Feedback & Reports

Rematch with my 14 yr old this time the prize for the biggest fish...guess what... He got it again with a lovely brownie of around 12".
River was absolutely teeming with lampreys on the shallows. Literally thousands of them, never seen so many in over 30 yrs of river fishing!

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

Arrived to find the river carrying a tinge of colour and a bit of extra water-Perfect conditions.
Fished a French type leader with a single nymph, swopped between a copper and silver bead pheasant tail pattern.
Fished from the bottom of the beat upstream to the top of the beat, exploring all the little pockets and the deeper pools. Caught 30 plus trout mostly 6" to 7" with a few 10" to 12" and one 14"
Most fun I ever had stood up!
A note ref the booking system - I was more than disappointed when the vouchers were withdrawn and the new wild stream online booking was introduced perhaps because I didn't understand how it worked but now I have sampled it I have to admit that the new system is far superior and I like the fact I can now book and secure the fishing I want when I want-perfect.

30 Trout

Water still coming down after the rain 2 days ago and a cool breeze ,however managed a 13 inch fish on a gold head GRHE and a 12 inch in the brief March Brown hatch at 14.00. Lost 2 others. Fished 11.00 to 16.00.

2 Trout

River at a very fishable height and perfect colour fished fly all day. Sadly no salmon seen or felt. Good numbers of decent sized trout active all day with good hatches of olives and sedges right through the day. Lovely day to be on the river. Lots of inviting fly water on this beat. Very enjoyable.

5 Trout

9 Trout

Overcast cool day with a fair breeze from West to East over the dam wall. All fish caught on a sinking line with either a green lure or a white bug eyed thing pulled evenly through the water.

5 Trout

10 fish to 10 inches on a beat for short rods and improvised casting. The first few fish I rose came short to a size 20 klinkhammer. By switching to a larger dry fly with a size 18 hare's ear on a 12 inch dropper, I started to hook fish.

10 Trout

Cold and water quite high made this a challenging few hours fishing. However this is a very fishy looking beat and I will return. One nice fish well over a pound to an Adams during a brief sporadic hatch of LDO's.

1 Trout

Wet fly downstream. River still fairly high and cold.
Three brown trout 1 - 1.5lbs. One kept.

3 Trout

Overcast, slight wind - ideal conditions. Minimal fly life all day, except around 2pm, when some hatching at the upper end of the beat where I caught 6 inches, 8 inches and 12 inches on Adams - all released. No fish moved before or after.

3 Trout