Catch Reports Log
May 20, 2025
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
8
3
Winged Olive
Fished from 4pm till 7 pm, cloudy and warm but no fish on the surface until after 5 pm. Used winged olive, caddis and Grey drake, but most caught on olives. Lots of spinners about and the odd mayfly.
May 19, 2025
Tremayne nr Rashleigh Wier
Gordon
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
3
3
Winged Olive
Still plenty of flow in the river which is presently clear. Bullocks in first field can be a bit too inquisitive!
May 17, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Joah
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
1
1
One hour after bank day 14.30-15.30. Fished the stretch we had cleared. Very bright and sunny. Fished mayfly patterns but little interest
May 18, 2025
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Joah
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
4
1
7-8.30pm. Not much surface activity. Cold air. All on dry spent mayfly. Couple of mayfly out but i was probably too late
May 17, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Tim
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
1
1
Other (add in comments)
Copy of a Davie McPhail mayfly pattern landed a very fat 12" fish. A mayfly emerger had fish slashing at it. Lost 2 and had a few miss the fly when they rose. Not much happening until 4pm ish
May 15, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Stephen
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
1
Other (add in comments)
A home made black size 12 wet fly, First trip on club waters lovely weather but quite bright, a few mayfly on air but not much sign of fish, water slightly coloured.
May 14, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Craig
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
4
2
Parachute Adams
Fished for a couple of hours from 2.30pm very bright conditions and river full of dandelion seeds so having to constantly clean fly.
May 13, 2025
Upper Taw nr Hawkridge
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
2
2
Elk Hair Caddis
Lots of fly life but not much surface activity. Went through the fly box to try and tempt a fish, eventually caught a 14 & 12 inch on a size 18 caddis.
May 11, 2025
Tremayne nr Rashleigh Wier
Fred
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
11
2
Winged Olive
Some rain during my few hours where i fished a nymph and had another big fish of 21 inches!! The rain cleared and the dry fly action started and I switched to an Olive upright and had some lovely fish.
May 12, 2025
Upper Taw nr Hawkridge
Joah
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
1
1
Large hatches and lots of surface action. I tried 9 different dries, but nothing. Then switched to a dun nymph. Had a 17" brownie first cast. (Didn't fight much). Went home!
May 11, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Joah
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
6
3
After the rain. 1.5 hours lots of surface action. All on dries. Partridge mayfy yellow variant. One of 11 inches
May 9, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
6
4
Winged Olive
Pleasant 3 hours from 3-6pm, lots of rises and plenty of fly life, fish very tentative and subsurface takes. Water clear but low
May 7, 2025
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Tim
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
3
2
Other (add in comments)
Fished from 7-8.30pm. Hard work with the water so low and clear. 1 on a #20 grey duster and 2 on #16 sherry spinner. Pretty decent spinner fall. Lost 1 (and both my sherry spinner flies 😕)
May 7, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Phil
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
Hardly any surface activity.
May 7, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Craig
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
4
2
Parachute Adams
May 7, 2025
Upper Taw nr Park Mill
Peter
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
9
1
Jingler
Fished 13:30 - 16:30. First ninety minutes saw lots of fish and fly life activity. Once the temperature dropped it went very quiet.
May 3, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Peter
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
0
3-5:45 cool upstream wind only saw a couple of fish feeding.
May 2, 2025
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
6
3
Elk Hair Caddis
Lovely 3 hours below Coldridge this evening, lots of olives and a few mayfly’s, not much in the way of rises but my trusty Caddis duo managed to tempt 6, largest around 14 inches
May 1, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve, Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Mark
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
7
Winged Olive
Apr 27, 2025
Upper Taw nr Hawkridge
Simon
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
2
1
Hares Ear
Apr 30, 2025
Tremayne nr Rashleigh Wier
Fred
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
6
0
Other (add in comments)
Black nymph.
Too early for the rise on such a bright day but I had some fish in the fast runs. Best fish was a cracker at 16 inches!
Apr 28, 2025
Upper Taw nr Park Mill
Peter
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
5
2
Emerger
Followed Tim after his session. I fished 4-6:30. Plenty of fly life but initially hardly any surface activity. Caught all five in a fifteen minute period in the glide between Mill Pool and Park Mill Bridge best around 12 ins.
