Feedback & Reports

Nice days fishing at a beautiful location. Fished at the end of beat 4 but not much action, a couple of bites on the ledger off luncheon meat but nothing really on the float. The lad caught two minnows on his whip so did not blank. Weather was hotter than expected and with the water level below normal likelly that just an off day.

2 Other

All on the dry - running double dry set up clinkhammer and caddis elk. Lots of honk and drying in between casts 6 x tippet - around 14ft leader tip to toe. Mainly lower beat downstream of riffles.

Excellent beat and very helpful syndicate. Well worth being a member !!!

9 Trout, 3 Grayling

4 rainbows all caught on spinners (Silver metts, red and gold flying c).
All fish returned.

4 Trout

My first time here, and it won't be my last! Such a beautiful tranquil place.
9 trout to the net, a few more lost or missed. Most of them were around 10 inches and perfect condition.
I was using small dry flies as the fish seamed to be eating the hoards of flying ants that were blowing onto the water. Fish rising everywhere, I really should have caught more! I have never know trout hit a dry with such aggression!
In hindsight I should have taken the car down because the track was fine. The walk back to the car definitely felt further than 2.2 miles!

9 Trout

Very good morning fishing but 6rods not4 and to many people

9 Barbel, 7 Chub

Reservoir like a mill pond first thing in the morning ( 8.30am ) but caught my first fish almost straightaway on an olive damsel. Didn't see another fish until about 1.30pm and the wind had picked up by then. Left for home about 3.30pm with two more fish in the bag both caught on a black hopper.

3 Trout

Good morning Fishing but to many people

9 Barbel, 7 Chub

3 Trout

5 TROUT 2 PERCH

5 Trout, 2 Other

Beautiful day to be beside the river with your mates but fishing wise hard going with bright sunshine & low water conditions. We all enjoyed watching the fledgeling sandmartins flying out of their burrows, doing a quick circuit & scrambling back up the bank face into their nests only to pop out for more practice a few minutes later; The anxious or maybe excited parents flying overhead in great flocks twittering away. Plenty of very busy kingfishers whirring up & down as well.

The 'other' was unusual! We have all heard of wildlife being 'hooked' other than fish that is. Bats whilst casting a fly in the evening, waterbirds when using crust baits, seagulls when sea fishing & even rats whilst leaving an unattended hookbait beside a pond where there's a lot of disguarded baits. But my friend was reeling in what he thought might have been a small barbel , when 2 or 3 feet from the bank up through the water came a squirrel hooked firmly in the upper lip. He said it took some umbridge at being un hooked.

A very de-stressing day followed by a lovely evening as the sun set.

Thanks WUF as usual.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other