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3 x trout 6-12 inches, Gold Bead Hare's Ear. Rather a cold start this morning and fish not very active. However, a 12 inch fish from a deep hole is a good one for this little stream. Dealt with some old barbed wire obstructing access, but watch your step getting in and out.

3 Trout

Colder than expected with a stiff breeze and as a result there was no surface activity. In just under four hours I didn't see anything hatch. The winter floods have moved a lot of debris but no significant obstacles. Fished a small nymph in the deeper pools and pocket water, plenty of hungry little trout, but didn't find one of the better fish. Still an excellent stream to spend time with.

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1 Trout

Hailstones, rain, wind and some sun, but a cold day, and no sight of fish.

Very cold (water at 5 °) and the water was a little high but most beats were fishable. No fish seen by me but my fellow angler managed to catch one from the Vanstone in the morning. The beat is very well maintained with steps into and from the beats making life easy. The maddox stream fished particularly well at this height and my second trip through was rewarded with a lively seatrout of about 4lbs.

1 Sea Trout

Fished this afternoon, but it was hard going. It felt as if there was no life about what's so ever . Third time out for me and although early on in season, it is looking bleak I must say

6 x trout 6-10 inches, Gold Bead hare's Ear. End of a pleasant, sunny afternoon with lots of wild daffodils out in the fields and a few fish actually rising.

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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

9 x trout 6-10 inches, Goldbead Hare's Ear. Severn tributaries open today, and this is one of three local to me. I had to fish early so started in a frost - not quite ideal - with upstream nymph, and found a few fish in the runs. Surprised to see one fish rising. The stream is looking somewhat battered by late winter floods (the last one went over 2 metres) and there is one fallen branch which necessitates getting out of the channel and going round by the bank. The channel itself is clear but look out for barbed wire on the banks where fences have been knocked down.

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