Below the overflow hatches the canal spills into a deep, still pool, and at dusk the mayflies lift off it in a golden haze while the trout rise. The boldest mooring on the canal, where two floats on a spin that misses buy reel five another cast.
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Lower Pound Rise is where Jory goes fishing once the boats have tied up for the night, and it is the most unpredictable stretch of the canal. The Lily-Pad Moorhen and the Arcing Trout carry the richest lines, so the pool can sit glassy for a while before a big rise comes. A Ripple Mayfly wild covers every picture apart from the Banded Float. If a paid spin pays nothing with exactly two floats bobbing, the fifth reel gets a free second cast on its own. Three floats anywhere begin nine free spins, four begin fourteen and five begin twenty-two, every win doubled, with extra floats adding spins.
Fifth-Reel Cast. If a paid spin comes back empty with exactly two Banded Floats in view, reel five alone spins again, free; every free-spin win also pays double.
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Measured by running this page's own engine for 10,000,000 spins: coin RTP 93.3%, hit frequency 40.2%, free spins about once in 102 spins, a win of 10x your stake or more about once in 151 spins. Coin figures only — no money is staked or returned.
Sign in, drop down through the bottom gates to the pool below the hatches and pick a stake.
Spin. A Ripple Mayfly fills in for any picture except the Banded Float, and floats pay wherever they land, on your total stake.
Three Banded Floats bring nine free spins, all wins doubled; four bring fourteen and five bring twenty-two. And if a paid spin wins nothing while a pair of floats, and only a pair, is showing, reel five gets a free recast.
Anglers at heart: patient types willing to wait out still water for the odd spin when the trout truly rise.
The widest swings on the canal. The moorhen and the trout hold the biggest lines, so wins arrive in rushes with long calm spells between.
| Symbol on the lock reel | Five in line along one payline | Portion of your total stake |
|---|---|---|
 Ripple Mayfly (wild) | 7,500× line bet | 300× your stake |
 Arcing Trout | 3,400× line bet | 136× your stake |
 Lily-Pad Moorhen | 1,600× line bet | 64× your stake |
 Buckled Creel | 1,000× line bet | 40× your stake |
 Reed Mayfly | 550× line bet | 22× your stake |
 Chalky Flint | 320× line bet | 12.8× your stake |
The five card ranks (10 to A) pay the least. Three Banded Floats anywhere open the free round. Full values for three and four of a kind are in the paytable.
Only when a paid spin misses completely while showing exactly two Banded Floats. At that point the fifth reel alone gets a free recast.
Yes. The free round pays double on everything, and fresh floats landing in it add spins.
Because the moorhen and the trout surface rarely, and the big lines belong to them. Each spin stands alone: the pool keeps no tally and owes you nothing.
Missions reset daily and count on every lock. Entirely optional.
A brick lock where white-ended balance beams swing the gates, water gushes through the paddles and a whitewashed cottage with a red door watches over it. Anyone can spin here straight away, and a paid spin that comes up dry gets a free second go with the gate wilds held in place.
Follow the feeder stream up into the pinewoods and you reach an old timber sawmill at sunrise, its wheel churning the millrace and a golden saw blade catching the light. A middle-paced walk where the free-spin multiplier only ever climbs.
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