Fishing Reports

After a lengthy dry spell with desperately low water, where a very few rods toiled in the crystal clear pools, the northern Pennines was deluged by rain on the 26th! A 5ft foot flood swept down the river and livened everything up! Today the river had dropped quickly to a terrific 1ft 7in and within [...]

A dropping mini-flood and warm air offered really good conditions today with about 1ft 9in on the river gauge. Even with light fishing pressure, three lovely salmon were landed of 12lb, 10lb & 14lb with a brace for a first-time visitor. A big 8lb sea trout was also caught by a third rod who arrived [...]

Fishing only in the morning, Michael Asherson’s repeated his success of a couple of days ago with a fine 16lb cock fish from the Wallace Pool on an orange flamethrower tube fly, a winning combination in dropping water! The second rod also caught an 8lb salmon from Wallace and 4lb sea trout [...]

Fishing Report 24th August 2024 A terrific day for Michael Asherson who landed two lovely salmon of 14lb from Wallace Pool & 10lb from the Home Pool on a small orange tube on full floating line. Lambley regular David Patterson, after losing a good salmon from Home Pool, landed a nice sea [...]