Feedback & Reports

RIver was clear and fairly low after recovering from a bit of heavy rain two days before. Fly-fished (alternated nymph and small dries) most of upper half of the beat, and a couple of pools in the lower half. Caught just three small (but pretty!) trout, and had several others (v.small) come off the hook. One much larger fish leapt out of the water at the dry fly, but failed to take.
Very pretty section of river. Easy wading, but tricky casting among the alders to get at the best spots.
I camped at Bredward Farm (Camping & Caravanning Club CL) which was within walking distance of the beat, - a good site with friendly owners.

3 Trout

Day 3 of the 2015 tour - fishing with James Bullock and Sandy Geyer. Fish rather more circumspect today - a case of findng the right fly! Rather more smaller grayling around further down the river - and more trout too. Best trout 15", best grayling 17" all on dries as usual and all safely returned. Another super day!

7 Trout, 14 Grayling

Great days fishing. Fish fed consistently throughout the day. All fish were taken on the standard feeder/pellet rig. Best barbel was 8lbs 13ozs and a number of the chub were in the 3-4lb range. The river level had dropped slightly from the previous day and the amount of weed in the flow had reduced. Great to see the numbers of kingfishers in such peaceful surroundings.

31 Barbel, 13 Chub

We used feeder tactics and caught well late in the day,despite a canoe capsizing right in our swim and the two occupants walking around in the river waiting to be rescued.

10 Barbel, 2 Chub

Several trout seen rising but very cautious. Showed interest in small grey duster but never connected. One grayling caught on dry fly.

1 Grayling

Second day on this Fishery. Learnt don't fish the same swim two days running. Fished from 7am until 7pm. Very hot day. Water had a bit of colour but still low. Caught throughout the day again. Barbel up to 9.10. Chub to 4lb. 7 Barbel for Alan, 5 for Pete and 4 for Dave another good day. Fish caught feeder method using Boilie and Pellet.

16 Barbel, 6 Chub, 2 Other

River in good condition but banks very slippery after rain. Fished upper field and found barbel in the slow water against the far bank. All on 12mm boilies.

9 Barbel, 3 Chub

River dropping but still good colour. DS 12 barbel all on boilie. DW 1 chub and a good sized eel. No barbel despite fishing just downstream of DS!

12 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

The river was low and clear and quite different from the previous weeks. The fishing reflected this.
However still managed 6 barbel and 4 chub. The weather was stunning as was the autumnal look of the sun on the trees. Size wise the barbel went to 9lbs plus and as the two anglers hadn't caught many barbel before they said it was probably one of the best days fishing they had had.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

CP and BS from London fished the full beat in the morning, 11am-2.00pm. Water crystal clear and level good. Bright morning sunshine with occasional scattered clouds; little breeze. No fish seen, raised or realeased. With little sign of fish, we moved fairly quickly from the bottom up to the top of the beat, fishing only riffles, pools and holding water; small dry flies. One good trout seen lower end of beat; 2 salmon near the top end of beat.