Feedback & Reports

1 Salmon Parr caught.

1 Salmon

My first time on this beat. A really enjoyable day albeit the weather sunny and the river low. I feel I have unfinished business and will definitely be back! Fish caught on feeder and pellet from various pegs in the bottom half.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Conditions at the moment were always going to make the fishing tough and so it was. Tried a number of swims and methods before a nice fish of around 8lb fell to feeder tactics.

1 Barbel

1 x grayling 16 inches, numerous parr, spiders

1 Grayling

Second early morning this week and a reasonably successful couple of hours. As per the beat description, the water flow seemed very healthy, which is rather at odds with most rivers at the moment! Nice fish of a reasonable average size for a small stream; all taken on a nymph under a dry but I missed more than I caught, a couple failing to stick to the dry in the duo system and a couple not quite hooked. I didn't cover a great deal of the beat which looks long, but very enjoyable, would love to return but it is a reasonable distance for me. That said, hoping to be in furthest west Wales next weekend!

3 Trout

A long walk over the hill and we fished the Lucky Stone Swim. One chub immediately and then a frustrating several hours with huge rafts of floating weed coming down making fishing virtually impossible. On the way back we fished the swim by the house and garden and lost a barbel in the weed. We packed up early as a result.

1 Chub

Very hot but an enjoyable day.

2 Barbel, 8 Chub

All fish caught on pellet , barbel showing most of the day in the ‘going swim’ 2 barbel lost due to someone’s old snagged line left in swim (2/3rds across river ) . River very low and slow moving , hard going but lovely stretch.

1 Barbel, 8 Chub

River very low with weak flow. Blustery wind and hot, bright sun added to the sense of a tough day ahead. There was very little insect action, but in the morning there were quite a few random splashy rises with 2 or 3 fish properly in the air. Between 9am and lunch I kept to the top half of the beat and fished only on the runs into pools where the flow was strongest. I kept to an Adams Para 16 or 14 on a 4WT, and searched the lines on the run. I was rising a lot of fish but most were fingerlings - one of which I kept on and is included in the count ;-)
The other three trout fish were more respectable 8"x2 and 12"x1. The Grayling came to the smaller fly and was a beautiful, feisty fish at 10". All fish were caught before lunch on barbless and returned quickly in good condition. After lunch I tried the lower half of the beat from below the church to the gauging station with absolutely nothing moving or seen.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

8 Chub