Feedback & Reports

I've fished this beat a number of times before without much success. I keep coming back not only because it is such a stunning place but also because people keep telling me how wonderful the fishing can be. Today I saw a little of that: all six of the fish I caught were absolutely beautiful and the best of them was just over a pound. I arrived early and it was an hour or two before I saw the first rise. This fish refused most of my offerings but finally fell to a bibio so I'm guessing it was feeding on terrestrials falling from the trees. There was a bit of surface action around the middle of the day and I managed to take one fish on a dry mayfly, but pretty much everything else came to the bibio. Lovely day in the spring sunshine.

6 Trout

Called in for a quick look as I hadn't fished the beat for a season or two. Had a big fat brown 18" from tight under a tree that was rising freely, led me a merry dance for a while. Glad I took a look now!

3 Trout

Weather warmer and plenty of fly life. Apart from 3 rises to my klinkhammer which I missed, nothing else seen. A beautiful beat and fortunately for me there's more to fishing than catching fish.

Beautiful still and sunny day, lovely beat. Good hatches. Just very little evidence of fish feeding. The fish I did spot were very spooky - river is crystal clear at the moment. Eventually caught a lovely WBT deep on a nymph.

1 Trout

A half-hour rise around 4pm, by very small trout. The one I landed was a 6" troutling, returned.

1 Trout

Small trout, 7 - 8 Inches, one other lost. Very pretty stretch of water.

1 Trout

Very little sign of any fish rising until mid afternoon despite seemingly ideal conditions on this lovely stretch of river. When the fish finally did take an interest in surface fly (I tried various nymphs sub-surface before this), I started to get quite a bit of interest in my Klinkhammer offering. Unfortunately for me I seemed unable to connect, probably because I was a little too eager (striking too early?) on my first day out this year. Eventually I did manage to connect and with a wonderful fish around 18" in length which put-up a significant fight; very satisfying.

1 Trout

3 trout on small PTN 1 on dry fly,all 6-8". Odd fish rising.

4 Trout

Started well with small trout on surface then howling and cold wind put paid to the fun.
No shortage of rises in the early hour before sense prevailed.

3 Trout