Feedback & Reports

River very low and not a salmon seen. A note for WUF- the middle access via the the farm is not possible. After the first gate, the farmer has blocked the track with an electric fence.

all returned - most under 9" - lovely day - clouds and not too warm - some sun but soon went. Ideal.

6 Trout

Very nice river. Not many fish showing and nothing caught today. 2 canoeists came through the beat which was annoying and had parked there car at one the parking areas on the beat!

Lots of fly life this evening,sedge, spinners and mayfly 5 trout up to a pound and a couple of out season grayling on spinner pattern.

5 Trout, 3 Grayling

This is a beautiful beat with a good stock of fish and a variety of water to fish however on a summer weekend it is impossible to fish. There are rock platforms all along the beat which are used by swimmers, drinkers, BBQers and dog walkers throwing sticks into the river for their dogs to fetch. I have had red letter days on this beat in the past and I have also had the same summer weekend experience but thought i would take a punt anyway. This time the BBQers didn't even bother to take home their disposable BBQs and most parties left litter behind, such a shame. At 8pm all but one party left and a few fish started rising, two to my dry fly but i failed to set the hook, after a long day of frustration i decided to call it a night.

Very few fish rises during the morning, just two small grayling on a small black nymph. Late afternoon saw a late hatch of mayfly which produced 3 trout up to 14 oz. All fish taken above the footbridge.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

2 Trout

James Harrison caught his first fish, a 1/2lb grayling on an elk hair caddis size 16, just after a lunchtime snooze on the bank!
JH then followed this up with 2 small WBT caught on elk hair caddis as well.
CL tried to catch an elusive salmon. A couple seen jumping over the 48hrs, but they remained elusive....!
Beautiful beat...

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

12 x trout 6-16 inches, Parachute Adams. A surprising amount of colour in the water, probably due to heavy localised showers yesterday. Not much sign of mayfly today.

12 Trout