Feedback & Reports

Really well maintained fishery by Glynn the full time Ghillie who was also very helpful with advice before arriving and all day while fishing. It was a significant privilege to share the beat with the owner that day who was also fishing but most generously he let the ghillie show me around and stay with me most of the day! Good hut, toilet and tea making facilities and even a glass of wine was offered at lunch!
Seems a short beat at the advertised double bank 800m or so but at 0.75m (Bredwardine) it was mostly all fly fishable, much off cribbs and walk ways etc (perhaps not for everyone) but Oxford run (from the bank) is class and poachers pool which needs wading after the croys is just a gorgeous spring fly pool. There's also a lovely little 50m run down to the swirly Lugg junction pool etc and several other little bits to keep it interesting with a spinner.
At this height and fishing only 2 rods, its probably as generous fly fishing beat as any I have fished on the river (12 different beats) and with 7 big springers to date over the few fishable days this year - is it the top beat? But probably by far if you consider the number of rods fishing it.
I like to express my sincere gratitude to an amazingly generous beat owner for opening up a productive and very interesting bit of river through the WUF . It says a lot if I explain he was delighted to watch his ghillie net a 17lb springer for me from poachers pool as he was following me down the pool. Thank you all!

1 Salmon, 2 Chub

10 Trout

Fished priory pool down to below canoe centre & caught 22lb salmon below canoe centre on black & yellow F/C @ 0930hrs today. Had a bit of an audience watching me land fish, hooks fell out in the net ,quick foto taken of fish in the net & safely returned unharmed.

1 Salmon

First time at the beat, very enjoyable. @1'5" today, perhaps a smidge on the low side to get the best from it, but can imagine it holding fish. No Salmon seen, heard, or caught. Around 2pm there was a big hatch of Olives: trout went suitably bananas.

2 Trout

2 hour single run through the Chapel: NTR.

Good day but very cold hooked one why about 11/2pounds but he threw the hook on an adams para very few rises but a decent hats he of mainly duns ? Throughout the afternoon and early evening in all a brilliant beat thank u v much

1 fish seen, none caught. Water spot-on

Conditions looked perfect but no sign of salmon.