Feedback & Reports

A perfect overcast but mild day to be by the river. Lots of kingfishers, herons, and other wildlife to keep you entertained between bites. A few canoes throughout the day but all very polite and courteous to us as anglers. There were a few anglers on the other side of the river at the upstream end of the fishery. They were fishing towards the opposite side but didn't cause a problem and easy to slot in between. Many of the swims at this end were overgrown but I personally preferred the swims along the downstream end with more depth and flow along the near margin. It was quite difficult fishing even though the conditions looked perfect with a rising river after some rain. However the barbel that we caught were scale perfect and fought like demons in the strong flow. One was only about 8oz (a sign of good things to come) but the others were 5lb and 8lb. All caught on hair-rigged pellet.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Arrived at 1pm, weather overcast and 17C but at least it was dry after yesterday's heavy rain. I stood on the bridge and saw another angler fishing the pool infront of the house downstream and a cormorant fishing upstream, luckily it saw me too and took flight.
I usually walk to the bottom of the beat and fish my way back to the car but today decided to concentrate on the river up stream of the bridge. I much prefer to fish a dry fly so this is how I started, it always surprises me that at first glance there appears to be no surface activity but once you start fishing you can usually spot a fish or two and this was the case today. I soon took my first and biggest grayling of the day at around 12 inches on a small dry but then struggled, covering showing fish which refused my fly despite it looking very much like the insects coming off in small numbers. A change of fly to a red tag variant I'd tied myself with a bright pink tag changed my fortunes and I was getting lots of takes and enjoyed watching fish shoot up from the depths and grab my fly! I took 10 grayling and a small trout on drys before having a little go at nymphing later in the afternoon resulting in a trout of 11 inches which had puncture wounds either side of its spine, thankfully well healed, all other fish were lovely, fighting fit and in mint condition.
A lovely afternoons fishing on a very nice beat thank you WUF.

2 Trout, 10 Grayling

Hard day: 2 barbel and 1 chub on pellet.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Hard fishing again, or we got it wrong. A lot of debris coming through from the rain the day before. Great stretch of river though and will visit again. We did manage 2 chub and a barbel around 7lb. Felt as though the fishing was picking up as we had to head home.
Wish we could be fishing this week with coloured and rising water level. All fish fell to feeder tactics.
Great day all in all. Can't wait to get booked up again.
Anyone looking for accommodation, we would highly recommend the Cottage of Content at Carey.
Note for WUF. Noticed no dogs allowed on this stretch yet the stretch is along a public footpath and dog walkers were present all day.
Would just have liked to have brought my dog along.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Mild and overcast with the river falling after heavy rain the day before. Rising fish in the flats throughout most of the day but none rising in the faster water. A good pale watery hatch through the middle of the day. All fish taken on small CDC dries and a parachute Adams. The largest only about 3/4 of a pound and we missed many more takes including what looked like some better fish!
We walked along the bank in the early evening and saw two men walking briskly along the far edge of the field towards the road with rods in their hands. We then found 2 freshly killed trout in the shallows where they must have been. We had passed by the same spot only an hour before so they can't have been there long. We have reported it to WUF and to the hotline number on the ticket info. Such a shame but an otherwise great day.

7 Trout

40 Trout

Delayed start due to over indulgent hosts the previous evening so only managed 2-3 hours on this delightful stream. Caught two very lively trout up to 9" on a pheasant tail gold head and missed a few others rising to a klinkhammer.

2 Trout

Nothing caught unfortunately, despite taking local advice. Very attractive river, but very difficult to fish. A lot of vegetation along the bank meant you couldn't get to most of the possible swims, even more tricky if you are fly casting. Banks so steep in the main, consequently impossible to wade in safely for most instances. A great shame. Wont be returning.

Drizzle to start with very slow going after a long time moved down stream a bit and had bites almost straight away first fish 5 lb 8 then the second one was 8 lb 1, haven't caught a barbel for many years so to catch two made a good day into a great day out will be back more than once more .

2 Barbel

I was disappointed with how overgrown and hard to get to the river it was. On the entire beat, I only found one spot you could reasonably fish without having a 20 foot landing net. The river looked great, with lots of sign of fish, but no realistic chance of catching them.
Would not recommend as it stands.