Tyndals

This pool is fished from the north bank and is accessed by walking up the footpath on the north side of the suspension bridge. In low water, the pool can also be accessed by wading across the river underneath the power-lines below Bridge pool on the south bank, but anglers must take care when doing so, both because of the swift water, which is not deep, but more so because of the overhead power-lines.

The pool falls into three sections - the streamy head down to the 'elbow' where the current is deflected away from the south bank into the centre of the channel, the main pool where the stream carries over boulders and lies at a good depth, even in low water, and finally the tail which is a constantly changing gravelly dub with excellent lies under the south bank. There's a morning's fishing in the 250 yards of this glorious pool when the river is at the right level. The best marker for assessing the fishing height for Tyndals is the armchair rock which is the one in the centre of our webcam. When the water is bulging upstream of the boulder and flowing freely around its sides the height is perfect for a salmon from Tyndals.

Wading is quite easy but be careful not to trip over the submerged boulders of the croy on the north bank, towards the tail of the pool. Otherwise it's all gravel. As you wade down the pool you will often see salmon and sea trout splashing around in the pool below, Willows.