Feedback & Reports

River low and clear. Bright sunshine after early rain, and a strong, cold downstream wind. Modest hatch of LDOs and one or two March browns which bought a few fish up to rise sporadically. They seem to be getting fussier, or perhaps the wind made presentation tricky. 4 good fish caught, but many more refused or slashed at the fly but not hooked.

4 Trout

Temperature 10c lower than previous day, chilly wind, river pushing through nicely. A trickle of olives of various sizes along with the odd March brown but not sufficient to tempt the residents up. Klinked and dinked for the most part resulting in two skinny, wintered trout, 8" and 12".
Easy access, easy wading and nestled in beautiful surroundings. There are several trees down, and whilst this provides good trout habitat, it's very difficult to get a decent drift for your fly in and around these trout holding areas.
Lovely to be back on the water.

2 Trout

7 trout 6-12 inches on size 16 GRHE and olive emerger. All action from 1-2pm.

7 Trout

Caught on worm.

3 Trout

Despite a steady trickle of olives hatching all day; the feeding activity was sub-surface. All fish caught on beaded pheasant tail nymphs fished upstream into the deeper, faster runs.
This is a lovely stretch but not for those who don't like casting into the south-westerly wind; which always accompanies my visits here.
The road works to the beat have now been completed.

6 Trout

3 rainbow trout caught on spinners, 1 from car park near dam wall and 2 from far end near river entrance.

3 Trout

My first attempt of Salmon fishing on the fly. My thanks to Stephen Marsh-Smith for his help to set me up and give me a few casting tips. God knows what he thought as he left me to it! However, after a while, I found my confidence and managed to fish pretty well from both sides of the river. A totally new experience for me and I can say that I have never learnt so much in one days fishing. All I need to do now is catch a Salmon. Watch this space!

With a gusting downstream wind all day I spent a lot of time sitting on the bank disentangling myself, the river bank & my line. Arrived at about 10am with a wall to wall Grammon hatch, with the beasties crawling all over me as I frantically tried to tie on a suitable match; Needless to say it was nearly all but over by the time I made the first cast but managed 2 fish before all went dead. Persisted with the dry fly trying to induce a rise but in the end resorted to a weighted nymph to tempt a few more fish from the 'riffly' water.
Thank you W&U for another day far from the madding crowd.

8 Trout, 1 Grayling

Very tough day, very windy and downstream too! Sporadic hatches of LDO and March browns. Most fish very caught using nymphs, as the emergers and duns did not stick on the surface for long.

20 Trout

No fish touched or seen.