Feedback & Reports

Very bright and very warm; and the river approaching gin-like levels of clarity. But the crucial limiting factor if I'm honest was my casting. No amount of practice and looking stylish in the park (enduring comments such as 'caught anything mate' - I invested hours in it!) evidently enough to manage a sinker line on the actual water. I switched to an intermediate but the water is still cold and there was a fair pace to the flow. Not surprising then that nothing came up to have a look. I'll stick to trout fishing until the grilse show up and I can fish a floater - early season salmon fishing is not for me.

2 Trout, 1 Chub

A lovely afternoon but no takers!

Guiding the Young family. A short visit late afternoon. Apart from numerous out of season grayling on dries, just the one cock brown trout of 21 inches which took a Deer Hair Emerger. A few march browns still hatching.

1 Trout

Hazy and bright sun, v low and v clear. Fished left bank only; parked at east most spot. Olives coming off much of day, fish consistently rising just above small riffle at bottom of hill, didn't manage to get one on dry; 2 fish on nymphs further up beat returned.

2 Trout

Caught 10 fish each, all on weighted nymphs. Very bright day, no hatch and no fish rising. A very nice fishery.

20 Trout

First time on this river and what a stunning place to spend a few hours fishing. Fished from 11 til 3 in bright blue skies and warm sun. Lots of LDO's hatching from the off but nothing rising as I made my way upstream with a small nymph. No touches or any sign of a fish and I feared a blank was on the cards until just past the old bridge when the "rock" that I thought I'd snagged suddenly moved and jumped and shot of downstream! After a Few heart stopping moments a fine trout of 15/16 inches came to net and was safely returned. My best wild stream trout to date. Had to leave shortly after so didn't make it to the top of the beat but it didn't matter.

1 Trout

Pleasant afternoon - sun and little breeze. One oos grayling 10" and one trout 12" but very lean, both on ptn, saw a couple of rises but nothing to dry fly.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Great day out in the sun but alas too bright for the silver tourist!

3 wbt all returned. 1 on klinkhammer. 2 on pt nymph. 1x 1.5lb, 1x 1.25 1x 12oz. I had to work at it and found a few fish around mid pm. Sparodic hatches and rises. Not sure I totally got to grips with it as not fished this beat before. Helpful advice from booking office as ever and will mark down for future visits.

3 Trout

Nice sunny warm day. Minimal grannom & very occasional rise. Nil else hatching. Nil caught. Disappointing.