Feedback & Reports

Fine overcast day with steady breeze. 8 Rainbows of between 2 to 3lbs. One rod fishing with small tobies. Second rod caught 2 on cats whisker and two on small mepps. No cormorants seen.

8 Trout

5lb 10oz Sea Trout on a CD13 Rapala. High Water

1 Sea Trout

1 taken on green and gold robby and the other 3 off the bottom on worm. The weather was cold and fish weren't moving.

4 Trout

Blanked! River still high and coloured but falling steadily. Couple of Salmon active in eddies but nowt else to report. Thought we might pick up a few barbel or chub but hey thats fishing for you. I suppose after the wild weather we are just recovering from we should be grateful for a day on the banks no matter what the outcome.

Beautiful day to be back out on the rivers. With hope of some warm sun and lower levels we expected to see a few fish moving about. We saw nothing rise all day but we did manage to catch. All fish came to PTNs fished through reasonably fast water. One of the trout was well over 3lbs and ended up straightening the hook! Makes a real change to fly fish this water - it takes on a whole new dimension over trotting a float. All fish returned.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

Not 1 single bite but too cold as yet so no issue.

Bright day almost Summer levels. Two hours into the season a 4lb plus brownie on an upstream goldhead nymph. Handsome fish in good nick didn't give up easily. Always a great place to fish when everywhere else has high water. Up and down here like the proverbial. Had a great fish on this beat 2 years ago in March. Someone else can catch him now. Nothing else of note. That's it for 2014 I expect!

1 Trout

First anglers to visit this new stretch. River within it’s banks but chocolate in colour and roaring through. Testing conditions throughout with 5oz feeders struggling to hold bottom and the water level rising approximately 18 inches during the course of the day.
Clearly the upstream catchment area was seeing more rain than us (we were fortunate to only see a small number of showers all day).
CH managed to winkle out a 4lb 6oz Barbel using swimfeeder and pellet (on the second cast of the day, with a new rod making it’s debut!).
No further significant action to report but nevertheless, great to be out on the river.
Periods of warm sunshine, the obligatory Buzzards calling overhead and numerous species of ducks and geese (doubtless disappointed at the water levels receding from the fields).
Also had the great pleasure of meeting the owner of the stretch, with whom we had a very pleasant chat. Can’t wait to re-visit in the summer months.

1 Barbel

River running strong but clear. I fished the most likely spots and landed 4 WBT up to 15" on heavy nymphs. Thank you.

4 Trout

Very cold morning. The fishing was steady and we were very pleased as we only had 5 hours of fishing so the return was brilliant. Lets just hope the fishing is like this all season!

9 Trout