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Good day on stream, some small fish in the deeper pools but easly spooked.

No fish caught on a fine day although the river appeared to be in fair condition.

Fished for a couple of hours after work. Best point to access is the start of the beat at the bridge into the industrial estate, by the Fishtec tackle shop. Once in the river you can progress upstream. Note - when in the river banks are very high and fenced off, so you will have to wade back downstream to get out. Bear this in mind if the light is fading as the river bed is extremely rocky and has some surprisingly deep holes. I caught 4 trout 8 -10 inch and 2 x salmon parr. Fairly Low density of fish, each bigger pool holds maybe 1 -2 trout. One seen to 3/4 lb. Quite spooky and water is gin clear with a strong flow. Dry parachute adams brought fish up, nothing on deeply fished nymphs.

4 Trout, 2 Other

Fished literally half an hour at lunch break. 1 x 6 inch trout, missed another two. A few more very small fish spotted in the pools. The easiest place to access the river is at Fishtec tackle shop. Park in their car park and then go down the embankment just above the road bridge onto the river bank.

1 Trout

Not fished.

'Fishing can be accessed from the field on the left' said the directions. There were several and all seemed to be aggressively fenced off close to the riverbank. Eventually, I got tired of searching and climbed over a fence after getting surrounded by some bullocks. It's the last field on the left that you need to go to, currently labelled 'Camping', directly in front of the farmhouse.
Anyway, once I was in the river, I had no choice but to go downstream, seeing as the upstream direction was quite overgrown, with a vey low canopy. I had hoped to get out of the river, walk down the bank and fish my way upstream, back to my car, which was parked at the recommended spot. However, the banks are steep, high and overgrown on this beat. I trudged downstream, obviously spooking any fish that might have been present. At one point there was an accessible bank on the right but it soon petered out, leaving me back in the river. After a mile or so of this, I again found an accessible bank and climbed out, to find myself at the back of a farm. Fortunately, the farmer was charm personified and showed me where I was on the beat map. I thanked him and then trudged the mile or so along the road back to my car.