Out and about on the water

The beginning of the month saw small pods of grilse and sea trout coming in off the tides, but as the water level dropped, the grilse soon ceased to enter after the 12th. Incredibly low levels during this dry period, it must be really bad upstream of us, but to save the day the grayling […]

Although a hot start to July and the water clearing and dropping with clear skies, the fishing for trout and grayling was actually very good, even with the water temperature approaching twenty degrees. There were some specimen grayling caught with one or two over the magical two pound mark and the majority around one and […]

Despite stiff north and east winds and bright sunshine during the first week of April, good hatches of large darks, brook duns and olive uprights have got the trout to the surface feeding. Although with the cool breeze the hatch lasting for around an hour or so early afternoon, then suddenly switching off, going sub […]

It has been a month of unusually low rainfall and water levels for the time of year, very good for us being this low down on the river system, in fact Peter has had a fish of ten pounds on the Willow Bed this week and several nice trout have been caught. Even when the […]

The year is 1996. Three local anglers are at New Mills near Brampton and are in deep discussion about how they can contribute to the sport they love by introducing youngsters into angling. In true ‘Mission Impossible’ style, someone gives them the challenge – introduce 20,000 youngsters, from all sorts of backgrounds, to angling.  Now knowing […]