Feedback & Reports

Lots of surface action but, a very bright day with too much sunshine. The water was very still and I spent most of the day stalking into fish that, as soon as I had got into casting range they appeared to telpathically know about it and were no longer to be seen. When only moments before they had been rising like metronomes!!

An awesome, unforgettable day.

A smattering of mayfly in the morning and early evening. Heavy sedge hatch about 11.30. I fished the rest of the day with a small deer hair sedge pattern which seemed to do the trick. I managed to apprehend a few trout but, had the opportunity to catch many, had I been a bit craftier/been able to teleport/not been outfoxed by a creature with a brain the size of my thumb.

Big fish water. I did see one ginormous old bird that will haunt my dreams. She was almost uncatchable as her lie was within a tree root and a log pile. I spent 2 hours trying to get a good drift over her and finally got her to rise to a size 22 IBD imitation (having tried most everything else in my flyboxes), I struck, ready to try and wrestle her out of the tree roots but, did not even prick her! I will be back very soon to give her another go!!

The Fishing passport is an awesome scheme and so easy to book last minute - for those as disorganised as me.

Thanks to all involved.

5 Trout, 1 Chub

Found the upper part ( above the bridge) of the beat difficult to access. River gates and overgrown fences.
Bottom half clearer although needed some climbing to get over a large oak tree in the river.
Otherwise plenty of fly life including hundreds of damsels and dragonflies.
6 WBT on parachute Adams

6 Trout

not a lot of fly hatches I fished the French leader in the heads of the pools and casted to any rising fish on the drys while shaun fished clink and dink I took 4 on the dry on a Olive emerger and lost a few the rest for me on the French leader. overall shaun had a couple more that me just on the clink and dink on a small nymph it was the best method on the day

25 Trout, 18 Grayling

Very hot and sunny, very low water, very little surface activity. Used nymphs and drys. Nothing doing.

Hot and sunny, a lot of mayfly and olives coming off. Hard work during the day but plenty of rises in the evening but just couldn’t get them to take!

Lower Stanton Farm was hosting a charity duck race which put the middle stretch of the beat out of action! Good weather and saw lots of fly on top and bottom ends but no rising fish. Caught one near top end on dry fly cast into fast run by roots.

1 Trout

Hot and sunny, and river low. Fished dries/emergers all day as fish were attracted even when nothing rising. Missed a lot of takes. No monsters caught, but 3 were 15-16". One or two very big fish moving in almost dried up tail of Sewage pool. Very nice beat.

9 Trout

A trickle of Mayfly coming off. One fish C 1/2lb to a largish dry Grey Duster. Few fish movements seen.

1 Trout

1 Grayling

3 Trout