Feedback & Reports

Good day with 6 fish caught around 1/2 lb to 1 lb. All but one caught on a GRHE. All fish released.

6 Trout

No fish seen rising, not many flies about. Missed a fish that rose to my dry fly and spooked several others during the day.

Blank. Surprising after the activity early in the week. No pulls, no fish seen. Conditions almost perfect. Salmon
contrary animals.

Cold day, no hatch. Tried nymphs and caught 2 small trout. Before dark, some olives hatched and I caught another 2 with dries. Good streach, easy to wade. Worth considering second visit.

4 Trout

Fished the afternoon and caught 1 stocked brown trout of about 3/4 lb on an olive gold head nymph. Missed a couple more on March Brown patterns - first time out and pretty rusty.... Surprised to see very few flies on the water on a nice afternoon.

1 Trout

1 trout caught & released late afternoon using a nymph fly. River was clear and weather fine and dry. Saw a couple of other trout rousing late afternoon but no further catches.

1 Trout

3 small trout, small hatch of mid Olives but nothing to get the fish on the fin. Wind changed direction to a westerly but still cold with no warmth in the air. Any day on the river is a good day.

3 Trout

Nothing to report as I didn't fish. One day I will get there !

Unless you drive a 4x4 and drive down to the river bank, this beat is a long walk down and a steep walk back to the other parking spot.
I made the mistake of not carrying my spinning rod down to the river, which was unfortunate because there are only two reasonable stretches for the fly and that below the islands was a bit difficult for me to access. I did see a fresh salmon so to that extent it was an acceptable first day out this year and it sorted out my rusty old joints!

A lovely day of fishing - beautiful water, perfect antedote to the rat-race - but sadly saw nothing until I disturbed a fish in slack water of 2ft depth as I was about to climb out of the river at the exit above Martin's pool. I nearly trod on it, showing just how inactive fish seemed to have been that day.