Feedback & Reports

Unfortunately nature got the upper hand today. It was very windy and rained all afternoon. The water was very low, especially on the lower section of the beat. This section was also extrememly difficult to wade, studded boots and a wading stick are an absolute must have. The top section has some amazing dry fly flats, but the cold weather did not allow for any hatches.
One highlight, was the visit of a rather big Otter, which I am sure scared away all the fish. A very peaceful surrounding and I can only image must be a fantastic days sport in the right conditions.

Having fished this stretch on the Tuesday we were not to keen to go back on the Thursday. Conditions very much the same with low clear water and little flow, just one bite and one Barbel of 8lb 8oz to show for a very hard days fishing.

1 Barbel

Mag, feeder, small hook, river low, cloudy spells. JB silvers on the mag feeder. I blanked. Anglers on other bank (5). Nice walk up and down the hill with full kit.

A reasonably successful day despite the unfavourable conditions

3 Barbel, 12 Chub

River low, sunny spells, brisk wind/cloudy pm. Feeder, mag. Blank for me. JB Silvers. Nice walk up and down the hill with full kit. Five other anglers on other bank (2 salmon) back up the top end to fit in between gaps.

The river was low and clear, with little fly come off the water. Saw a few small fish in the deeper holes, but pretty quiet. A great place to pass a few hours.

Caught one good size trout of approximately 12 inches on a size 16 brown goldhead nymph. The river was very low and clear and not much was hatching.

1 Trout

2x ledgered worm, 4 on spinner. Info...the res was stocked today at 13.00 so there's more to catch lads.

6 Trout

Another grand day on the Edw - quite cool but many sunny periods, and enough flies hatching to make the trout look up. Eventually landed 16, between 5" and 10", on either paras or dries (adams, dark olives etc.). I think I could have tempted some of the larger trout on nymphs, but was enjoying the top of the water sport. Lots of active birds as well, including 2 Kingfishers flashing past for a few minutes.

16 Trout

Caught 2 trout, one of 16" on dry CDC olive. Fly presentation was difficult against a blustery wind.
This is a lovely beat with bank access improvements recently undertaken. The fish were rising all day in much of the deeper water. Thank you for a great day.

2 Trout