Feedback & Reports

Arrived at about 8.30 and hiked up to the Edw Pool hoping against hope that there were a couple of salmon waiting for me.
Alas no, the pool was occupied by two otters, most indignant at my arrival. Didn't bother to cast a line and retreated back down to Lady Alexanders. Worked my way down to the end, without success.
Retired for a coffee and a rethink. A pair of Egrets arrived and commenced making an early lunch of the plentiful fry in the margins.
To save a blank, the trout gear came out. I had not seen a single fish rise during the morning, so went the nymph route.
Only managed a single graying, about 8", after fishing hard throughout.
The rain came at about 2 o'clock so decide to call it a day. Walking back to the hut another otter appeared, and just as I was leaving a squadron of goosander arrived.

1 Grayling

1 stunning little brown trout under the bridge. Beautiful fishery.

1 Trout

Enjoyable day, whilst they certainly weren’t climbing up the rod there was plenty of action at times. Strangely no bites from 6-8pm. The work Stefan the bailiff is doing here is excellent, the beat is well looked after but still feels very natural.

4 Barbel, 7 Chub

2 Barbel, 8 Chub

Lovely river but no sign of fish life (barring minnows in the shallows). Lowering level and drop in temperature overnight did not help. Access a bit tricky and mostly overgrown restricting to roll casts only. Saw a kingfisher but no other birds.

1 Barbel

Nothing doing apart from a couple of chub on the fly.
A couple of splashes in the Vanstone early on, but nothing else seen.

2 Chub

No luck today

Good

4 Trout

2 Trout