Feedback & Reports

The river was in beautiful condition with plenty of fish evident although a cold NW wind and temperature of just 10C made fishing difficult. There were sporadic hatches of olives and March Browns from 11.00 but no rising fish until a slight increase in temperature around 14.00. Even then they were only in sheltered pockets under trees on the far side. In the end each angler got one fish of about 10-11 inches on a Parachute Adams and Gold Head PTN. They were both in great condition with one returned and one kept for the pot.

2 Trout

Not really worth fishing at the moment. Very low water only one point of easy access from what I could tell and Ill defined area for this public ticket. Feels like trespassing wherever you fish! Over grown even now with fallen trees and a lot of detritus. Didn't even get the rod out, just waded down stream a distance to where I estimated the public stretch ended. Permits are no longer available from the next villages petrol station as they once were and nobody is sure where to now get them from so you're reliant on using the online system when the valley has no phone or Web connection. So hopeless for spur of the moment opportunism. Also seems that you can't book fishing on the day even if it's marked available? So this area needs forward planning but there's probably not much to go at even then. Local informs me it once was stocked but no longer. However some large brown trout have been had in the past.

WUF Note: Wild stream beats are just that - wild. Often the fishing is much smaller/more enclosed, but can still provide good sport. However we will look into the clearing schedule and add this beat in to ensure it doesn't get too overgrown. The booking system for wild streams is designed so that permit holders are able to 'roam' on available beats that haven't been pre-booked, this means that they are unavailable to book on the day, as stated on each beat page.

Water very low and weather cold and windy.

1 Trout

Very nice day out but nothing caught, fished fly all day, good day for fly overcast and warm until the evening . Saw two nice fish in the Vanstone, one very large. water very clear and getting low, could do with a little rain. will be back later in the year when i can find some time

A beautiful little river but the weather had turned quite wintery and there was very little evidence of fish activity.
A couple of rises but very short lived. After several days of dry weather the water level was low and I found the fishing difficult and without success.

A very cold northerly wind seem to keep the fly (and everything else) inactive. There were a few small grayling rising around mid day, other than that nothing.

No fish seen or caught, first go here, and I'm still getting to grips with fly fishing on rivers, lovely day to wander up the river though

Nice to see this beat recovering with lots fly life seen but not too many rising fish. 5 Trout 6 to 8 inches and 1 small Grayling.
All caught on bead head nymphs in faster water.

5 Trout, 1 Grayling