Feedback & Reports

After reading a couple of negative reports on this beat we were apprehensive. However, we had the most amazing Autumn day with plenty of fishable water! All fish came to feeder and trotted maggot. It's worth varying the bait, as we caught on luncheon meat, popped up pellets and varying pellet types fished on the deck. Long hook lengths of 3ft plus also worth a go. Word of warning - at the time of fishing there was an immense Hornets nest in a willow tree adjacent to the lower most style on the beat. We got well and truly mobbed when our head torches activated the swarm on the way back from fishing the croy. Advise that you tackle the style with dimmed/switched off head torches......

7 Barbel, 3 Chub, 3 Other

River fast flowing after recent rain with lots of weed. Weather sunny with no wind. Fished upper end of beat using feeder with pellet. All fish in excellent condition. Biggest Barbel 71/2 lb with 4 x 6lb.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

2 rainbows taken on fly. 2 brownies returned.

2 Trout

Fished before and after work. In the morning, lost a good fish after long first run that took at the top of the Mill stream, then in the Rectory pool, at the end of the old croy a steady tightening turned into a clean 10lber that had been in a couple of weeks.
After work, fished the same water. 2 separate fish moved to the fly on the far side of the Mill stream before, about 30 yards down, a 4.5lb grilse took solidly. No further action in neck of Rectory or the pool itself, but 3 fish hooked and 2 others moved in 3hrs fish fishing is pretty good!

2 Salmon

10lbs coloured cock fish on size 8 Reverend Mole.

1 Salmon

Phil and James Bullock with Sandy Geyer from Prestbury and Mike Charleston from Loughborough. We got rained off Gromain yesterday and fished Syfydrin on Aber Angling Ticket for 43 wbt to 18" but that's another story. River in good nick today and fish wanted to play.JB had a plus 20 inch grayling and what is reckoned to be the self same 20 inch wbt he had on our last visit - exact same spot! Cracking fishing all on dries and the first grayling for MC. Happy bunnies all round thank you!

2 Trout, 33 Grayling

A lot of smaller barbel, nice to see, small stretch but worth fishing, all fish caught on pellets

16 Barbel, 1 Chub

Arrived at the venue at 7:30am to find the river up some 1 - 1.5 foot and coloured. During the course of the day the level dropped considerably and the water cleared (but not completely). From both a salmon and trout perspective the conditions as the day progressed looked ideal. We concentrated on salmon fishing in the morning landing a few trout that took size 12 doubles. In the afternoon the trout became very active and were taken on both dry fly and nymphs. A lovely beat to fish with varied water and I shall return next season to fish for trout.

12 Trout

Tough day despite what appeared to be ideal conditions. 3 barbel and 10 chub to pellet fished on running lead rigs.

3 Barbel, 10 Chub

River high and coloured after heavy rain. Canoe's only seen on water's surface. A lovely fishery will return hopefully with better river conditions