Feedback & Reports

- Morning was more productive than evenings. The fish fed aggressively between 8-12.
- ⁠Fish were focusing on emergers throughout the weekend
- ⁠Fussy on dry fly but were happy to eat nymphs.
- ⁠Most fish taken near the middle & heads of pools as well as broken runs / pocket water.
- ⁠Size 18-20 PTN variants worked best with silver and rose gold beads very effective.
- ⁠Most fish 18-25cm with some fish between 32-42cm
- Fished 5:30 to 21:00

51 Trout

10 Chub

6 Barbel, 18 Chub

1 Barbel, 43 Chub

Size 1 mepp

3 Trout

Only fished from 2.30pm onwards. Very little fly life all day - the occasional yellow may dun later in the afternoon. Only very small fish rising. All trout caught were small (15-20cm), most on caddis pupa and emerger patterns. Hoped I’d find a decent fish or two feeding late on, but sadly no. Finished around 9.30pm.

Late afternoon was disturbed by group of people on the opposite bank coming to swim and mess about in the river. I think they were staying in Abernant House on the opposite bank. They effectively ruined fishing over 200+m of river for over an hour.

10 Trout

Another fantastic day at Fownhope. Plenty of Chub but we think the Barbel are still spawning. I only hooked one Barbel but unfortunately it ended as a 'one that got away story'. The others were both eels caught on luncheon meat.

58 Chub, 2 Other

Feeder fishing with meat and pellet

3 Chub

1 Trout

1 Trout