Feedback & Reports

Good day with the weather but fishing was difficult. A few small but welcome brown trout. After lunch things pickked up with a nice size chub 4lb worked my way back up the beat to the hut to find two other people fishing same beat one looked to have a spinning rod with him not sure about that.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Chub

A difficult day on a very low and all but non flowing river, best chance would have been in the fast water at Boys Rock but the heavy number of canoes made this an impossible choice. Should really have known better and not booked a Sunday but sometimes there is no option! A lot of algae and silk type weed across the river which also did not inspire confidence.

Fished the Church Pool from first light to 2pm. All fish came in the first two hours then all went quiet. Thanks WUF.

4 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

Arrived at the beat at around 6.45am. Chose a couple of swims at the upstream end of the beat. Fished for a couple of hours and missed one bite. A whole squadron of other anglers turned up and fished the opposite bank but, I must add, they we're considerate and opted to fish away from where we were cast. Decided to head into the woods for the rest of the day. The walk is steep but perfectly fine with minimal amounts of tackle. I used my waders to access a swim fishing from the rocks and almost immediately landed a decent chub. A couple of casts later something snapped up my pellet tipped with corn and, after a short scrap, I landed a grilse. I have caught sea trout before but this didn't look like one at all. Having spent some time comparing it to pictures of grilse on the internet I'm sure this is what I landed. Very bright conditions and extremely low water made conditions tough.

WUF note - The wooded section of this beat has since received a lot of clearance and maintenance work and has been opened up allowing access to some of the best faster water and salmon pools. Please see the website page and Beat Gallery for more information.

1 Salmon, 1 Chub

Difficult day fishing. Bright sun, gin clear water. Despite this, excellent day out.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

Lovely stretch.

10 Barbel, 6 Chub

I fished part of this beat from 11.00-1500 for two days this last week. Both days hot and sunny. First day blank, the second had a 9" wbt plus 4 others about 5-6 inches. I used dry fly (my preference regardless of trout wishes are elk hair caddis and klinkhammer, mainly black). Although fair smattering of fly life, upwings midges etc. (sorry my identification powers are limited due to limited experience), there were very few rises. Very enjoyable time of course.

5 Trout

Parking is in a a very small layby and easily missed. Once you've squeezed your car into it, there's a short walk though the meadow to the river.
Like many of the wild stream beats, this is ankle-deep in most places and a lot of it seemed unfishable, given both the low water level and the low-hanging tree cover. The latter is, however, ideal for those anglers wishing to recreate jungle scenes from their favourite Vietnam war films.

Further up, the beat opens up and short-range overhead casting is possible. It's a beautiful, remote location with stunning scenery but I saw nothing moving and caught nothing.

A sunny sunday water level low fished cage feeders with a mixture of hook baits from pallet to sweet corn and meat on hair rigs. The barbel all came in the morning with some good chub to finish the day off.

3 Barbel, 9 Chub

Hot and sunny conditions, river level good, most fish caught from 6pm onwards. Limited number of swims. Anglers from opposite bank wading across to fish the bank we had paid good money to fish, we agreed this was not an ideal situation, we understand the fishing rights on the opposite bank are held by holiday cottages. However, good sport in a nice setting.
WUF Note: On single bank beats such as How Caple Court there is always a chance that people will be fishing opposite you. If this is of concern, please check the website before booking - there are many double bank beats to choose from.

11 Barbel