Down early morning to the Tickled Trout stretch, thought I'd try a couple of new sea trout flies from the Donegal fly company.

Straight into a 2 lb salmon, an hour later a smaller sea trout of 14oz.


Nothing else for the next 3 hours. Left around 11, another 8 people on the water one with a double handed rod. Didn't see anything else caught.

Not bad for a £4.00 day ticket. Off back in an hour.

Where do you get the day ticket, please?

You used to get the day ticket at the garage next to the Tickled Trout Hotel. as this has been bulldozed and is in rebuild, you get the ticket at the top of the hill at the other BP garage. £4.00. well worth the fee!


Jon

Any tips on where to park?

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Is that stretch any good for trout earlier on in the season?

Maybe....if you don't mind fishing a featureless, semi-tidal, weed-choked, shrimp bashed, chav infested coarse river.

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Why don't you tell it as it is Matt.
S.

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"A glint of sun has warmed the air,The flies will soon hatch out, To lure and tempt from their deep lair, The bonnie speckled trout." SKB tackle supporter. I love Furled Leaders.

It's alright for you, living as you do on the banks of England's finest spate stream!

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The sun pushed dark spokes of melt and sparkle
Across the fields of hoar. And the river steamed -
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So that wouldnt be the river Tame in Lancs then....

Parking pass is given with your permit and you park down by the hotel, or across the river on the quarry road. Free parking there & tend to be no idiots in this are

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Went down first light this morning down the Shawes arms stretch. Very quiet morning, took a decent chub to a Bibio. No trout or Salmon seemed to be about