Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Bank fishing near inflows, dam walls, and weed beds. Move to find feeding fish.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.
A legendary chalk-fed Hampshire fishery — crystal-clear spring water holding specimen rainbows and browns to exceptional sizes. Three small lakes in a pastoral valley setting. The gin-clear water demands precise presentation and careful approach; visible fish refuse clumsy offerings. Fly-only, barbless, catch-and-release optional. One of England's most famous small stillwaters.
A legendary chalk-fed Hampshire fishery — crystal-clear spring water holding specimen rainbows and browns to exceptional sizes.
Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Bank fishing near inflows, dam walls, and weed beds. Move to find feeding fish.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.
A legendary chalk-fed Hampshire fishery — crystal-clear spring water holding specimen rainbows and browns to exceptional sizes. Three small lakes in a pastoral valley setting. The gin-clear water demands precise presentation and careful approach; visible fish refuse clumsy offerings. Fly-only, barbless, catch-and-release optional. One of England's most famous small stillwaters.
