Feedback & Reports

This covers 4 days fishing on this beat the first week of September. All four days similar; fished approx 11am -3pm, hot sunny and blanks on first 3 days. Fourth day, a lovely 10 inch plump brownie - hope to see it again. Others about 5 inches. This was a rare opportunity for me to fish and am pretty inexperienced preferring to stick with dry fly for pleasure although a considerable distance of this small stream was only just fishable with waist waders. Clearly at times water level is much too high but for me. This was just right although perhaps less than normal. Wide variety of upwings of all sizes but hardly any fish rising. I used an elk hair caddis and black klinkhammer. I guess nymphing would be more productive in deeper stretches. Super wild stream and having lunch on a rocky bit I half expected to see the African Queen come round the bend together with a cigar playing Bogart magic. Meanwhile the world is in turmoil!

3 Trout

Water was very low and clear, and bright sunlight made conditions quite testing. Low water made wading relatively easy, enabling access to parts of the beat usually too deep to fish through. Most fish were caught on small nymph patterns, with black pennell and pheasant tails proving most attractive. Only one was caught on a dry pattern - a small elk hair fished through slower pocket water at the middle of the beat.
All fish were in great condition.

8 Trout

Very hot day just 1 barbel.

1 Barbel

Water Very low at .42m. Able to fish the top run completely at this height with some wading care required. Fished intermediate and size 10 Ally's Shrimp. Hooked two decent Chub but no salmon. Went through with a team of wet spiders but only succeeded in landing two 6 oz trout.
Fished a sparse rise from 7-8 with succession of dries with one fish of decent size taken on no14 tupps but came off before landing. Probably three quaters pound.
My guest had no takes at all, but he did spook a stale 5lb grilse at the rock opposite stairs.

2 Trout, 2 Other

Spent two days with my brother (R M) and agree with all his comments. It was hard going due to the great weather (not for fishing!)but can't wait to have another go. I lost 2 what felt like really big fish the second one left me stunned!

4 Barbel

Lovely day. River looked great. Little too clear. Really enjoyed being there, unfortunately fish didn't want to play.

Hot and sunny conditions. Very good access on this beat, open banks and plenty of swim choice. No fish on this day. Please note there is a makeshift pumping station running at different times during the day which is very noisy and shatters the peace.

Bright and clear weather conditions, river low. A and son J on this beat today and with little info to go on decided to fish close to the first croy downstream. Bites were hard to come by during the day although J had a Barbel early and ended up with 2 barbel and 4 Chub. Dad A finished up with 5 Chub, all fish came on groundbait feeder with pellet hookbaits.

2 Barbel, 9 Chub

Arrived at the river at 7.30AM.Weather bright and clear and the river low. We opted to fish from the croys in the middle of the beat and P had a Chub fairly quickly,I started fishing just after 9 A.m.and caught a Chub about two and half pounds first cast then with the sun up a long biteless period followed for all of us. During the afternoon I moved downstream past the bend and with the sun behind the trees started to get bites that resulted in 3 Barbel to 7lbs and 6 Chub to 5lbs, around 6PM I lost my hook length on a fish I couldn't stop so returned to the croy I started at and added two more Chub and a Barbel. P had two more Chub and K one Chub. I think the higher light values through the middle of the beat was a factor, packed up at 7PM.

4 Barbel, 13 Chub

Fished end pool, which was the only one available due to low conditions. Caught a few small barbel and chub in morning, then had an afternoon siesta (sunday lunch at the Wye Not Inn, Symonds Yat). Returned at 4.30 and had bigger barbel up to 8lb 14 oz. Method was blockend feeder hemp and pellets. Excellent fishing and good to see different sizes of barbel, some only 1lb!

23 Barbel, 10 Chub