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Had a lovely day on the Bideford Brook. The water was slightly coloured and there was plenty of fly life on the stream including mayflies and smaller up-wings. Caught 3 trout on dry flies, fish were between 6-8 inches and all were released. Spotted a few larger fish in the deeper pools but couldn't tempt them with my offerings.

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I caught another little browny at 5 inches but my 9 year old son caught his first wbt at 8 inches ,amazing,fished from 7pm until 9pm, mosquitos eating my arms through clothing ,bad smell coming from some pumping going on within what I thought was old railyard on map,smells like sewage, although stream is crystal clear with plenty of life,hope whatever it is does not make its way to stream

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Fished from about 8:30 am til about 1 pm ,me and my young sons spent more time with our Griffith's Sparkle Gnat in the trees and bushes than in the water,but I managed to bring to hand a lovely brown trout at about 5 inches and lost about 4 more, quite a few small fish seen rising too. I should have wore long sleeves as arms covered in mosquito bites.seemed to be a lot of varied flying insects about,did not manage to try whole beat with kids,but look forward to going back in proper stealth mode.Also watch out for barbed wire when climbing in and out.

1 Trout

Spent the afternoon enjoying the brook for the first time and although saw quite a few small fish no activity. Tried all the usuals but no interest. Great few hours and will return. Warm but very windy, and bright..!

had a few hours today 11.30 a.m - 2.pm nymphing . 25 to hand and lost a few more. all trout fell for 2mm size 18 baetis with a hint of orange at the thorax. there were a few rises but never switched as they were hitting the nymph hard. size between7-10 inches with two at 5 inches. the mosquitos are hitting hard also! wore long sleeves and the little blighters dined on my hands.

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4 trout in the net 6-9", all on dries. Missed around 6 more, most takes on adams para. Fish were happy to strike at larger flies than I would have expected. Last fish of evening was on a 14 brown mayfly shown in pic and had a brilliant take on a purple haze size 16 in the morning. This beat is fun because the fish are basically textbook. If you drop a fly, drag free in a likely spot, there seemed to be an emphatic take. Good spot for building confidence and having fun.

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6 x trout 7-9 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer and Duck's Dun. An early visit on a warm morning.

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