Feedback & Reports

13lb, beat 1, carefully returned, wonderful Spring fish.

1 Salmon

First day fly fishing: great tuition with Shaun Watkins. Dull and windy conditions had a grayling and a brown trout both around the 1lbs. Lost a fish and missed takes, hatch of May browns around lunch time fish didn't come on just a small number was surfacing. Great surrounding and well maintained banks

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Started at 12.30 below the bridge. The trout were riseing to dark olives and my companion,John targeted them whilst I went for salmon. A good silver fish showed about 100yds below the pub but didn't respond. The trout were more cooperative, John hooked/rose 6 but only landed 1. At 3pm we went above the bridge. John fished Woodstream and landed another 4 trout. I Stuck with the double hander without result. It was great to go to the river and see signs of life. We left at 4.30

5 Trout

Really fancied my chances, river perfect and overcast and with all the rain we have had, thought there must be a chance. The wind became a pain by lunchtime and give up about 3.
Is it just me or are the Abernant Sheep really aggressive! Ewes with their lambs being very protective and kept chasing me, had to make a dash for the gate, I think I preferred the Huge Bulls which were there last year!

Gusty wind in the face put the fly rod back in the van by 10am; great shame as the water was just do-able at 0.92mtr at Ross gauge.
Spinning produced a very fat o.o.s. Pike of 15lb+ and then a huge run for a full 6 seconds and a big silver swirl 80 yds downstream. Three minutes later, and back to where it was hooked (top of beat), it just turned again and slipped the barbless hook on the Red and Gold FC. Upside, it was far from tired. Down-side, it would have been nice to catch a glimpse of the wee beastie. But it was a fish!
Next time.....

1 Trout, 1 Pike

Used worm on bubble, and tried worm on ledger, not even a bite all day :(

spinning

4 Trout

2 Trout

A bit cold and windy but needed to get out and about, tried Klink and dink and then just heavier nymphs in the deeper pocket water, alas, to no avail...Surprised with how low the water level was. Good to be out though.

Three trout caught in total, all released - 0.75lb, caught on a grey Parachute Emerger, to Anthony Lavers; and 0.75lb and 2lb, both on a CDC Emerger, to Ben Tyser.
The weather was much warmer than the previous day at Ashford House, and that perhaps explained the much more persistent hatch (March browns and Large Dark Olives again). It lasted from about 1 o'clock to 4 o'clock at least. We had trouble keeping our fish on - we lost a further three, and missed another two...!
A lovely beat - really enjoyed exploring it.

3 Trout