Feedback & Reports

1 small trout caught on fly and released.

1 Trout

Weather mixed (cloudy and sunny periods). Two missed fish Iron Blue dun. One fish lost - Grey Klinkhammer. Access difficult beyond second field but a lovey afternoon nonetheless.

15 Trout

A pleasant days fishing at Lower Cannon Bridge. I note there have been several previous reports complaining about the walk to the river. I cannot understand why. It is an easy walk along a farm track to the river itself of approximately 600 yards. The track is neither rutted or muddy. Once on the bank there is a clearly defined path both up and down stream. The path is flat and you can access the well defined swims without the need of a rope. You walk along the edge of fields containing cattle but they are far more interested in grazing than passing anglers!
We fished the upper section of the beat opposite the well known "wall". It was a slow day with only five barbel and two chub between us but that didn't matter as we still had an enjoyable day. Anyone fishing these upper swims should be aware that they are VERY snaggy and you will need to step your tackle up to have any chance of preventing unnecessary fish losses.

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

Arrived mid-morning with same plan as last time. Fished same swim. Fortunately no drifting weed this time. Barbel were not so co-operative, only caught 1 barbel about 3lbs. However, caught 8 chub to 4lbs. Another enjoyable day.

1 Barbel, 8 Chub

River at 1 foot 4 inch. Saw one salmon and had a salmon of 11 pounds, cock fish slightly colored but very pleased.

1 Salmon

Fished for 1 hour, upstream nymph. 1 trout circa 9"; hare's ear variant.

1 Trout

Fished 1.5 hours with a nymph. One 6" trout (and one minnow!), Hare's ear variant.

1 Trout, 1 Other

18lbs coloured hen caught on spinner, another fish lost and one seen leaping. River at 1'4", 17C with some colour. Midday session with small rod produced a couple of WBT up to 10" on nymphs. Lovely day, thank you.

1 Salmon, 6 Trout

Arrived at 6.45am (early start from Wiltshire) River 0.78m nice tint falling slowly. Fished for 7hrs without sign of salmon spinning and fly. Then had (another) impromptu lesson from Tom Hannon, during which a fish showed toward the end of Rock pool. Single spey markedly improved, an hour later a red cock fish of 8lb accepted my Golden Killer (Russian pattern) off the tip of Rock. Kindly netted by Tom and safely returned. My first fly caught Usk salmon. A lovely day (suntan included!).

1 Salmon