Feedback & Reports

Weather varied all day with sun rain and cloud cover. River highish but very fishable. 5 thought caught on beads nymph on a French leader in the faster water. Pale watery hatch at 2PM caused half an hours dry fly action on one of the glides below Ashford bend. Caught 2 and missed many. All fish safely returned with out handling them. Fish mostly of just over l lb.

6 Trout

Great day missed the rain river running clear,small fish rising. They were both caught on a nymph

2 Trout

Buckland may be a great beat when conditions are right but today it was quite hard going. There aren’t too many features and the riffles are mainly fairly shallow and gravelly. But I scratched around and found some fish and shared a pool with an otter on two occasions. The fish I did catch were generally smallish with a handful over the pound and one at 2lb 1 oz. A good day then, not a great day.

16 Trout

6 Trout

2 Trout

3 Trout

got there, river running high,did not fish.

Arrived at the beat at 1pm and met by the owner who was very helpful. Managed 8 fish to a dry para Adams before the river rose and coloured up at 4.30pm and cut short my day. I was looking forward to the evening rise. Never mind, that's fishing for you!

8 Trout

Super day - good rise at 4pm onwards. Plenty of good fish moving. All fish returned.

3 Trout

Just an evening ticket. A lovely beat, water slightly cloudy after recent rain. Access was OK despite an electric fence and the enclosed herd of cattle. (Electric fence proved not to be on, after persuading my wife to test it!) Fish rising on the Ashford bend and then much later on Blockhouse where access is trickier. Fish taking dries, Grey Wulff and small Klinkhammers and later small beadhead pheasant tailed nymph, all barbless. Caught a couple and lost at least a dozen, I found it hard to make them stick in the faster water and most takes were on the far bank.....excuses. Hope to return

2 Trout