at the Black Bear (highly recommended).
I spun below the bridge in the afternoon but today was just not to be?
Finished the day off with a trout rod and in no time at all had two in the bag, around 3/4 pound apiece and released a further four!
Conditions weren't good for salmon today, clear, very low water but never the less a very enjoyable day spent on the water. Can't wait to come back!

6 Trout

First time on the beat and a very enjoyable day. We only fished about half of it so will have to go back! Some bank access was very tricky and only for the young and nimble.
Warm day, low water and crystal clear. Small wet flies worked best for us and gnat imitations and dark brown gold heads seemed to work.
No shortage of salmon parr & small chub with one nice 8" WBT taken on a black gnat imitation.

1 Trout, 2 Chub, 3 Other

Same conditions as the accompanying Trout report. 2 anglers, one for Salmon, one for trout. Saw quite a few fish rising during the day and covered them with Flying C's, large Mepps & various other spinners to no avail. A selection of sea trout and salmon flies were also dropped into likely spots with a similar response. Great day out however, will try again before the end of the season.

3 Chub, 2 Other

Blank in good water conditions. Some fish showing in lower pools but not taking. Thank you.