Feedback & Reports

The weather was warm and very bright, with unbroken sun and no cloud cover. Unfortunately there was also a persistent cold downstream wind which killed any hope of a hatch despite the river being at a perfect height.
We managed to rise a few trout to a variety of dry flies, but the fish mostly turned under the fly. Finally we caught (on dry and on nymph), but it was a frustrating day, typical of early season fishing.

3 Trout

Had an hour on the little Blackpool Brook. 14 or so to hand on size 20 baetis copper beadhead fished tight to the heads of the pools, all in the 4-7 inch bracket. Very low water conditions but good fun none the less.

14 Trout

15lb 3oz springer salmon caught at 3.45 pm on black and red flying c.

1 Salmon

Dull start and little trout activity. Weather brightened up and fish started showing. 5 fish caught, 4 on dries 1 on ptn nymph the largest 1.25lbs. Successful dries were cdc shuttlecock 18, hares ear klink 16, black klink 14.

5 Trout

2 Trout

A good day and some lovely water to fish. A slowish start early on but fish started to respond from around 9am to nymphs. Clink & dink became the most successful method as the day wore on as fish were somewhat reluctant to rise to a trickle of LDO's & a brief but significant hatch of March browns.

12 Trout

A warm and bright start to the day was soon overtaken by strong gusts and showers. Fished through to dusk on this lovely beat, but no salmon seen. Two trout caught on a fly, both returned. The river was quite low at 1'4".

2 Trout

River looked to be at a perfect height, although a little coloured. Temperature had fallen compared to previous days and it was a relatively cold day with blustery wind. Sporadic hatch of march brown in the morning but no movement on the surface. Fished various forms of nymph largely duo with kinks and GHPTN. Found a few fish in the faster flowing sections below the pools. Missed a good number of takes - put down to rustiness at start of season! Shame not to see fish on the surface but air and water temperature still felt too cold. Access to the water is ok at the moment although there are a lot of fallen trees and branches that complicate the fishing. Having fished this beat a couple of times now I find it a bit limited. Many of the pools are very deep and slow, and many of the stretches in between are very slow moving. There's enough there for a good half days fishing though. Might be more productive when dry fly is effective.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Blustery day with chilly 25-30 mph upstream wind. Sparse hatch. Deeper pools hard to reach even with tip toe wading. Fish very healthy and gave a good account!

4 Trout

Very windy conditions and only saw one fish all day.