Feedback & Reports

Not a touch fishing between 11.30- 2.15pm with tried and tested nymphs and bugs. The water temp was 9.8C so I did expect a bit more action. Grayling have been notable by their absence from the GLLR beats all year, and looking over the WUF catch returns it appears that other beats up and down the river have not done much better. Where have they all gone ?

Cold start with plenty of fog but turned into a glorious day. 10 grayling to Czech style nymphing.
Brother in law had 11! Next time!

10 Grayling

Beautiful still day started foggy and 4 degrees, but sun broke through. Disturbed the resident cormorant, who hadn’t taken all the fish! Lovely day on the river, all fish to nymphs (various with pink bits and holy grail), including a parr. Nothing sizeable.

5 Trout, 15 Grayling, 1 Other

What a great beat.
Still Misty weather with every color leaf going.
Salmon showing in the pool.
Biggest barble 9lb 10oz .
7 in total.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

Great day at the Rectory. Just one OOS trout.

1 Trout

Fantastic first day back on the beat.
Superbly cleared swims.
We had 9 barble to 10lb 2oz.
Short feeding period but when they did it was all action.
cant wait till next sunday.

9 Barbel

120cm on Erwood level meant difficult wading. Caught. On nymphs and one on dry sedge.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

After my first visit to this picturesque fishery yesterday, I decided to fish a different section today. After choosing a likely looking swim and feeding quite heavily, I caught a succession of 7 barbel from around 11am to 3pm, when bites suddenly stopped. They were not big fish, and weighed from just over 4lb to just under 7lb. However, they were in perfect condition, and all fought very powerfully.

7 Barbel

I booked here after deciding not to fish Upper Breinton, and what a stunning fishery it is. I fished the lower section, which has stunning views looking both upstream and downstream.
The water depth here is very variable from very deep pools to fast shallows.
I failed to catch anything, but it didn’t matter as it was just a pleasure to be there. I did somehow manage to miss a 3 foot twitch!

Other were dace to trotted maggot.
River was rising.

5 Trout, 1 Chub, 4 Other