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Decent amount of water still pushing through this beat. Three small trout caught on a klinkhammer. Quite a technical fish, what with all the overhanging trees and bushes. Worthy of 2-3 hrs of exploration.

3 Trout

22 x trout, Rusty Klinkhammer. All small fish, barely a couple of them over 6 inches. Still, it bodes well for the future. Fished early, before the dog walkers. A very large number of trees down now on this beat, but still room to fish. The recent rain seems to have freshened it up.

22 Trout

Great day in a very beautiful place, however saw two groups of people bait fishing one man with his son using worms and another group of 3 the father holding a fly rod in which case he should know better and the two lads with bait tackle. Not really that bothered as I had my daughters with me and it was only £11 to fish but but if I had wanted a few hours serious fishing would not have appreciated it.

1 Trout

Great day on this lovely little river, really wild & very challenging fishing. Used my 8’ rod without issue though I can see why 7’ 3# is recommended. Saw lots of brownies and initially had several bites/rises in various pools. Water low but plenty of deep pools and some perfect riffles where I caught one fish of 10” and another of 6” in perfect condition on golden bead green/red nymph, both returned. Few flies about, though the odd rise, so stuck with nymphs.

2 Trout

Tough fishing, lots of fallen logs and trees in river making it very difficult to make headway upstream.

1 Trout

2 x trout 8-9 Gold Bead Hare's Ear. A quick walk up the Cannop Brook on a cool and cloudy morning and managed to catch a brace while I was at it. Compared to Bideford Brook yesterday, the early spring storms have done a lot more damage. The whole wood looks like a giant's playground, with fallen trunks lying in all directions, but especially over the stream. As a result there will be much scrambling up and down the banks to fish this one this season. All the same, there will be plenty to go at when it warms up.

2 Trout

My last trip to Cannop Brook before the season ends. The fishing was excellent ; 20 trout and 1 perch.

Water level was extremely low but clear. Level dropped even more from the previous week. Started off with a Klink for an hour without much success, only two rises. Then decided to hang a nymph underneath (New Zealand style) and started catching steadily. Finished the day with 20 brown trout between 4" and 10", including a perch.

Great day and looking forward to coming back to the Brook the next season.

20 Trout, 1 Other

A short session on this delightful stream produced 5 small brownies taken on a size 14 Klinkhammer.

5 Trout

Afternoon fishing at the Brook. 19 trout, 5"- 10", size 14 Klinkhammer.
Took a bit of gambling on dog walkers this afternoon. Unfortunately it didn't pay off. The hot weather seemed to bring many dogs out and they all wanted to cool down in the river.
Fishing was good as long as the dogs didn't go in. All the stretch with clear water produced fish. Sadly it was only half of the Brook.
Will try early morning next time before the season ends.

19 Trout

Great day at the brook; 24 trout between 5 -10 inches. All took a size 14 Klinkhammer, fished single due to the extremely low level of the brook. Majority of the fish came from slack water and required a stealthy approach. Insect were hatching throughout the late morning / early afternoon, mixed with occasional falling-terrestrial. There were only two rises to the hatches but the fish happily came up for the Klink, fished blind.
As expected for the bank holiday Monday, the public footpath was very busy with families walking, cycling, and walking the dogs. Majority were friendly and polite. Quite lucky to only have two dogs joining me in the water.

24 Trout