Feedback & Reports

Caught and returned 1 Shad and 12 eels. The river was quite low.
Fished using ledgered and float fished luncheon meat.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub, 13 Other

Eel’s

10 Chub, 4 Other

2 Barbel, 1 Other

Weather hot ,river low slow first day no barbel heard rumour they are spawning but chub obliging as always

9 Chub

A lovely day spent by the river but conditions not ideal, with hot sun all day. Saw a number of salmon in Vanstone but none showed any interest in our flies.

Saw several

An evening session, river pitifully low so the fish were incredibly spooky. A couple landed, nothing big (8/9 inchers). A late evening spinner fall failed to materialise. The bedrock sections on the lower part are like black ice, expect to slip a few times even with studs!

2 Trout

Colder, greyer and windier - after a very warm spell of weather - far better as sun came out in afternoon - fish then rising. River v. low. Fished flats in front of bridge (couple of trout on small dry flies) and then Euro-nymphed rapids after bridge. Pools/rocks across bend (the other side of beat) had some very big fish (I saw them 'flash' by, wading carefully into there). The Iron Blue Dun provided productive in late afternoon as sun came out - 2 very large fish (trout ?) broke my 4lb tipppet.

Did not stay late into the afternoon - which was a pity - the fish were 'switching back on' as the sun made it warmer later.

4 Trout, 4 Grayling

2 Trout

2 Trout, 1 Grayling