Feedback & Reports

Day 1: Three of us ventured out taking advantage of the high barometric. Glorious weather, sunny, low wind, ideal for casting. Strong sunlight is something that fish do not prefer but it is not so much of an issue in early Spring. The water temperature was 8C. Still on the low side but as the day warmed up a trickle of large dark olives and March browns started hatching after 12:30'.

As usual, fish were difficult to tempt requiring very long leaders, constantly changing flies and delicate presentations. We managed 7 very lively trout, some on dries and some on spiders. A memorable day out in peaceful surroundings.

7 Trout

Couple of bites early on 10 am ish then nothing all day. Bit disappointed but a lovely days peace and quiet anyway

water levels still high and water cold. didnt see any fish rise. managed to catch 2 fish just under a pound each

2 Trout

Some LDO hatches in the early afternoon, also a few march browns and caddis around - and a few fish rose, caught four all on dry flies. Biggest a nice 17"er that was deceptively big - she had been barely kissing the surface gently taking trapped duns in an eddy, almost didn't notice her. The fish all looked in pretty good condition already, and the biggest gave a good scrap leaping several times before she came to the net. Very quiet outside of the hatches - not a sniff on any wet flies, but was great while it lasted and lovely to get off the mark for the year. All released as usual - thanks again!

4 Trout

Very quiet day - didn't see a rise and only a handful of insects.

1 Grayling

River was at 1m so it bit high which impacted how far out I could wade which made covering the water a little challenging. This was not a surprise as the owner talked me through it which is very helpful. There is access to the other bank but you need to be there with the owner on the phone to find it, and I did not have time.

Two nice trout just up from the bridge.

2 Trout

Very poor day not a single take on trout 5 perch a ho try another day

5 Other

7 Trout

First trip out on the river this season, underestimated the volume of water pushing through a little, nevertheless made the journey, no going back at least for a couple of hours….

Managed to creep in just above the bridge no more than knee deep far enough to get around a 20 meter cast away. Fourth cast down and around size 14 gold head PT nymph hooked a brown around 10 inches unfortunately slipped the hook a couple of feet from the net.
Eventually after 4 hours or so netted and released 2 further browns around 9>10 inches.
Headed home will be back when levels drop a little.

2 Trout

19lb silver fish on a green & yellow devon minnow

1 Salmon