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When I arrived the water was very coloured due to the overnight rain, however undeterred I made my way to the bottom of the beat at 10:00am. Found a very narrow but clear stretch and second cast was into my first fish on a dark nymph. Worked my way up the beat. About halfway and about 12:30 I found a calm stretch of water with fish rising to sedges and Mayfly. Put on a dry sedge and caught a further 5 fish. Moved to the top of the beat and continued with the dry fly and landed a further 4. All in all a challenging but enjoyable day, it was spoilt by two gentleman feeding the river with maggots at the top of the beat!! This was subsequently reported. The stretch could do with some clearance though as there is lots of debris in the river

10 Trout

With hot sunny weather and the brook running clear, any open, thin water was going to prove troublesome.
Fishing in the shadows, broken water and the 'hard to get at places' was order of the day. 14 trout between 4 and 9 inches.

14 Trout

26 x trout 6-11 inches on a small Rusty Klinkhammer and, after a few mayfly duns appeared about 1 o'clock, a size 12 Monnow Gosling. Not a very dramatic mayfly hatch (the winter floods disturbed a lot of the silt in the channel) but it certainly put the little trout in the mood for a big fly. Other things seen and heard: fresh green beech leaves and carpets of bluebells, chimes of Parkend church clock through the woods, two fallow deer caught drinking at midday, a kingfisher carrying what looked like a trout parr, and a female mallard who decided I had designs on her brood and performed the broken wing deception in order to draw me away. This wood and the area of the stream took a lot of damage during the winter storms and many trees are down, but the trout population seems quite happy.

26 Trout

4 trout up to 8 inches, 3 on dry fly, 1 on a bead head nymph.

4 Trout

First visit, and surprised by the varied character of the water with plenty of inviting spots. One small BT to a gb hares ear, which frankly was a bit crass, as something more subtle was called for, but couldn't be bothered to change when there was so much to explore and enjoy! A short rod is preferable, not so much for casting but for raising and retrieving.

1 Trout

10 fish to 10 inches on a beat for short rods and improvised casting. The first few fish I rose came short to a size 20 klinkhammer. By switching to a larger dry fly with a size 18 hare's ear on a 12 inch dropper, I started to hook fish.

10 Trout

5 x trout 8-10 inches, Goldbead Hare's Ear. The day started with a wild goose chase to the Monnow headwaters to find a small stream. After yesterday's showers, every one of them seemed to be running coloured. All the way back home to find my local Forest streams were running nice and clear. What a waste of petrol! Not much fishing time left but I did about half of Cannop Brook to find a weighted nymph was still needed although trout seem to have moved forward into the faster water at the head of pools. Three at 10 inches and two at 8 inches, which is large for this stream, fat and in super condition. No sign of spawning.

5 Trout

Had a couple of hours fishing single bead head and picked up half dozen or so. Few olives mid day but nothing rising.

7 Trout

Beautiful secluded fishing. Spent an hour or so and had 2 trout to 10inches on a size 20 klinkhammer. Access and casting are both very difficult but well worth the effort required.

2 Trout

Dozen plus on a warm and sticky day. All taken on un-weighted nymph and olive emerger. Lost several also. Beat is almost un-fishable from lower bridge to hundred yards below weir. I don't mind tight fishing but the amount of trees over this small stream is unbelievable. With good access could of been many more to hand.

12 Trout