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Lovely damp Autumn morning with the brook up a few inches and very coloured from the rain over the previous days. Managed to catch three beautiful conditioned trout up to 9" on a beaded GRHE. Tough going due to the height and colour of the brook especially when wading in unknown areas of the beat. Frustrating also that access is so restricted. Barbed wire to crawl under to access above the bridge! Electric fence all the way up the field to the next public stile where you then have to limbo dance under an insulated section of the wire to head back down the field to my starting point of access. Then more barbed wire to deal with!!! The cows had flattened certain section of the beat prior to the installation of the electric fence which did prove useful. Sign at the parking point warning of a bull being in the field so had to be watchful as I had to walk on his side of the fence prior to starting fishing that area of the beat and obviously my return to the car.
As mentioned, 3 lovely trout to the nymph but after an hour things went very quiet and the colour became darker with no offers.

3 Trout

Spent a few hours on the brook, weather was dry and sunny. River was in good condition, crystal clear and at the normal level for this time of the year. Caught mostly on dry dropper on a PTN, then switched to a dry only around midday as the trout started to feed regularly on the surface. Largest fish was around 11 to 12 inches. All fish returned safely.

6 Trout

First time on this beat and it looked a little coloured from rain previous day. However, carried on and glad to do so. Lovely river and surroundings. As I prefer a longer rod than suggested as I find it gives better control, used roll casts and “bow and arrow” technique to avoid the trees and bushes (most of the time!). Only saw 2 or 3 fish rising so made do with the duo. Covered approximately a third of the beat as I had to leave early.

9 Trout

Lovely spot, although quite overgrown and could have done with a shorter rod (than 7 ft) to avoid trees and bushes. Some fish rising and where I could reach they were interested in the small grey wolf, others caught on nymph under a dry fly. Great way to spend a couple of hours after work. Thanks W&U

6 Trout

River is lower than last week, had 5 to the net, most 6-8 inches, one a bit smaller, mostly to bead headed nymphs only one to rusty klinkhammer which is completely different to last week.

5 Trout

First time on this beat. Very few rising fish but they readily coming up for a dry. Managed to land 10 on various coloured Grunters, probaly half as many early realeses. Best fish a fat and healthy looking 10".
Best of the fishing at the top and bottom third of the beat.
I'm sure a nymph run through the likely looking lies would have resulted in a lot more fish but I was happy fishing a dry.
Great fun on a 6'6" 2 weight.
Suprised no mention of the power lines that cross the stream in a couple of places. Be careful.

10 Trout

River was in good condition and running fairly high. Caught 2 on a duo, both took the point fly, which was a small pheasant tail nymph. The other two I caught was on a klinkhammer. Switched to mayfly as a few started to hatch in the afternoon, but no takers.

4 Trout

A good day. 5 trout and loads of takes, mostly on Rusty Klinkhammer and a few on nymphs. A cold, strong wind blew most of the day, but the stream is sheltered from most of it luckily.

5 Trout

27 x trout 6-11 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer, Monnow Gosling. A rather cold, dull, windy afternoon with the brook high coloured after a cloudburst yesterday. However, the mayfly were up and so I changed to a bigger fly with good results.

27 Trout

Great day at the brook; 17 trout between 7”-11”. All nymphing.

Gave a river trout fishing a go earlier this year, due to reservoir trout being unexpectedly slow. What a difference the brook looked in early Spring, compared to Summer. There were plenty of flow (running clear though) and not much overgrown trees. There was more room for casting, even with a 7ft rod. Getting in and out of the river was also a lot easier with clearer bankside.

Water temperature was 10deg (air temperature being13 deg). Sparse hatch happened around mid-day but only saw 1 rise late-pm. So mainly fished a single weighted nymph. Flow was strong in places but there were fish in there, as well as the flat glide. To catch, the fly needed to have the right weight to go down, but not too heavy to hang-up on the bottom. It is imperative to keep swapping among 2mm, 2.5mm, 3.mm and 3.5mm tungsten bead of the same pattern throughout the day. Four fish came downstream of the bridge, the rest were from half-way up the bridge toward the end. Lost one good fish that jumped and spat the hook, around 13”. So, there was at least a good fish in there, waiting for a lucky angler. Good day overall!

17 Trout