Feedback & Reports

Reasonable day on the reservoir me and my dad both with 6 fish permits. I had 3 and he had 4 averging about 2lbs. Nice fish. 3 taken on worm and 4 taken on spinner. Water was alive with fish throughout the day. Tried fly but they weren't having any of it. Should of persevered with changing flies but gave up. Reservoir was getting stocked about 12:30pm but we were on the far back. We caught 1 after the stocking but lost count on how many bites and takes we had and lost, great day.

7 Trout

Another disappointing day on this beat. River looked great and we had high expectations. 1 Barbel was the only result, though 3 other fish were lost. Activity very localised with one swim producing the little action there was. Fishing here does seem to have tailed off noticeably since season start.
New swims being cut on opposite side of river, hope this does not lead to confrontation as the better water at the lower end of beat is on near side.

1 Barbel

Sunny day - river clear and slow running. Fished first to last light, mainly pellet though did also try sweetcorn, meat etc.
One barbel, 8lbs and one chub 4lbs - fish were having a quiet day, didn't really mind as weather was great. The two I did catch were both handsome fish and there was plenty of wildlife going on to keep me occupied.
Will definitely return.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

River was a nice height, slight colour. Absolutely no rising fish. This beat has always produced fish for me. Perhaps the cormorant and mergansers I saw there last year had done their work. Managed one grayling about 1lb and another smaller fish, all on small red sedge floater. A hatch of needle flies. Even the angler trotting on the opposite bank could only catch small fish. A pity the water in the first field is impossible to access because of bush growth and a barbed wire fence. Still, a very peaceful spot with easy parking. Tight lines to all.

2 Grayling

Fished from 8-11am.
Last day of fishing as part of a two week break. The advice from the Foundation and the waters they have secured were exactly what I had hoped for. Thank you.
Even though the numbers to net or hand were lower than I would have expected this was a very enjoyable few hours fly fishing. Covering most of the beats faster water with double nymph, size 12 and 14 barbless. PTN on point, PTN spider on dropper. All returned.
For the first hour I bumped or lost 8 fish and only managed one to hand. A change of fly solved the problem and from here hook ups were more positive. The average size of trout was better than my last visit here but nothing over 10 inches. Fish of the day was a 14 inch grayling which put up a fantastic fight, taken from a boulder strewn glide in the middle of the beat. I rarely take a photo, this was only the second photo in two weeks, but this lady was very deserving.
I did notice that on this day each of the grayling had lice attached. No more than a couple per fish. I have read about it but it's the first time I have seen it myself.

6 Trout, 6 Grayling

Water low at the moment and difficult to catch. It was very windy. However 2 fish caught. One around 1lb. The second was fantastic, 4lb 6oz in weight with a beautiful blue tinge on back. Just touching 19 inches nose to tail. Great fight.

2 Trout

Beautiful location with relatively easy wading on gravel bottom and low water. However, cold wind meant that there was little fly life and action on the river.

1 Trout

Fished from 9am until 5.30pm. Bright sunny day. All barbel between 5 and 6.5lbs. Also caught a chub and an eel. Will be back soon.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Good day fish were very active.

8 Trout

Another bright and sunny day on a low and very clear river. Only 3 barbel from the middle pool at the bottom end of the beat. 15 good chub, mainly caught on waggler and hair rigged pellet.

3 Barbel, 15 Chub