Feedback & Reports

Went up but the river was still soil laden and unfishable.

6 Barbel, 10 Chub

A slow start in the morning at the top of the beat but things changed dramatically in the afternoon once I had crossed the river at the bend and fished down.
There was a small but steady hatch of small olives most of the afternoon which the trout responded to,sub-surface emergers, spiders and nymphs all taking fish. Sport was non stop for a couple of hours in cool and drizzley conditions.
Quite a special autumn day’s fishing, not because of the size of fish to hand, only 2 or 3 making 12” but rather because of the sheer number of takers over a prolonged period, and there were no parr in the total.
All quickly returned as usual with many more misses and on-offs.

24 Trout

Despite strong gusty winds trout were keen to take black hoppers on the surface. Only the west side of the lake was fishable due to the wind and as the afternoon rain arrived the cloud obscured the boat house while the opposite end of the lake was in sunshine. Over 30 fish netted between us with just as many lost or missed.

30 Trout

A red letter day, despite the rain and wind. 15 barbel banked, several more lost. Largest fish weighed at 10lb 4 oz with several more just under 10lb and smallest fish around 5lbs. All fish is superb condition. An amazing afternoons fishing in solitude in the rain. Quite magnificent. Thank you.

15 Barbel, 5 Chub

Due to no fish showing and the weather we retreated to the pub after a couple of knocks on small lure patterns. Don't be put off this is a cracking water for small brownies

Very wet and windy but the barbel didn’t seem to mind. Seven nice fish between 4.5 and 9.5 pounds all on halibut feeder quite close in to avoid all the debris coming down. Not many fishable swims but the fish are certainly there.

7 Barbel

River was racing through, could only hold on the inside for most of the day. Lost a lot of tackle due to the pace of the river.
sadly only managed 3 barbel and 4 chub between us.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Water very churned up, chocolate in colour and current was very strong, obviously due to the recent rain.
Saw nothing rising when I arrived (11:30am) and that was pretty much how it stayed all day, I left just before 7pm. Managed to get two out on a Hares Ear nymph, one with gold bead and one without, I was even more impressed as I had tied the flies myself and was convinced they probably wouldn’t work . 1st was about 8 inches and second about 12. Both were caught early/ mid afternoon.
Sadly not all the best is accessible, the path is no longer there which effectively cuts the best in half. I have emailed the office about this and hopefully it can be rectified for next season
Would definitely fish the beat again but once the whole beat is accessible

2 Trout

Heavy rain presented high water and a fast current. We initially fished near the boat pool but we needed over 6 ozs to hold. We moved back upstream to slower water where we could use 3 ozs bait cages. 2 barble on pellets, 7.5 and 8.5lbs. I changed to luncheon meat and caught 2 eels. Stopped before 5pm due to torrential rain.
A challenging day and wondered what it could have been with improved conditions.

2 Barbel, 2 Other