[Ewan Lindsay]

A picture speaks a thousand words...



Day 1 - River Test, Middleton Half Water Beat



River Test, Middleton Half Water Beat



Cracking River Test Brown Trout



Beautiful Day on The Middelton Estate



This Test Brownie coughed up his lunch



Day 2 - Bullington Manor, River Dever



Bullington Manor Hatch Pool, River Dever



River Dever Brownie



Hard fighting and in great nick



Bullington Manor Viaduct



River Dever, Bullington Manor



Playing a River Dever Brownie



Gin Clear River Dever



Another fine River Dever Brown Trout

Nuff Said.

Ewan

[Mike Barrio]

Absolutely awesome!  ................. Thanks for sharing the photos Ewan

Best wishes
Mike

[Iain Cameron]

love the expression on the first trout's face - looks like, "dammit, caught again!"

great pics, thanks

[Graham Nicol]

I have fished both these beats and must say find the Dever at Bullington the best. The water is always clear and the weed exactly as one imagines it should be on a chalkstream. Quintessential stuff. There are also some clunking grayling there which come October time are super sport on dries. Super pictures

[Ewan Lindsay]

I think the Dever at Bullington Manor is my favourite too.  I've now fished all four beats and they are all different but equally beautiful with some cracking fish in them.  The Grayling on beat 1 last week were the biggest I've ever seen, some were easily 3lb+.  However, they could not be tempted on a hot and sunny day. I'm planning a specific Grayling trip in the Autumn after the Trout season closes.  Your day ticket a Bullington lets you fish all four beats for Grayling!

Ewan

[Graham Nicol]

Yes, Simon Cooper of Fishing Breaks has done a fantastic job with the fishing on this stretch. I find fishing beats 1 and 2 ie the lowest ones are the best for thymallus thymallus for the water is deeper and the fish feel more protected. As the river is generally shallow by nature and clear a black klinkhamer is successful or a red tag. I have had great success with these dries in the depth of Winter there with a hard frost on the ground. Great stuff. The beat opposite Middleton is called Compton and likewise has some linkers of grayling. Problem is they stock with rainbows there and they are a damn nuisance in Autumn. Really shouldn't be allowed on the Test

[Ewan Lindsay]

Agree about the Rainbows! They are getting fewer and fewer though it seems.

There were some cracking Grayling last week at Middleton too. I also witnessed a large Pike ambush a trout of about 12" under the bank. Brutal!


Ewan