Feedback & Reports

Arrived to a beautiful morning at 9 a.m. river 0.88m on the gauge and falling very slowly. Fished for almost 6 hrs with the 15 footer, very enjoyable exercise but again no sign of the needle in the haystack. A 1.5lb brownie raised the pulse briefly when it slammed into my Golden Killer and was safely returned.
A moderate hatch of LDOs occurred at intervals all day with just a smattering of March Browns. Inexplicably saw only two trout rise, but none to my offerings.
The heavy winter spates seems to have moved the stones of the river bed and I was able to wade Upper Rocks right down to the Chine. Below the bridge wadeable from the gauge right down to the cables with a small exception by the cleared tree stumps.

1 Trout

Nothing. Nada. Good height although very bright.

1 Grayling

Nice trickle of LDO for the few hours I was on the beat but no fish seen rising. All four trout (4-10 inches) from the top third of the beat on Gold head hares ear in deeper pools and pots. 6ft rod too short for the weight of fly needed to get down to these fish!

6 Trout

We caught many very small fish which I haven't included as I would call them large fry at best but the strong downhill wind was more than a match for our 5 weight rods. When it relaxed to a breeze at times we could manage to present a fly and I really enjoyed walking all the beats. Some more salmon beats than trout, our chosen fish. But even though the river here is wide at times, there are a few lovely runs which look perfect grayling territory. And so it proved with a lovely fish of 3/4lb on a duster pattern on the top, which was wonderful after watching it for about 30 mins first feeding. I would imagine there are some serious trout here, but we left before dusk so would have missed the best fishing. And finally, a word of advice. If you would like lunch, the Boat Inn, serves a good pint and good food. However, if you plan on walking the bank in the afternoon, don't order the rump steak for God's Sake. Perfectly cooked to order, home butchered and beautiful but why anyone would want 20 oz plus of meat on a plate is beyond me. Salad next time...and there will be a next time. Good day for the purist.

1 Grayling

Nothing today.

4 Trout

Sunny day, very windy, river running fast on the drop after resent flood saw it rise about four feet. Cold morning, only three degrees. No fish showing but nice to be on the bank at 7am. No fish caught.

All caught using float and worm.

5 Trout

Fished lower beat closest to road. Note that for most of this section the river runs between 3-6 foot banks so access isn't easy for wading and its quite overgrown. Too challenging for me so will try top beat next time.

4 Trout