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I snuck away from work for an hour on the water and arrived at 10am in beautiful sunshine. Imagine my dismay when, after getting my waders on, I realised I'd forgotten my reel...
I didn't have time to go home and come back so improvised by looping a couple of furled leaders together and tying off on the reel seat. It worked, after a fashion, but meant I was fishing with limited range and had to use a heavy nymph to turn the line over. I ran the fly through most of the deeper pools and turned up one lovely trout about 9". A really great way to start the day.
Casting was definitely harder with my unorthodox set up, but some very gentle pruning of the odd overhanging branch would be very useful.

1 Trout

No action today, water still coloured and fast flowing. No fly hatch visible, very little fish activity.

5 small brown trout caught between 13:30 and 17:40. Caught using Royal Coachman Dry fly or GB Prince Nymph. Plenty of nibbles over the whole beat. River low and fairly clear. Lost a big one in the middle of the beat, next to where the bank is held with stones in a metal cage.

5 Trout

Plenty if takes ,one small trout returned

An unusual morning. Heavy rain just before dawn such that, feeling somewhat tired and lazy, I was minded to stay in bed. I decided to fish the Bideford Brook anyway and despite low water after this long drought was pleased to find a lot of fly hatching - olives, pale wateries and some sedges - and fish rising to a dry fly. They were better fish than usual too, including a 12 incher which isn't quite unknown here, but is a good one for this little stream. Before I reached the top It all came to an end with a sudden rush of muddy flood water from the Forest upstream which made me get out promptly. 9 x trout 9-12 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer

9 Trout

I found this beautiful beat was low on water and too dry to fish but what water there was plenty of brown trout skurrying around in the shallows, I will return when in rains.

This is a smashing little beat, unfortunately the water level was too low, seen plenty of brownies skurrying around plus a Dab! I will be back again when level is acceptable to fish.

5 x trout 6-10 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. A couple of hours on a hot and sticky morning.

5 Trout

11 x trout 6-8 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. Stream may have risen a bit during Saturday's rain, but summer low levels and clear water again now.

11 Trout

Short morning session - 1 bonny wbt on the dry, water not too low but could do with a drink- the stream that is.

1 Trout