Feedback & Reports

The track from the parking area to the river is very steep and a bit of an obstacle course. Once we reached the river we found
just one swim that was even close to being fishable. It looked far from safe and there were two of us so we didn't even bother getting the gear out the car.

I think some real honesty regarding poor access to the river and the fact that most of the bank is very overgrown would be welcome. Advice to travel light is not enough. Allowing several hours work with a brush cutter would be better advice.

Would not book this stretch again.

Managed to catch 1 good sized trout with nymph, and 2 smaller trout in some of the upstream sections. Weather was direct sunshine so fish were not rising.

3 Trout

Strewth a hot one when i parked up at twenty to twelve this morning!!! Reading 28 in my truck then !!
River looking a picture to be honest.... a bit low but hey,better than last September, so can't moan !!
Fished my usual six foot and a tiny Para pheasant tail , did the job perfectly and some lovely splashy rises to it. There were a few olives and plenty of sedge about by one .... Edw fish are always full on, hammer it or not at all ....the heads of the pools producing Savage takes .... some nice fish too in the tally of seven, chunky ten inch fish, lovely markings on these Edw fish.... and not surprisingly totally different from their cousins up at The Hundred House beat ......
Lots of squirrels seen and you know it's warm when the cattle are sat tight in the shade of the trees in the field ..... in fact they hadn't moved far when I got out at the Hergest Falls ....and they looked hot and flustered just like me !!! The cold can of pop went down a treat in my cool bag, lovely job .... a fun three hours on a secretive beat ..... Will try another one tommorrow, see whats available after six ... Right, got a hedge trimming job to do, so onwards and upwards..... ohhh there's a bottle of amber nectar in the fridge, once this gardening job is nailed .... Happy days .......

7 Trout

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

1 Trout

All fish caught on a Parachute Adams. Tried a little nymphing and some other dry patterns but no joy - clearly the Adams is the one to go for.

River was low but easily fishable - fished the upper beat - about a third of it - plenty of fishy spots and decent fly life.

Couldn't see a way to get past the iron footbridge about a third up the beat - properties to both sides so was reluctant to trespass and it was too deep (for me) to wade. Having said that I had a really good day just on that first third of the beat. Also couldn't find a way down to the river that didn't involve climbing over barbed wire - maybe my fault but I did ask at the Trout Inn.

10 Trout

Great days fishing, chub very active and barbel made an appearance even though we lost a few. Definitely be back to trott the very bottom end of the beat.

2 Barbel, 18 Chub

With the river low and the temperatures nearing 30 degrees for the start of September we concentrated on fishing early morning and late evening. Some good barbel to 7lb although the fish tended to come in short bursts.

10 Barbel, 25 Chub

2 Trout

Very hot and bright, and plagued by schools of small dace grazing on my lunchen meat bait reducing big chunks ro the size of a pea in minutes .8 hours fishing for one chub to 3lb 4oz .

1 Chub