Feedback & Reports

Tried spinning dam end and fly all over the res but not even a tug, Sunny, warm and flat calm, not the best conditions. Fished the west end,fly only end and again loads of nightlines set and even a tent hidden in the bushes, there are serious poaching issues here.

Stayed upstream - house very busy. Lovely balmy evening, river pretty low and banks very overgrown in places. Found the fish eventually on a ptn

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

Hard going with with the water being so low.Managed to eek out a small barbel and one chub all on luncheon meat

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Perfect weather, sunny intervals and some cloud cover. Water in its bones but managed 2 gorgeous healthy WBT. One a pound and a half on Ballon Caddis in fast ripple. The second stalked and targeted in pool tail with rusty klinkhammer. Fab day.

2 Trout

This report and the one before it is for two anglers CT and AW - a total of 3 barbel caught - fell to one angler - CT.
The river has dropped a foot from last week and has cleared totally. We now need some rain to put some water back on it and colour things up a little. The canoe traffic was absolutely horrendous today - floatila's of canoes constantly, with people swimming on the opposite bank and dogs swimming fetching sticks - it was terrible today!

3 Barbel

Fairly slow fishing today, plenty of fish showing later on in evening but not feeding.Managed 2 Chub including one of 5 lbs 10 oz on meat,a switch to pellet later on brought 1 Barbel,around 6 lbs.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Terrible days fishing-Fished the Bay Area with a number of other anglers fishing. Reservoir like a Mill pond. No fish rising all day, no one catching anything no even the Perch—-First blank I have had here in a long time-Don’t mind not catching but would have been nice to see some activity

River very low and clear,fished from about 1pm until 9pm canoes a real pain until late evening when I managed to pick up a couple of chub on luncheon meat.

2 Chub

Fly fished the top end. Evidence of bait fishing but no rubbish problems.
Hard work, as the rainbows were't playing I went after brownies catching one.
Friendly and very helpful wardens. The road up to the tower has lots of pot holes so need a 4x4 or something with clearance to get up there.
Spoke to a few anglers during the day and unfortunately there seems to be an ongoing problem with illegal fishing methods and night fishing. Shame as it's such a picturesque venue.
Still I had an enjoyable day even if it was hard work.

1 Trout