Apr 28, 2025
Upper Taw nr Park Mill
Tim
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
7
3
Parachute Adams
Fished from 10.30 to 3pm. Trickle of olives all day. Lost a couple but caught 2 on a hares ear nymph and most of the rest on #14 parachute Adams. Saw 2 mayfly come off. Best 12 inches.
Apr 22, 2025
Fred
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
5
2
Other (add in comments)
River was coloured so was using a large caddis nymph. Caught a lovely big fish of 21 inches!!
Apr 20, 2025
Upper Taw nr Park Mill
Joah
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
2
0
Other (add in comments)
High and quite dirty water. Nothing on the surface. Not much action on nymphs either. Black pennell took 2
Apr 20, 2025
Upper Taw nr Park Mill
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
4
1
Elk Hair Caddis
3 hours at Park Mill, water fast but clearing, 2 on dry 2 on nymph. Lot of debris in river
Apr 9, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Peter
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
My 1st time. Loved it. Caught a tree, a bush and the back of my jacket! Many thanks to Pete who chaperoned me.
Apr 13, 2025
Upper Taw nr Hawkridge
Joah
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
2
2
Other (add in comments)
Cold wind and no rises but 2 nice fish (11 &9") both on dries - my own partridge spent mayfly thing - in abot 1.5 hours fishing
Apr 11, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
4
1
Winged Olive
3 hours at Tremayne today, quite a few hatching and a few fish showing, 3 on BWO and a Salmon smolt on an olive nymph which gave a surprisingly good account of itself.
Apr 8, 2025
Upper Taw nr Hawkridge
Richard
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
0
Couple of bits but no success today. Beautiful day for it though.
Apr 9, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Peter
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
4
0
Other (add in comments)
March Brown
All four fish caught in 5 ‘o’ clock. Very few fish showing but a cold upstream breeze didn’t help.
Apr 9, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Craig
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
Fished from 2pm for a couple of hours, nothing much showing.
Fish very skittish had some tentative takes but didn't stick.
Apr 6, 2025
Upper Taw nr Brushford
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
3
1
Winged Olive
Water very low but clear, bit of a hatch around 3pm and a few rises, but fish very fussy.
Apr 6, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Craig
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
5
1
Other (add in comments)
Good morning fishing, water low along with cool east breeze.
All caught on gold head green nymph.
Padlock on roadside gate seems to be broken.
Apr 3, 2025
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
3
1
Pheasant Tail
Cold and windy 2 hours at Coldridge this morning, no rises but a few sedge about.. significant amount of timber in the river with plenty of underwater snags - you have been warned!
Apr 2, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Craig
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
2
Other (add in comments)
Water quite low along with cold stiff breeze.
Caught both fish on green gold head nymph in fast water.
Mar 30, 2025
Upper Taw nr Park Mill
Jo
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
3
0
Pheasant Tail
No surface action. Tried dry for an hour, then switched to ghpt and took 3 in 45 mins including 2 salmon parr. Cold nw wind. V clear, low water.
Mar 26, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Craig
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
3
Other (add in comments)
Fished a very pleasant couple of hours, no surface activity. Caught all fish on green beaded gold head nymph
Mar 24, 2025
Upper Taw nr Park Mill
Gordon
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
1
Greenwells Glory
Water temp 12C
Water very low but clear
Mar 24, 2025
Upper Taw nr Hawkridge
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
1
0
Hares Ear
Very pleasant 3 hours at Hawkridge today, some insect life (olives) and a couple of rises. Water incredibly clear for late March, but still cold.
Mar 19, 2025
Upper Taw nr Park Mill
Byron
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
0
Mar 19, 2025
Upper Taw nr Park Mill
Harry
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
0
Mar 18, 2025
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Byron
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
0
Mar 18, 2025
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Harry
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
0
Mar 19, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Richard
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
0
First outing for father and I. Water was very cold but it was great to get out.
