Feedback & Reports

Small sporadic hatches of upwinged olives brought the occasional rise which resulted in one hook up and one lost fish on a dry fly from one of the few accessible pools. There was no further interest in the dries or nymphs offered the rest of the afternoon/evening.
Another beat with very difficult access along much of its length, especially the top right bank section above the second weir. Dense vegetation is to be expected at this time of year but large sections had overhanging trees down to the water, several fallen trees causing blockages (forcing an exit from the channel) and the steepness of the banks - in several places over 6ft straight up or down depending whether you were attempting to enter or exit the stream. Some spots could be fished from the bank but a long handled net would be required to land any decent sized fish. The lower section was not fully explored due to rain closing in and fading light so may have provided us with some more accessible spots.

Iam afraid we haven't bothered the fish saw one rise top end of the beat but not much evidence of fish. Wonderful local but chatted to a local man who said he'd seen otters recently: significant? But also said the private stretch had not produced either.

I'am afraid we haven't bothered the fish; saw one rise top end of the beat but not much evidence of fish. Wonderful local but chatted to a local man who said he'd seen otters recently significant? But also said the private stretch had not produced either.

I fished for a couple of hours in the early afternoon. River fairly low and the water cold. 1 trout caught on a tungsten bead nymph and 2 oos grayling on a dry fly.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

CP and BS from London fished the beat from 3.00 – 6.00. Bright and sunny weather throughout; 18 degrees. The river level was good and clear. One large trout seen at the lower weir pool; little other sign of fish, no rises. The river was very overgrown along the entire beat, making access difficult/near impossible in places. High banks and deep pools, no fish caught.

River flow good, slightly coloured. Both trout taken on nymphs and returned. Approx sizes 25cm and 30cm. Excellent.

2 Trout

The passport states that wading is necessary on this beat, I found it impossible to enter the water safely! Nil seen or caught.

As previous report, New Zealand style nymph. Access still poor but someone had been above second weir and a slightly more obvious path evident. Came across some float fishing gear stuck in weed in river!

3 Trout

PT Nymph New Zealand style. Three fish over 12" (one 15" taken). Access to river above second weir almost impossible due to huge growth of brambles and other scrub. Walking back to car, I noticed a sign indicating end of beat for W&U fishing which is clearly in the wrong place (if the map is correct). The sign is on a post (hidden by brambles) half way between the two weirs on RHB looking downstream.

5 Trout

Fished from 11:30am - 2:30pm. Steep banks and high, dense vegetation extending a fair way from the river made accessing this beat extremely difficult. I only managed to enter the river in about half a dozen places and wading a decent distance upstream was also hard due to deep pools.
I ended up catching 2 small trout and a grayling from a long riffle using a gold bead GRHE, with 2 bigger trout caught later on cdc dry flies. I caught one of around 11 inches that I spotted making splashy rises in the head of a pool upstream of the road and another one of a similar size that had made a gentle rise above one of the weirs. Lots of fry seen in the margins.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling