Lake District Fly fishing for Brown Trout on the Upper Kent at Ullthwaite Bridge Aug 22

An Afternoon fly fishing for brown trout on the upper river Kent in the Cumbrian Lake District. The location is Ullthwaite pool in Kentmere Valley. This pool can be very good a day or two after rain but very quiet at other times.
On this day I caught a number of smaller fish which I thought were brown trout, but a friend suggested may be salmon parr.
It's always worth changing flies there. Fr the first 40 minutes I tries a foam emerger with a few poor takes that can be seen in the video. As soon as I changed to a light brown winged fly (shown in the film) I caught one after the other trout over a space of 20-25 minutes.
Staveley Anglers controls about 7 miles of the river Kent for trout and salmon fishing from just below Staveley up to Kentemere Tarn. Membership and day tickets can be bought at the newsagent/post office in staveley. Opening times here:
www.postoffice...
The river is not stocked with brown trout so all fish caught are wild. Brown trout are the predominant species but there are occasional salmon running the river. I have seen them jumping at the wear and one in Ullthwaite pool, which seems to hold them
Staveley is the gateway to the Lake District and is a good place to try fly fishing in Cumbria for the first time. The river has lots of accessible areas but the trout are easily spooked so a cautious approach is advised.
Equipment:
Non of this is endorsed, I am just providing the makes for information (Although I am happy with my set up)
Maxcatch 9' 4# black star fly rod - www.maxcatchfi...
Vision Hero 46 fly reel
Rio in touch 4# fly line
barbless hooks
I tend to use value equipment as it seems to work as well as the more expensive stuff.

[@paulmckearney4945]

They were parr, difficult to say if they were salmon or trout parr, could well be salmon parr.

[@rabfraser1234]

could you tell me who controls the fishing there please,, i am a member of wadaa ,,and would love a go at the river again ,,most of them were parr,,we always used to say if it had finger prints on the side its a parr ,,they eat anything ,,just seen staveley anglers

[@thecumbriaflyfisher7704]

Hi Rob. Yes Staveley anglers. Tickets were available from the newsagents in Staveley but drop me a message if you struggle to get one and I’ll pass you the number of our membership secretary