Feedback & Reports

0.15m on gauge and looking clear. Not much fly life and the swallows were scarce. Two caught as targeted rises and two in tail of pool with no prior indications which included an oos grayling. All took a Kites Imperial, but I suspect the Iron Blue will soon be out of the box.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

The Law of Sod!...I struggled all season to catch grayling on this beat but today got the biggest (19") and fattest of the winter ..but out of season! Becoming seriously time poor for fishing I grabbed the only day in the foreseeable to go,despite the forecast of steady light rain.
A special day..struggled until midday, no sign of fish and then the swallows appeared ! first I've seen this year and they were there for the flies, what followed was a steady varied series of hatches and the 8 trout ( 9-12") came to #16 Iron Blue , Greenwells and Adams.The grayling to #16 Kites Imperial......all from one pool.

8 Trout, 1 Grayling

Nothing doing until midday ...sparse and short hatches of olives....no rising fish.....4 trout 8-13" all on Greenwells and Adams at the tails of the pools.
Nice to have a bit of sun!

4 Trout

Fished for 3 hours...no sight of grayling at all.....one nice fat and fit trout about 12-13" on olive tungsten bead nymph. River at 0.34m ..able to wade but flowing fast and strong.

1 Trout

This beat was fished by members of the Grayling Society on this occasion. Grayling c30cms Trout (15 - 30cms)

6 Trout, 1 Grayling

Just had a couple of hours to spare, but unfortunately I got my timing wrong as the overnight/early morning rain had raised the level sufficiently to colour the water up.
One tree down on the lower section and one leaning precariously just upstream of this one. Good to be out but no takes.

Coldest day of the year? Spent the first two hours clearing ice from the guides. Really bright sun,low in the sky and behind me all day causing unavoidable long shadows,water crystal clear. Fished tungsten bead nymphs...first fish a decent sized trout 15" or so and then only one small 9" grayling...couldn't locate the shoal though. Good to be out again!

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Could only connect with trout on this extremely cold day. Snow on the ground and river running with a good pace. Looking at river levels, this beat seemed the only one just about fishable. The few trout to hand all took pink beadhead body quilled fly on the point bouncing bottom. No grayling today, maybe the floods now the cold snap has put them down for a few days. The flow was strong and nearly knocked me off my feet on more than one occasion and with the water temps low not advisable to take a dunking. Still a lovely stretch of water which, come April should fish extremely well.

Level dropping and clear but still with a bit of pace (0.3m on the gauge). Had a couple of hours trotting on the mid section and caught an 8" OOS trout plus a smaller one with a 10" grayling coming just before I packed up. A particular concern is the evidence of predators, as now I have witnessed an otter, cormorants, and a family of goosanders this year. The dippers, however, are a sight to behold.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Ice on the rod until late morning.....could not find any grayling only 2 small (6") trout to small gold head nymph...somethings had a big cock salmon I found the head pretty cleanly severed?!

2 Trout