Feedback & Reports

River at 1ft 5" and 4ft vis. Great conditions. I only had time to fish Rock but missed a salmon like pull in neck and then had a storming take in the tail to a size 8 Bann Shrimp. Thought it was a very big fish a first, a thought reinforced when after swimming up to me it ripped 50 yards off the reel at alarming speed. Turned out to be a coloured hen of around 13lb that had the length to have been several pounds heavier when she ran in. Didn't cast again but a friend fished my rod and had a 37" kyped up cock fish (C.12lb) from neck of Rectory on a size 9 flamethrower.

2 Salmon

Very enjoyable days fishing. Caught in deeper water on feeder and pellet tactics. Barbel to 8lb and chub to 4. Fish came on and off through day.

14 Barbel, 11 Chub

10lb hen fish, coloured, returned, taken on a flamethrower conehead tube.

1 Salmon

Water level up about 3ft from previous day, gone from clear to chocolate coloured with a fair old push. Only fished the morning but had one barbel of about 7lb to pellet.

1 Barbel

Arrived at 7 a.m. to find the river at good fishing height (0.72m and falling) but unexpectedly a deep red colour with visibility of 6 inches.

Toiled with a large gold and yellow flying C for 6 hrs with only a 4oz and and 8oz trout (equals my season's record!) to show for my efforts. Owner Barry arrived with a colleague and a most enjoyable afternoon ensued. River dropped to 0.64m during the day clearing slowly. Had a swish with the 15 footer for a few hrs. Then spun below the bridge. Not a trout or salmon showed all day. Decided to have a last fling on Rock at 6pm and was rewarded for my persistence when a lovely 10lb hen accepted my Golden Killer, tore off with attitude and leapt out of the water above me. After a lively fight she was returned and swam off strongly. Another lovely and lucky day.

1 Salmon

The awful weather persisted. Strong downstream wind made upstream fishing impossible and wading adventurous as the wind threatened to unbalance me into the river.
I fished late pm only when the rain finished and took an excellent chub of 2-3 lbs on GRHE. Some rising fish under the far bank but I could not drift a dry fly over them due to the wind. Casting and mending impossible (for me).

1 Chub

Again wet and windy, brightening up later.River so low; recent rain after dry summer doesn't seem to have impacted on water levels yet. Though a completely blank day, with just a couple of unfulfilled "enquiries", this, along with Lower Longtown and Lower Escley, is such a beautiful spot that the prospect of returning when water levels are higher is tantalising.
Thank you Foundation for the fantastic work you do.

Swimfeeder using luncheon meat. River very coloured following heavy rain.

2 Chub

Very enjoyable but tough day fishing..only two small chub.

2 Chub

Fished 3pm - 7pm. 1 Barbel 5 lb 12 oz & 2 x 3 lb chub. All on feeder with halibut pellets.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub