Feedback & Reports

This was my second visit here after struggling a bit first time to find any fish but thought Id give it another try . Water was slightly coloured, no fish rising that I could see, so did the only thing I could and tried some nymphs. Fished probably 3/4 mile downstream over the next 6 hours and was about to give up when one took me by surprise and escaped (about 8") and hooked and almost landed another about 10" before he slipped the hook. An enjoyable day and also saw a kingfisher. Lots of fry in the shallows.

1 Trout

River still a bit coloured but huge variety of fly life including Mayflies and Iron Blues. Fish just weren't really feeding yet after the spate. Fantastic beat beautiful surroundings.

2 Trout

Had a great day. Saw 1 rise and caught 2 trout, one 8ins long and one 4ins long. Thanks.

2 Trout

4 Trout

All fish was on nymph.

4 Trout

Another great day out on the river but unfortunately without much luck of meeting the local fish habitat. The water was clear and very cold. It may have been that I lost my stealth skills in the last couple of month so I scared them away but unfortunately I didnt get to see a single fish on the day and didnt see much flylife either. There are quite a few nice runs and pools on this stercth of the river which seemed very promising so I may need to revisit on a warmer day to see what this river really holds.

Clear bright sunny sky, very windy. Water low and clear
No fly life and no fish moving.

Fished 'meadow' section by willows from 11 am - 4 pm with 1 WBT about 14" using down stream pheasant tail. Warm but no insect life to talk of. Didn't see any other fish all day but a pleasant location and enjoyed the experience.

1 Trout

Water very low. Didn't see a fish, other than fry, all day.

I know I should have read the recent catch reports "before" I booked this beat, but you live and learn, as they say!
We are by no means expert fly fishermen, but we flogged the entire length of this stretch relentlessly for about 8 hours with every fly in the box, but only a single fish was seen, it was about 8" long and travelling downstream like an Exocet missile. This is a real pity because this is a fantastic stretch of water that looks like it should be teeming with fish. Small shoals of fry provided some encouragement for the future but at the moment this place is only good for casting practice. A possible reason for the lack of fish may be that no insect life could be found under any stone we turned over. On the positive side we rescued a sheep who had managed to get it's head stuck in a fence.