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Water was still very low and clear. I would say this isn’t a good bet unless there has been significant rain. The best is relatively short a mornings fishing. I arrived very early and hooked and returned the fish by 7am no bites after that. The river bed is very snagging for nymphs. And growth overhead meant every other cast snagged above too.

2 Trout

6 x trout 6-10 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. Early visit with the river very low, but rain on the way. No natural rises, so prospecting, and missed a lot of fish this morning.

6 Trout

Great day at Bideford Brook. 26 trout and 1 roach. Sorry to report that only 3 trout were caught on dry, a similar number on PTN but the rest on squirmy wormy!!

The brook was low and clear. The water dropped even further from the previous week. There were lots of tiny midge hatches throughout the day but only occasional rises.

With a lot of hatches, I decided to start with dry (Klinkhammer) but failed to rise any fish. A switch to a duo didn't improve the situation. The next change to a squirmy wormy instantly saw a fish and they kept coming steadily, ended up with 26 trout between 8-10 inches and 1 roach. Many trout came unexpectedly from very shallow riffles and some came just under the rod tip. The last three trout took Klinkhammer.

It was a great surprise to have caught this many, considering a slow start. Great day!

26 Trout, 1 Other

11 x trout, 8 - 10 inches, klinkhammer, PTN jig and squirmy-wormy.

The water was low and crystal clear. The foot path along the brook was very over grown. However it meant less dog walkers and I pretty much had the Brook to myself.

Hooked 4 trout downstream of the bridge but didn't land them. Luckily, 11 more came to hand upstream of the bridge, ranging between 8 and 10 inches. All looked fat and healthy.

Four fish took s14 klinkhammer. The rest fell to s18 PTN jig and s14 squirmy-wormy. Great day.

11 Trout

6 x trout 6-10 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. The "other" was a salmon parr which I haven't seen here for a while. The river low and quiet, waiting for rain.
Otherwise, I'm afraid I dropped a real clanger this morning. This was supposed to be my day off, but I thought I would sneak out for a couple of hours on Bideford Brook this morning. Accordingly, I'm sure I checked at ten past six last night to see if the beat was clear. I must have been half asleep or looked at the wrong month or something, because the beat WAS booked and I must must have spoiled the fishing for two very nice gentlemen who showed up later. I feel very badly about this, particularly in view of my habit of criticizing other people who do this sort of thing. They were very nice about it, but once again my humble apologies.

6 Trout, 1 Other

Had one of those days we all get at some point or another. Very little went quite right, catching trees on the back cast ,getting tangles, having to wade in to pools to free the fly. Resorted to squirmy to save the blank. Few fat may flies around but little fish movement.

1 Trout

River in good condition. Trout caught between 6 and 8 inches. Flies used - GRHE and small caddis in late afternoon.

8 Trout

4 x trout 6-9 inches, dry Pheasant Tail. Water high and coloured, but fish rising in a couple of places.

4 Trout

Stream had had a good flush through. Caught on dries

3 Trout

Nothing caught one seen rising but could it be tempted. A really lovely place to be but very tough to fish