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Great fishing fish fell to dry fly most pools held fish which were happy to take. All round lovely river and lost a surprising large fish in the wier.
Matt

8 Trout

2 Trout

Fished for nearly two hours in the afternoon. Warm day at 18C, water 8C.
It's been a few years since I was on this brook. It felt like there were more trees down and debris than I remember. A few pools weren't really fishable any more and some of the old stonework had been removed. Despite the lack of rain there was a milky tinge to the water - I assume some work going on up towards Cannop ponds where I hear they are trying to restore a more natural flow.
Not much moving, a handful of very tiny fish swirling sub surface on two of the millpond flat pools. Nothing on nymphs, dries or emergers. A spider across the current on the only bend big enough to do so (the rest of the brook is pretty straight and requires casting straight up the channel) resulted in a tiny trout just wider than the palm of my hand.

1 Trout

1 small trout on a gold head hares ear, released.

1 Trout

1 juvenil brownie caught. Saw some 4-6inch fish but the water is really low.

1 Trout

Good day at Cannop Book, 22 fish (21 trout and 1 roach). The trout were mostly juvenile, between 4 and 6 inches. That probably explained why I missed / lost so many fish. Dries outfished nymph today. Size 14 Klinkhammer caught most of the fish.

Checking my record, my previous trip was nearly 3 years ago. Time flew and it was great to be back. There is a new regulation to spray the wades and gears with Virkron disinfectant to prevent the outbreak of crayfish plague to a nearby Blackpool. I am happy to comply with it. However, talking to dog owners whose dogs jumped into the water, none of them know about it. I felt a signpost to inform the general public would be necessary if we are serious about protecting the native white-clawed crayfish.

Sadly, there are signs of poaching. Found a spinner hung -up on a tree branch. The hook and blade still looked shiny with no rust, suggesting the activity was fairly recent. I also came across one chap with coarse fishing gears. I didn't see him fishing. He just walked by to say hello and ask if I caught anything. He wished me luck and then quickly disappeared, before I could engage a longer conversation with him. For the rest of the stretch, I didn't see him again. So I guessed he could be fishing a free-stretch elsewhere (is there one?) or if he were to fish at the brook, he probably had no idea that he needed to purchase a day-ticket and would be limited to fly-fishing method only. Again, a signpost to provide the general public about fishing information would be extremely useful. It could even generate more revenue if people know they could fish there. Just a thought...

21 Trout, 1 Other

2 Trout

5 Trout

Nice afternoon out but should have taken a shorter rod!

6 Trout

10 x trout 6-10 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. A couple of hours on a rather muggy afternoon. Believe it or not, this is the first time this year for me on this one, and it's surprising how much damage late winter storms did. At least 30 new trees down across it. Two thirds of it is accessible though and there is still plenty to go at.

10 Trout