Feedback & Reports

....moved from Hundred House to Cregina, arrived 1.30 fished until 4.30. First time on this beat and only fished the first 600yds up to the bridge. No obvious rises for the first hour but the fish were readily taking size 16 Greenwells but Adams were rejected. Fishing 7ft American cane and 4wt silk line. Fish were mostly 7-9" with 1 over a foot. 10 trout

10 Trout

Went out for a couple of hours in the early eve. Caught two wbt, 6 - 8ins, on a blue klinkhammer. Fished upstream of the bridge starting at the farm. It is nothing like as featureless as the description leads you to believe - a series of rather entrancing pools. The river was low, there were a few rising fish and casting isn't easy! Surprisingly there were still a few mayflies coming off.

2 Trout

Lovely day fishing tenkara duo EHC & GRHE, 12 wbt all through beat all 4-10", 50/50 wet & dry. Water medium coloured so hard going wading with 1 bath taken.

12 Trout

Beautiful piece of water running over bedrock with real upland feel to it. 8 nice trout came to the klinkhammer and the little nymph. Good day on the water.

8 Trout

Absolutely beautiful beat would encourage everyone to try it. Lots of fish rising to midge but I couldn't for the life of me catch one. Tried many patterns and wasn't spooking the fish which continued to rise. Maybe the leader was putting them off? At any rate, do not hesitate to try this beat. I will deffinately be returning.

It was a shame that temperatures today plummeted and the wind picked up. The recent WUF trout reports on the Edw being a river of the moment had to slow for someone, although for just a little bit I thought I was going to have a big day! My first cast of the season tempted up a 10" WBT to a Para Adams and then within 6 casts two more from the same pool one of which a nice 12" fish. However, that was more or less it. Cold gusts, the absence of any significant fly-life and my stubbornness to stick with drys, meant only one more fish later in the day after lunch. Cregrina is a great beat and varied and the top half is not as featureless as I presumed after reading the beat sheet. I enjoyed the whole and noted that it had been recently cut back a bit.

4 Trout

Full cloud cover that vanished for a hour to show a muted white orb in the sky, but no rain! Water had the slightest colour, but was still very thin - visibility had dropped to maybe 3 feet of depth. Temperatures: 16-22. Fly hatches were mainly clouds of brown/purple mayflies on all sandy streches, some late browns and the ubiquitous dusters and other tinys. I tied some gold head GRHE's overnight and these were the fly of choice again... best trout a 7.5 inch perfect trout from a classic pocket water - as if the wbt had been reading fishing books. Fewer salmon parr than yesterday. Lots of fish nibbled at the size 18 and 16 flies. More rises than yesterday, but I didn't get any offers to a range of dries. Just the deep sunk gold bead GRHE nymph with an induced take.
Trees on the upper section's last 400 metres...Oh my! I managed to climb over most, but slipped climbing over one large trunk and went in head first - ungainly as a sealion at feeding time. Which is interesting and highly amusing! Then very next tree, I got hooked up and went in again, but not a diver that time... What with fighting my way through this jungle and emptying the old waders twice, I took almost 7 hours to do this single beat - started fishing at 10 and finished at the top (where I had optimistically parked my car for the Hundred House section) just before 5. Frankly, the last 100 metres was unfishable due to the tangle of fallen saplings - but did contain some fish. I know, because I spooked them.
Next time I'll go into training before venturing out on this river. Brilliant day.

6 Trout, 2 Other

Rain made fishing difficult and no fish were landed but I enjoyed my day, wading a little tricky.

Nice place, nice day, nice fish. I was there four hours and was very nice. The river is not easy to wade, but it is beatiful. Nice spot, I'll be back. All trout catch and release, with dry flies. Elk hair and olive Klink.

3 Trout

Water levels surprisingly low, fished for a few hours with a few small trout taking the dry fly enjoyable fishing.

3 Trout