Feedback & Reports

Got to the spot at about 7am. I sat on the bank at stone catch and watched a few fish jump whilst I had a coffee and setup. I started down the bottom and worked my way up. About halfway up I had a little salmon parr take my PTN. After that I moved up to abernant stream (for some reason skipping out Lady Alexanders Catch). There wasn't much doing on the stream but up at Edw Pool there were some 20 big fish hanging around just above the fast water, their bodies flashing from the sun as they turned on their side to eat. I tried every type of fly I had, flashing them right across their faces 4 or 5 times. They didn't take anything I had to offer though, and after about 90 minutes and 20 flies of trying, I gave up. I guess they were Barbel? Although I didn't think you would find Barbel that far up the river.

After this I headed back down to lady alexander's catch where the fishing is by far the best! On my second cast i hooked onto my first wye fish and first river brown trout! This spot is really great just allowing the fly to drift down the outer seam almost always yielded me a bite. I was fishing a dry fly (can't remember which) but I had a PTN, with a black and copper coil body which was tied onto the dry fly with a uni knot. I hooked two more here that got off and a number more bites. I'm just a beginner and learning so I was over the moon with my one trout although for the more experienced angler I believe there are plenty more fish to be caught here. Excellent beat for the fly!

1 Trout

5 carp

5 Other

Quiet compared the the last time we were here but compared to then far less fly life about. The odd olive throughout the day at was enough to keep the fish interested in short 10 minute spells. Most fish came from the top of the beat in the evening when a shoal of grayling were showing interested in a very small fly staking in the faster water. Biggest grayling 14 inches and biggest trout about 19 inches.

There was a family with 3 or 4 canoes at the bottom of the beat, kept out of our way and got out after 10 minutes when we carried on fishing.

Another good day, thanks!

4 Trout, 7 Grayling

1 Trout, 2 Other

Lots of water (unlike anywhere else at the moment) and some larger trout far out in the middle (although one was on my line for a few moments before jumping off)

2 Trout

3 Trout

River was very low and caught most fish on meat, barbel came along as it was getting dark

3 Barbel, 22 Chub

Red tag.

7 Trout

3 Trout

7 Barbel, 1 Chub