Mar 16, 2025
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
2
1
Other (add in comments)
Spent pleasant 2 hours in the sunshine, both fish caught on red tag nymph (thanks Gerald) water very clear ( but cold)
Dec 9, 2024
Peter
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
Did not fish this year 2024
Jul 5, 2024
Upper Taw nr Park Mill
Joah
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
2
0
No surface activity. Both caught on nymphs
Aug 22, 2024
Upper Taw nr Park Mill
Joah
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
0
Evening blank. Little surface activity
Oct 16, 2024
Upper Taw nr Hawkridge
Joah
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
0
Evening blank
Sep 22, 2024
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Joah
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
2
0
Evening fishing. Little movement
Sep 7, 2024
Tremayne nr Rashleigh Wier
Joah
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
6
0
Evening rise. Fair bit of surface activity
Oct 15, 2024
Claire
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
0
Not fished this year.
Sep 28, 2024
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Simon
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
1
red tag
Good to see clearer water at times this year, even when high
Jun 19, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Paul
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
14
0
Other (add in comments)
Most successful fly was an Adams. Lost 3 decent fish (one possibly a sea trout on L. Dart)
Sep 25, 2024
Upper Taw nr Park Mill
Gordon
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
7
3
Other (add in comments)
All fish caught on fluffy daddy long legs imitation. Water was quite high and fast with the weather 14C. More fish rising and noticed daddy long legs and stone fly on the water.
Sep 21, 2024
Tremayne nr Rashleigh Wier
Gordon
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
Water was very low and very little activity on a quiet warm morning. Saw very few fish rise all morning.
Sep 13, 2024
Upper Taw nr Hawkridge
Gordon
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
1
-1
Parachute Adams
Lovely 14" fish but generally the day was very quiet indeed.
Sep 23, 2024
Upper Taw nr Park Mill
Peter
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
7
2
Parachute Adams
River up a few feet but clearing. Plenty of fish showing in the long calmer runs.
Sep 23, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
JASPER
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
2
1
Other (add in comments)
Fished from 5pm til dark. My son Tom caught the fish ! Lovely to get down to the river though sad not to see an otter/beaver !
Sep 21, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
8
4
Parachute Adams
Fantastic late afternoon session, water clear, a few fish rising and managed to net 8 and lost a fair few as well. Expected thunder, lighting and heavy rain instead low wind and a beautiful sunset.
Sep 20, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Craig
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
11
4
Parachute Adams
Great few hours fishing from 10am now hanging up the rod till next season.
Sep 19, 2024
Upper Taw nr Hawkridge
Simon
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
2
1
Pheasant Tail
Sep 18, 2024
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
8
2
Parachute Adams
Excellent 3 hours below Coldridge bridge, river clear and vegetation starting to die back making access easier. All fish bar 2 larger ones caught in faster water.
Sep 15, 2024
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Simon
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
6
1
Parachute Adams
Sep 15, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
3
0
Hares Ear
No fish showing river up slightly but clear
Sep 15, 2024
Craig
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
1
1
Spent a couple of fruitless hours trying to tempt a fish on an Adams, just about to call it a day when connected with a decent 13" brownie, nice end to the season.
Sep 4, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
3
1
Hares Ear
Tried nymphing as no fish showing, managed to get 3 in the faster water, but saw a large salmon in Mill pool around 7pm as I was leaving, I think it’s waiting for more water to move upstream.
Sep 1, 2024
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
4
1
Hares Ear
Decided to have a go at klink and dink, caught 2 on the klink and 2 on the dink ( they were the larger) otherwise quiet with very low water and algae against the banks
Aug 28, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Peter
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
0
14:30 -17:30. No activity whatsoever. River very low.
Aug 28, 2024
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Craig
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
1
1
Other (add in comments)
Fished just a couple of hours from 2pm no surface activity.
Only found interest in the faster water.
Aug 26, 2024
Upper Taw nr Park Mill
Gordon
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
1
1
Grey Wulff
Fished late afternoon. Very quiet and little rising. Bank team did a good job upstream of Mill pool.
Aug 23, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve, Tremayne nr Rashleigh Wier
Mike
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
4
0
Catch included a dace of 7". 2 beavers seen. and a red deer hind crossing the river!
