Feedback & Reports

must say nice to get up there today been some time since been there ,water a little choppy in parts as we three spots here today one or to knocks on the float but not much to shout about but a big zero on any catch today ether lost my skill and gone rusty or there was just no go in them fish today but in all a good day on the lake

great day on the water caught three sizable fish and lost others also had a lot of rise from fry which were usually ignored. River in fine shape.

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

very weird day. grayling rising only in a couple of glides and not really reacting to nymph everywhere else. all fish bar two grayling fell for midge imitations size 18-22 . a few sedge and olives about but zero activity to them

3 Trout, 8 Grayling

21 barbel and 2 chub all before 10 o'clock biggest only about 6 pounds but very enjoyable day until the boats arrived.
All barbel caught on feeder with pellet or meat hook baits chub caught trotting bread

21 Barbel, 2 Chub

First time on this river . Fantastic setting . But it is very rugged , not that many accessible swims for coarse fishing . River was running at a steady pace . Holding bottom with 3 oz . Never had first bite till 4 , lost one , landed one 8 lb 6 oz . A lot of canoes. But I did expect that as it was a bank holiday. I would definitely give it another go.

1 Barbel

Lovely day, sunny with clouds, river level lowish, clear and falling slightly. Big hatch of flies and fish steadily rising on gravel flats. Fished between 11.30 and 2.30. Only 3 smallish grayling caught, a couple more lost and what was probably a larger trout swirled at a salmon fly being worked down a rocky gutter on One Tree catch. Should have had more! Small downstream olive nymphs working best. Area fished - Long Stream down to Coed Cowyn pool. Sat quietly on bank for an hour and wonderful to see 4 definitely, possibly 6 kingfishers flying up and down river and very close to us, also a dipper and a woodpecker.

3 Grayling

Still no sign of salmon on this beat. Perhaps it needs a few days of heavy rain to get them to hang around. But it was a lovely day and I had some fun in the evening with my trout rod.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 Trout

I've never caught on my three previous visits to this beat. It's so picturesque here I booked it again for a first-time visiting guest. He said it 'was perhaps the most beautiful place I have ever been'.... skunked again.

Great day on a dropping river. Still some colour though. All the fish caught on pellet and feeder.

12 Barbel, 2 Chub