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Caught 5 brown trout, lost another 4. Water level really was very low compared to a month or so ago but still great fishing. 1 caught on a balloon Caddis off the surface, with the rest caught on a bead head nymph suspended underneath. Did see what I thought were Yellow Dun's hatching.

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9 trout taken on a either a Klinkhammer or nymph; in fact two fish taken on both at the same time. Agree with the previous comment, the central section is almost un-fishable due to the forestry work with so much debris in the stream. All fish caught on the lower section, which is a lot clearer. A lot of fun navigating up the stream and catching some feisty little trout especially on a 6 ft 2# rod.

9 Trout

13 x trout 6-8 inches, Goldhead Hare's Ear nymph. This one has also woken up, with the trout inhabiting the fast runs rather than the dubs. I didn't see any rises. I'm afraid the delayed forestry thinning work has made rather a mess of the centre section of this beat for now, but there is still a good 4 hours fishing here.

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15 x trout 6-9 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. Still low, although recent showers have put a bit of colour into it.

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I spent a quiet evening exploring the top end of the Cannop Brook close to the weir. Fish were rising to mayflies. Three trout to hand largest at 9 inches, one on kites imperial, two on Hares Ear Nymph. Joined by a tree creeper and a fallow deer in the dusk. Will return.

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Warm bright evening, A few duns hatching but little evidence of rising fish. Lost 4 6-8 inch WBT on GHHE tied on Czech nymph #18 from fast water at heads of pools.
landed only repeatedly rising. 6" WBT on size 10 hackled GHE.

1 Trout

Beautiful day. Interesting flora and fauna in this brook including tyres and a couple of of car doors. Caught 1 x 10" and 1 x 5" trout on rusty (ha ha) klinkhammer.

2 Trout

Good flow bright day and warm. All fish to traditional spider patterns tie on Czech nymp h size 18. Best fish 7"
A truly magical spot shared with dipper mandarin and kingfisher The only thing which spoiled the ambiance was the large amount of timber and several pieces of scrap metal. Could really do with some low level maintenance work.

6 Trout

7 x trout 6-9 inches, Goldbead Hare's Ear. Most fish still on the bottom in the deeper dubs, but I got one seen rising.

7 Trout

A surprisingly bright, sunny day with fish to 8" on a elk hair dry.

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