Was down to the North Pennines last week for 3 days of fishing. Stayed in a bunkhouse near a small village called
Royston Vasey Rookhope.
Not to far from the river Wear but that was seriously down to ts bones and really un-fishable. First day we ventured to Cow Green , one of England's best Brown trout waters, its formed by damming the river Tees ( unfortunately I left my camera in the bunkhouse) Its a big water, we fished round the whole water approximately 7 miles in circumference. hard going as there was a cold wind blowing down the valley and the reservoir was 20ft or more below normal level, still I enjoyed the day and we had a few fish, if you ignored the dam, it was like being in Sutherland
Day 2 was Loch of the Crow, again a Reservoir up in the Pennines, again a big body of water but not so low as Cow Green, I would say this water is very seldom fished. The morning was tough going with a cold east wind again, but for an hour in the afternoon, the wind dropped and it warmed up, there were flies on the water and it was fish on
Another enjoyable day.
Day three was the river Tees , no shortage of water as its fed from Cow Green, a really great fly river , for £12 you have 9 miles of water, although some of it is unfishable due to really steep gorges. No huge trout for grat sport just the same, my best fish was a Grayling ( photo does not do it justice. All in all a grand 3 days
This is the bunkhouse
League of Gentlemen was based on a village called Alston close by to where we were staying
