This is closest. Three pools in one. The first pool is directly below the bridge. The fish lie up under the trees to the centre of the run. In normal height of water wade to the gravel bank half way across and you can wade down heading gradually back to our bank.
This then turns into a run that is deepest on the other bank and the fish tend to lie up next to it. Well worth fishing this wait a table fly (even in low water) to set some depth quickly.
This run then opens out into a wide pool. In low to medium height the fish will be found 2/3 of the way over, just of the trees.
In high water the fish will be 10’-15’ out from our bank, so let your fly come right around on the dangle. Fish this pool to the tail. It can also be a very good night time sea trout destination. 3 sea trout over 10lbs have been caught here in the last few years.
The water level gauge can be seen upstream of the Umberleigh Bridge on the other bank. It is measured in metres and 4.5 would be considered average height. Fish have been caught in the Home, Bridge and Hut pools up to 1.2 metres on the gauge.
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