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Worked my way up stream and caught mostly on weighted PTN, had last fish on a emerger pattern as I saw the odd fish rising to the Large dark olives hatching off.

4 Trout

Fished for a few hours today with heavily weighted nymphs, had six and lost as many. No hatch to raise them today, very enjoyable all the same.

6 Trout

5 x trout 6-9 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. Filling in a couple of hours on a rainy morning - went up about half way. Despite all the showers, today, last night and over recent days, this little brook is still very low and fishing is correspondingly slightly difficult. The Forest upstream acts as a huge sponge and it isn't saturated yet. The upper Wye, on the other hand, has a 2 foot plug of muddy water rushing down it this very same morning, heading towards Hereford!

5 Trout

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