Levi Caffrey had a great morning on the Barrow last weekend despite the floods. He sent in this report…
“On Saturday morning, I had planned on doing some river fishing for trout. However, after all the recent rain that week, the river was running high and coloured and pretty much unfishable.
Rather than go home, I decided to head to one of the smaller feeder streams further up the river Barrow system. On arrival, the water looked a little clearer and not as high so I decided to gear up and try fish it for a few hours.
I was set up with a light spinning rod and a selection of various crank baits and spinners. After fishing a few of the faster runs, I decided to try one of the deeper pools above.
On my second cast, as I was retrieving the bait through the middle of the pool, I saw an unexpected explosion and was soon into a good fish. I thought it might be a pike as it was holding deep and had made a number of blistering runs up and down.
After a few more minutes, I managed to get the fish up in the water, then he made a huge jump, shaking the head and trying his very best to throw my single barbless hook. I couldn’t believe what I was hooked into, a very large Brown trout.

After landing the fish, I gave him a few minutes to recover in the net before getting a quick photo and releasing him back into the water. The fish measured 64cm in length and was estimated to weigh between 6-7lb.”