Feedback & Reports

5 Trout

Spent a lovely afternoon fishing but alas drew a blank.. Tried a mixture of flies / presentations mainly beaded PTN or olive and think I had a tentative knock but no fish.. saw one rise later in the afternoon on one of the slower pools but that was it... I obviously need to improve my techique next time. There was quite a lot of "wash down" rubbish on the banks, mainly black polythene but otherwise relatively easy access to the water and most of the banks.. pity there isnt an exit away from the water towards the upper end of the beat (I didnt see one) other than the main access path as it felt like a long slog back mainly wading back up the river...

a challenging mornings fishing, Mainly fished beaded PTN's and spiders but didnt see any fish and certainly didnt look like catching anything. Reasonably easy access to the water but the barbed wire fencing in places was a bit worrying in expensive waders... very tight in some places with the overhanging trees but I am sure guys who are used to fishing this type of water (I am not one of them yet) would have had no problems here and probably caught a bagful...

Arrived early morning and fished till dusk. Fish several pegs plenty of fish biting. Loads of chub and few barbel in between them. River was up 3 foot and droppping

4 Barbel, 24 Chub

Our first time fishing this beat and the river was still about 1m up and coloured following heavy rains. A beautiful stretch of river with a good number of accessible swims. We were feeder fishing and most bites came later in the day after regularly introducing bait. The game keeper paid a visit who was a really nice guy and very helpful. Other fish was a large eel.

6 Barbel, 8 Chub, 1 Other

1 Trout

2 Trout

River quite high, though clarity had improved

Very hard day all on dry elk hair caddis

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

4 Trout