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The weather was warm and humid for the first few days of the month. The hatches of Mayfly continued and the trout anglers enjoyed some good dry fly fishing. Heavy rain on 5th was followed by unusually strong gales. A discharge of clay water ruined the fishing on the Middle and Lower River for three days but this did not …
With a more unsettled spell of weather and with some appreciable rain on 18th, river levels increased. Not a massive spate but enough to encourage salmon and sea trout to move upstream. On the morning of 21st there was a sizeable run of sea trout (3/5lb) over Bream Weir together with some salmon. The weather then settled again and by …
Charles Inniss reports – 1st/15th May Despite the continuing lack of rain and low river levels, the salmon fishing has been surprisingly good. 5 salmon have been caught in the last fortnight, all on the Beam Fishery and all but one double figure fish. The successful anglers were John Pritchard (2 Salmon), Ron Burton, Martin Weeks and Charles Inniss. Several small …
There has been no measurable rain since 3rd April. After a brief warm spell, cold north winds have dominated all month. Yet the river has held up well. Since the middle of the month salmon and sea trout have been moving into the Beam Beat every day and anglers have enjoyed the somewhat rare event of fish showing regularly. Two …
In February Mr Orchard and Mr McIntosh became the new owners of The Half Moon Inn and they are very keen to re-establish the hotel as one of the major sporting centres in the West Country. Charles and Adam will still be running the fishery and looking after the anglers every day. Beats are available on seven miles of the …
2016 was another very encouraging season. Rainfall was well below average but despite the low river levels, catches of salmon and sea trout were similar to recent years. There was a marked increase in the number of grilse (4-6lb) from June onwards. Not many anglers ventured out after dark in pursuit of the elusive seat trout, but those that did …
