Catch Returns

All Members are required to report salmon and sea trout catches within 7 days of capture and earlier if possible. We also encourage all members to report any other notable catches. All catch returns are published in the table on this page.

You can report your catches via the Catch Return Form (see below).

If you wish, you can name the beat where the catch was made (except for external social media), but we ask that you do not specify the pool and that any photographs or videos do not disclose the location. This is so that all our members can be made aware of the quality of fish available without leading to overfishing of particular spots. The reports are anonymous, but you can add your name if you so wish.

Please note that any captures from Groves Farm will also need to be recorded via the Groves Farm booking calendar, otherwise you will not be able to book Groves farm again.

Date Species Beat Captor Details
14/06/2026 Salmon Sutton 3 Pete Clarke 31" long, approx 12lb, taken on a shrimp fly. Pete's wife Carol also lost a salmon the same day.

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23/05/2026 Salmon Smolt Groves Farm Erwan Trochu Approx 1lb, taken on a salmon fly. Hopefully we'll see him again next year!
16/05/2026 Chub Sutton Green Erwan Trochu Nice out-of-season 3.5 to 4lb fish taken on a salmon tube fly.
28/04/2026 Salmon Rodens Hall Andy Davies Fresh-run 6/7lb fish, taken on fly with floating line. Still carrying some sea lice.
19/04/2026 Seatrout Sutton Green Andy Davies Silver smolt approx 6oz, probably on its way to sea.
8/04/2026 Brown Trout Groves Farm Erwan Trochu 30cm, approx one and a quarter pounds. Taken near the island, on elk hair caddis with fish rising to a hatch.
3/04/2026 Grayling Groves Farm Erwan Trochu Cracking out-of-season female, approx 1.6lb, 35cm.
2 1/03/2026 Seatrout Groves Farm Nigel Williams 1lb fish taken on floating line and gold head pink nymph, close to the bench.
01/01/2026 Brown Trout Groves Farm Andy Valentine Approx, 8oz. First fish reported (and perhaps first one caught?) for 2026! Well done Andy.
12/10/2025 Salmon Sutton Green Peter Clarke Approx. 11lb. Caught on fly, sinking line.
29/09/2025 Salmon Groves Farm Sam Dromgoole Approx 2lb6oz, caught swinging wet flies on floating line.
10/09/2025 Grayling Pickhill Mike Ellison 3 fish ; half pound, one pound and one and a half pounds. All on black spider and black tungsten nymph.
09/09/2025 Seatrout Groves Farm Iain Baddeley 11 inch fish, floating line
17/08/2025 Barbel and Chub Village Beat Mark Ellis 5lb chub (and a 2lb "tiddler"), followed by a 6lb barbel.
9/08/2025 Chub Village Beat Josh Betteley Estimated 4lb plus, caught early morning nymphing.
8/08/2025 Grayling Not disclosed Josh Betteley Estimated 1lb plus
27/07/2025 Chub Not disclosed Richard Bennett Two, both 5lb-plus
21/06/2025 Seatrout Dones Meadow Matt Klimaszewski 2 fish an hour before dark; approx. 12oz on spinner (still with sea lice) and approx. 8oz on worm.
18/06/2025 Brown trout Not disclosed Josh Betteley Estimated 2lb plus, nymphing on sinking line.
03/06/2025 Seatrout Pickhill Matt Klimaszewski Approx 8oz, with a similar size brownie. Both caught czech nymphing with a blingy peeping caddis.
4/05/2025 Seatrout Ormrods Matt Klimaszewski Approx. 8oz. Floating line. Also a dozen smolt, 5 grayling, 3 browns and one dace.
22/4/2025 Seatrout Groves Farm Mike Hamer Approx 10oz. Beaded hares ear with mylar rib on floating line. Double hook-up with small parr!
28/09/2020 Salmon Sutton Green Mike Ellison Approx 12lb. Taken from just below Worthenbury Brook on size 12 gold bead nymph and 5 weight rod.
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