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No luck today, water discolored & swollen by heavy rain the days before. Good fun, but surprised by the amount of litter washed downstream.
Could not find the large oak!

Sighted 2 good sized trout together in deep pool but failed to catch, was a very hot day and although I didn't start until 7pm nothing seemed to be taking. More trees down across stream making some places very difficult to pass.

14 x trout 6-9 inches on a size 16 Rusty Klinkhammer. Started at 7pm in the evening after a very hot day and just about reached the top of the beat by 10pm. Confidence rather needed restoring this evening after waking up from a singularly unsuccessful night's sewin fishing and a long drive home this morning. Plenty of the little fellows were rising (blue winged olives were the main interest but nothing more technical than a reddish brown klinkhammer was needed to get takes). Altogether a delightful evening during which a kingfisher flew under the rod. There was even time, after casting at the last few rises heard rather than seen in darkness, to make it to the Rising Sun for last orders.

14 Trout

I found this impossible to fish, too overgrown for me. Water clear. Some trees down across the brook. Gave up after an hour of snagged lines. Sighted a couple of fish but could not get a fly to them.

2 trout biggest 1 of about 7" both taken on gold head nymph. As a fairly new beginner and 1st time fishing small stream , although I found it frustrating getting tangled in the canopy :-) I will be back! Fun!

2 Trout

Low, clear and bright, nil return due to inept wading and too long 8ft rod, never the less good evening spent stalking several rising fish.

12 x trout 6-10 inches on a small Rusty Klinkhammer. The occasional fish rising to terrestrials blown down by a warm breeze gave something to go at; otherwise prospecting likely spots. The average size in this brook seems to have increased just a bit compared to a couple of years ago: quite a number of 8,9 and 10 inch fish this year.

12 Trout

First time on this stretch of small river and was an enjoyable way to spend a few late afternoon hours. It was breezy day but once down at river level the density of plants and trees meant I hardly noticed the weather and it felt quite warm. Great fun wading up stream, casting a fly up into the pools above. Some of the beat is hard to access, mainly at top and bottom ends and a certain amount of scrambling about is required. This all adds to the enjoyment for me. Two small trout on nymph, one on a klink, best around 11 inches.

3 Trout

Sparse but varied hatch during the couple of hours I fished, olive dun, Klink and small nymph taking fish.
Lovely little brook with plenty of diverse habitat in a small package. The only worrying observation is the amount of HB along the banks.

5 Trout

Beat looking very good now looks like a good clean up operation has been done. Gloomy wet day, fish early on taking size 18 f-fly , later on size 16 olive. 5 of the fish were between 8-9 inches the rest were bout 5-7 inches. Great to see all barbed wire removed and the beat very easy now to make your way up it.

9 Trout