Feedback & Reports

2 x anglers fished the morning into early afternoon. The river was very low and clear, saw a couple of trout rise and a couple of fish spook, but otherwise there didn't seem to be any fish in the bits that looked extremely fishy! The fish were probably sat in cover (lots of lovely ranunculus growth, LWD and tree roots about!) or spooking well before we got anywhere near them due to the water conditions and time of day. The couple of trout we did cast to weren't interested in dries and we didn't get anything to take on nymphs in the deep holes. The beat looked like it had been fished all the way through by a couple of anglers very recently so may just have been settling down. A fantastic looking beat with decent access - would like to return when there's a bit more water in the upper section!

River at, I assume, a low summer level. Access to the river at the upper end seems to be only at the footbridge. It was virtually impossible to get into the water any where else at the top end. The path mapped on the "White House" side could not be located. This needs more detail.
However, although I landed nothing I had a few takes and one fish came off so I must have been doing it nearly right. I finished the day at the lower end of the beat which included watching two otter cubs playing in the shallows. They are not always enemies. Well worth the trip.

My two brothers and myself fished for 9 hours and caught 4 trout and 3 grayling, all small fish, none taken, we don't take river fish. There were hatches of flies, including may fly throughout the day but very rarely did we see a fish rise. All fish caught on buzzers or small hackled wet flies. Very hard going. We did however enjoy our stay with Linda at the Old Vicarage, excellent breakfasts.

4 Trout, 3 Grayling

Lovely fly water, but Algal disaster on both days.Enjoyed getting to know the beat and Mick the ghillie was great company and knows where the fish are.If you are fishing Goodrich for the first time you would be foolhardy to do so without Mick.Thank you and until the next time. Damian Dwerryhouse

A beautiful beat, despite the low water. Both fish came to small dries, Grey Duster and Kite's Imperial. There was a good hatch at times and plenty of rises later on.

I spent hours and hours stalking a very large fish that appeared to be sipping what I think were emerging caenis - of course there was nothing in my fly box that matched it! Next time...

2 Trout

3 Trout

4 Trout

2 trout, each 1/2LB, light breeze.

2 Trout

Caught nothing

5 Trout