Feedback & Reports

Disappointing day due to heavy rain overnight and early morning, making access to swims easy for a mountain goat but very slippery for old boy with a hip like mine.
Managed to set up in a swim opposite the downstream end of the island but a combination of leaves, abundant weed, more rain, vertigo and no bites made me give up after 3 hours.
A 300 mile round trip for nothing.

Floating weed meant that the fishing was difficult but after a chat with Don the River Keeper who gave us very helpful advice our fortunes changed. Phil caught a lovely Barbel of 9lb and I had one of 5lb. The fish were taken just before sunset on pellet and we didn't have a bite between us before that.
The river looked lovely in the Autumn sun and it's always a pleasure to fish there.

2 Barbel

3 x grayling 10-14 inches, 9 x out of season trout 7-15 inches, Red Tag and Grey Duster. A downstream gale, the river very slowly rising a couple of inches after overnight rain. The trout were much more prepared to rise than the grayling today. And suddenly we have salmon moving all over the beat. They must know the season is over!

3 Grayling

Heavy rain ceased as we arrived at 9am and weather conditions were encouraging being warm and overcast. The river was seriously low and my fellow angler commented it seemed almost dead. Dave lost a barbel at 11am on pellet and feeder which made us think they were on the feed. We were wrong - no more action till 4pm when I landed a barbel of around 6 pounds on light legered meat. We fished till dark with no further fish. A lovely beat and thanks to Dave for introducing me to it.

1 Barbel

Difficult the water level had risen after the rain has fallen in the night
We saw a sick truite (40cm) with white plaques (left bank near leaning willow)

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Rolled meat all at far end of beat swans were a nuisance, good day though .

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

A tough but beautiful autumn day with the river low, clear and cold

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Pleasant days fishing with weather wet during morning period changing to overcast during afternoon and evening.
No fish caught using spinner but successful after changing to ledgering with inflated worm.

5 Trout

Low water, sunny sky,... most of the graylings pretty small.

7 Trout, 20 Grayling

2 Barbel 8lb and 3lb. Don was very helpful.

2 Barbel