Feedback & Reports

6 Trout

Very disappointed we have fished this lake on several occasions not sure what the problem was the conditions were perfect when we arrived the lake looked dead no movement what so ever. Fish started to show about 6 pm around the island area but not in any significant numbers we can only presume that they have been spawning for the second time or a number of fish have been removed. Will monitor the reports to decide whether to return or not. The one fish that was caught was carp of 11lb full off spawn using floating bread

1 Other

Overcast & warm. Not much colour after last weeks rain. Nothing rising early. So fished size16 gold bead hares ear. Immediate success. Had lots of takes that I missed. Caught 5 on above fly. There were the odd mayfly coming off. Saw a fish rise a few times so changed to a dry mayfly. I think I caught the fish rising, then anther shortly after, missed one further upstream. Then nothing more. Biggest at 7". Good fun. Those of you who have this sort of fishing on your doorstep should be very grateful.

7 Trout

3 x trout 6-10 inches, Parachute Adams. A couple of hours on the upper section (campsite busy at the bottom end). A few mayfly spinners around, but generally rather slow with very few rises on a hot afternoon.

3 Trout

My guest was blank sadly
Peter

I didn't arrive until 13:00 so I think I was fishing the hardest part of the day. Hot and sunny.
Only saw one fish rise once and that was it. Plenty of insect live but the fish didn't seem interested.
Still it was an enjoyable few hours

Never seen this river so low. Though day cause of the low level. 2 small BT around 6/8 inches with dry fly and another 2 missed. Spot several big graylings and BT too, but the absence of water makes fishing extremely difficult.

2 Trout

Arrived pm and walked the two fields to the wooded area. This had been quite recently fenced off so that it was almost impossible to access wood/bank - particularly if infirm (as I am). Managed to get over via a fallen tree but with difficulty. The bank side in the wooded area was difficult to access (would be more so if river higher than it was today) and the wood itself high banked. I think there should be a public footpath via the wood but I could find no evidence of the path or access to the wood. Reached the end of the wooded area to find no exit but evidence that barbed wire had been pushed down but not far enough for me. Gave up and returned without fishing. The access to this beat must be sorted. River itself looked interesting but with a lot of weed - I only saw one rise.