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Relatively low water.

Perch all day. Could see plenty of trout throughout the day but were just turning when approaching the fly

6 Other

Fishing for trout, conditions perfect. Nice height, caught two half pound brownies on a grey duster and one trout on a hawthorn fly. Hardly anything on the water surface, earlier part of the day they took absolutely and voraciously, afternoon they were snatching but not keeping. Not many trout taking on the surface that we could see. Nice, quiet beat and good fun to fish.

Was slightly alarmed by a chap climbing over the gate with a toilet roll under his arm heading off into the woods to do his business.

3 Trout

Had a great morning at Cannop brook. I took some sensible advice from previous reports here for an early start to avoid dog walkers. Great advice and it was a peaceful morning. Water was very low but fishable. Fish were found in unexpected shallows (also spooked many as I did not expect them to be there.) 12 trout and 2 roach. Majority of the trout took on size 14 Klinkhammer, where as the roaches took PTN in size 16.

12 Trout, 2 Other

After nearly giving up on the Barbel over the weekend one last cast provided a double figure barbel on halibut pellet from Beat 4 in the deep water after the big turn from beat 3.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 Trout

As others have mentioned not many maintained swims to fish so those that are there are probably hit quite hard – moved around them and had a few chub and late evening Barbel
I did see the celebrity otter too!

1 Barbel, 8 Chub