Feedback & Reports

Low river and a hot day but glad to catch several fish, all on pellet.

8 Barbel, 1 Chub

Chub caught trotting sweet corn with sweet corn and hemp as loose feed. Barbel caught in the last hour of daylight using pellet and feeder tactics.

4 Barbel, 10 Chub

3 of us were booked on, whole beat to shallow for all to be able to fish so we went and found elsewhere

Heavy rain but river low and clear. Not many fish showing but they were there, Grayling (1/2lb max) all came to dry fly and trout (3/4lb) to ptn. Good variety of water to fish across a long beat though access difficult through wooded section and stiles over fences decrepit.

1 Trout, 5 Grayling

Extremely hot with little breeze. Took a break and returned later by which time it had clouded over and a cooling breeze had sprung up. The fish came after 7 p.m. on ledgered and feedered pellets.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

First time at Whitney Court, a lovely stretch of river. Conditions not ideal. Barbel 7lb and Chub up to 4.5lb. Fished faster water on Beat 4 for Chub. Fish caught trotting with Meat and rolling Meat.

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

Very nice river to fish. Used mainly french nymph tactics with peeping caddis on the point and florescent orange bead GRHE on the dropper. Most fish were caught in fast - ish cobbled bottom runs in water depths of 1-1.5m and at reach (not right under the rod tip). The best times to fish were first light up to around 0900 and then after 1500
All of the fish were under a pound and I had a lot of double hook ups

5 Trout, 20 Grayling

Fished from approx. 3pm until 9pm caught steady from about 4pm in the fast water, lower section . Good day after the disappointment off Thursday.

6 Barbel

4th consecutive day, starting to get a bit weary in the hot dry weather. River low but fish can still be caught. Started off with a nice brownie down by the cottage which nailed a skating fly then sat for a rest on the salmon boards – gazing in to the river in front of me I realised I had 3 or 4 resident salmon in the vicinity, rolling and turning, perhaps they thought there was some rain coming? A scary moment when one of them rolled under a skating dry….
Fish not easy but ended up with 18 in total, best a trout and grayling each of 15”
So 94 fish over 4 days despite the heat and low water – that’s good enough for us! Wonderful fishing as usual….many thanks!

6 Trout, 12 Grayling