Aug 22, 2024
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Peter
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
0
Very little activity
Aug 22, 2024
Upper Taw nr Park Mill
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
6
2
Elk Hair Caddis
Fished from 3-6pm water very low, but banks clear after yesterday’s work. Best fish 12inch + from otter pool
Aug 16, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Gordon
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
Very little activity
Aug 21, 2024
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Craig
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
6
2
Parachute Adams
Water fairly murky
Aug 17, 2024
Upper Taw nr Park Mill, Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Craig
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
5
1
Gnat
Fished for a few hours from 10.30am, above the bridge at coldridge but not below as cattle in river.
No surface activity but gnat sparked some interest.
Aug 16, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
2
1
Other (add in comments)
Fished from 6.30-8.30pm, water very low and lots of algae, slow fishing not much surface activity. Caught decent 14 inch at little dart junction pool on muddler.
Aug 14, 2024
Upper Taw nr Hawkridge
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
6
2
Elk Hair Caddis
Fished from 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm
Few fish showing and river could do with a flush, water muddied after cattle crossed around 5pm. Used a number of different flys and a good olive hatch around 6pm
Aug 12, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Dugald
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
Fished for Sea Trout 8.30pm to midnight. No luck
Two showed as well as a grilse as dusk fell.
Aug 11, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Peter
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
2
0
Gnat
Hardly any fish showing and a stiff breeze blowing downstream.
Aug 10, 2024
Upper Taw nr Hawkridge
Simon
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
4
Hares Ear
Aug 7, 2024
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Craig
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
4
1
Gnat
Nothing much showing which seemed odd as conditions were good, fished just a couple of hours.
Aug 6, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Peter
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
3
0
Parachute Adams
Aug 4, 2024
Tremayne nr Rashleigh Wier
Peter
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
2
1
Parachute Adams
Not many fish showing. While between Old weir and signal box heard quite a commotion upstream. A few minutes later a family appears pushing an inflatable canoe. 30 mins later that passed me again near Rocky heading back upstream. End of session!
Aug 1, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Peter
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
5
0
Parachute Adams
Fished 5:30 - 7:30. Nothing much rising, river quite low. Cows and calves in field next to the Old Mill
Aug 1, 2024
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Craig
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
3
2
Fished for just a couple of hours from mid afternoon, nothing much showing, all caught on Adams.
Jul 27, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve, Tremayne nr Rashleigh Wier
Peter
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
6
0
Elk Hair Caddis
Fished from 4-8 pm. I started a Bridge Reeve but the river is up a good couple of feet and very cloudy., no fly life, no fish showing at all.
I moved up to the second field and fished various run and pools to the weir. Much better conditions.
Jul 27, 2024
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Craig
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
5
2
Other (add in comments)
Fished from 2 - 4.30pm nothing much showing caught all fish on Adams with one over 14" most enjoyable.
Jul 23, 2024
Tremayne nr Rashleigh Wier, Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Gordon
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
4
1
A Daddy Long Legs created some early evening activity
Jul 19, 2024
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
8
1
Elk Hair Caddis
River low and clearish, lots of small fish this evening, but caught one decent one and lost another. Lots of hatching but few rising.
Jul 19, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Peter
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
3
0
Parachute Adams
One of the fish caught believed to be a Chubb
Jul 18, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Tim
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
3
0
Other (add in comments)
Midge emerger. Fished 8-10pm, only a few small fish rising. Lost 3 which is wouldn't have said were over 9" either and missed some other small fish too.
Jul 16, 2024
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Gordon
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
4
1
Below Coldridge Bridge after the first downstream stretch was very overgrown with access from the field very difficult.
Jul 12, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Peter
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
1
0
Parachute Adams
Jul 11, 2024
Upper Taw nr Hawkridge
John
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
0
Other (add in comments)
Water a bit brown, fished from 6.30-8.00.
No luck but a lovely evening.
Jul 12, 2024
Tremayne nr Bridge Reeve
Chris
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
4
1
Greenwells Glory
Water very peaty coloured, some fly life but not much showing
Jul 7, 2024
Upper Taw nr Brushford
Tim
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
2
1
Other (add in comments)
Grey duster (midge pattern) #18. Fished from 7.30pm to 9pm. Lost one too.
Jun 28, 2024
Upper Taw nr Coldridge
Simon
# Caught:
# Over 9":
Fly choice:
Comments:
5
2
Greenwells Glory
a few olives around but very few rises