Feedback & Reports

One hen fish of about 11lb caught on Lower Flats. The fish took a Cascade fished on a sink tip double hander. It gave a very good account ouf itself & was only slightly coloured. It was safely returned. The river was about the perfect height & quite clear. I missed one other solid take on the Upper Flats whilst messing about with the drag on my reel. A superb way to end the season.

A good day all round but started very slow. No interest in the heavy bugs but later in the day we changed to dry flies and brought fish to the surface all over the fishery. Approx 20+ Grayling and a few WBT to the net with many more missed. The biggest fish being around 18in. Thank you again for a great day.

2 x coloured hen fish, 30 inches and 31 inches, from the House and Boat Pools, on Bann Shrimp and Willie Gunn tube fished off a fast sink tip. One fish lost after a few seconds play in the Boat Pool. Water gradually clearing and coming down very nicely and quite a number of fish, all of them coloured, were showing regularly. It's certainly a well populated river this autumn.
Brian Skinner, fishing this beat on the previous day (9th), took a pair at 10 and 14 pounds, plus he lost an unusually large fish when the hook pulled at the net after 30 minutes of very dogged play and a series of long runs. He reckons this one might have been a 30. All I saw were the points of the Waddington he hooked it on, which were distorted into some amazing shapes.

With the river falling and clearing we chose to fish a sociable peg halfway along the beat. Within three minutes JT had his first fish, an absolutely fantastic 11 1/2Ib Barbel. Between the two of us we had 9 barbel, fishing from 10am through to 5pm. Two 9lb and the rest all over 6lb. It seemed that this beat holds bigger than average fish.
A wonderful day and a fantastic beat.

Very poor day. The weather was perfect but the fish did not play.

River very high and fast, No takes, one possible Pike?
hooked and lost. Need to try again next year with heavier gear!

Fantastic piece of river. Only fished the morning, however I would love to explore this stretch further next time I return to the area. I ended the session with 3 chub, 3 barbel and lost one. Positive I would have caught more had I fished all day but was happy with my time there.

Only one bite between us all day but was worth waiting for as it was an 11lb 10oz Barbel - although unfortunatly was not on my rod.

Did not land any fish

Two chub on pellet feeder, one barbel 9.15 & lost another. Enjoyed the day, will be back. Many thanks to Don.