Feedback & Reports

Fished the bottom of this beat after lunch. There were quite a lot of LDO's hatching but no rising fish. I did manage a single fish on a small beaded nymph.

1 Trout

First time here and was disappointed to find the river up, coloured and pushing through quite fast, not really fishable so almost went home without casting a line. The beat looks idilic and with the river at normal level and clear I suspect wading would be easy but being unfamiliar with the stretch and not being able to see where I was walking I was a little dubious today as I'd already showered that morning!
Made my way upstream and came to a double barbed wire fence with no way over so crossed the river but then couldn't get back down as the banks were steep and the river deep, or at least it looked it. Had a few casts in likely looking areas, lost a few flies and gave it up as a bad job. I'll give it another go on a better day.

Water very low so had to find fishable areas where there was a flow into a pool. 4 Trout around 6 inches, lost a couple of bigger ones on a small Tungsten bead nymph. Fished from the second bridge to the wooded section between 2 and 4.

4 Trout

Thought it was about time I gave the Whittern beat a recce. Always seem to end up at the rather lovely Titley or Mowley wood beats! Rather lovely here too and the peace and quiet is the same as the other beats, feels like you could be hundreds of miles away from civilisation and I do enjoy that!
Of course the river was down to its bones and the fish (of which there seem to be a good number) were super spooky and its times like this in clear water conditions you get reminded how good a trout's eyesight is! A few very nice sized fish where spotted...briefly.
Winkled out a few handsome Arrow beauties to a dry cdc elk hair fished to likely looking spots, the markings and colours on the Arrow fish is always really beautiful.
It is quite a wooded beat, particularly up at Lyonshall wood section, and a good beat overall for a warm sunny day I reckon and worth a bit of bushwacking to find some super pools and runs.
There is a fair bit of large (some very large!) woody debris in the river but just adds to its character and easy enough to get around if needs be.
Now I have 3 Arrow beats to try and decide from in future! Life's hard at times ....

5 Trout

Lovely sunny day but river shaded and lots of fallen trees.
However a really magical afternoon and evening. All fish over 8 ins and one 14 ins -very fit. Small wild stream fishing at its best.

5 Trout

11 x trout 6-9 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. A cool, cloudy and windy day with showers threatening. Very little rising so mostly prospecting likely places - fished to the top but nothing large seen.

11 Trout

4 x trout 6-12 inches, size 18 Griffiths Gnat. I fished during the afternoon just between the two bridges (the bottom field) and hoped for some mayfly action. Instead, the trout were affected by "persistent black gnatitude" and generally the river was rather quiet except for the odd fish rising in glides.

4 Trout

Well over 30 fish from 4-14 inches. 3 fish weighing in at over a lb, one particular fatty pushing 1lb 12oz. fish from all the likely spots on size 16 tungstens and dry may flies after about 2 o clock, hitting the flies hard in the runs and in the pools, they really lost their inhibition. two tree falls in quick succession in the middle of the beat have ruined two pools but it can't really be much better than it was!

30 Trout

Cool, cloudy, breezy. River in good order. Half day Both fish small, on klinkhammer. Quite a few fallen trees in the river - legacy of winter gales?
A possible stand of Japanese knotweed on right bank inside first bend above Titley Bridge. I am no expert, and hope I am wrong, but I thought it best to report, just in case.
WUF Note: Many thanks for the report of possible JK - we will investigate.

2 Trout

No fish rising and did not get any takes on a dry fly or nymph. My excuse is that It was very hot and sunny.