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6 Trout

Well , up at sparrows fart again , on a day off , that initially looked good , as I mooched in the fields with the dog , it felt heavy and cloudy with sun trying to break through , looking like rain later . . . .

So two hours on the usual haunts down the Pinsley Brook , WUF sections and private , and a few fun hours the last week or so I've had here , great feisty little fish , miniature Rocky Balboas !!!!!!!!

Tiny Parachute Adams , not a sniff , clever fish these wild brownies , been using an Adams here regularly , so changed to a black klinkhammer , and shallow section going into deep pool , nice splashy rise , lovely fish , admired then slipped back in . Once again glad I was using my old Barbour neoprene waders , Great for stomping through anything !!!! This isn't the place for top notch Simms waders !!! Must admit I do sweat buckets in them , but worth it for some close range dry fly action!!!

Two this morning , both good takes on the black klinkhammer , loads of insect life in and around this little Brook , fish both about nine inches , great condition as always . They've got an extensive larder to pick and choose from here , so always in good nick . A fun early morning , back to the Ponderosa , pooch out for a bit then a quick three mile run before the rain comes in , happy days !!!!!!

2 Trout

11 x trout 6-10 inches, size 16 Goldbead Hare's Ear nymph. On a warm and cloudy morning, I was for some reason determined that dry fly was going to work. So I wasted the whole bottom half of the beat with nothing seen, nothing risen. Eventually I got the message - as soon as I put a nymph on, I began to catch fish.

11 Trout

Water low. Few fish moving.

2 Trout

3 Trout

A cool northerly to start at 10am with a few fish taking on the surface. Great to see some hawthorns on the west bank at midday.Flat calm at 13:00 and a southerly gale at 14:00.

2 Trout

Largest Trout 1.5 lb. Sporadic hatches of March Browns and Large Dark Olives through the day. All fish caught on dry March Browns (2) or Thorax Adams (2). All fish returned.

4 Trout

13lb from the Vanstone Run on SHFC.

1 Salmon

Only fished until 11.30 as the weather broke. Water looked good but I found it very difficult to fish. Lost a lot of tungsten bugs on the rocky bottom trying to nymph it and could get nothing up to a nymph fished Klink and dink. Didn't see a rise all morning. Seems like a stretch that needs a good hatch and rising fish to give its best. But what a beautiful place in a stunning part of the country. I really enjoyed the few hours I fished and relish the challenge of a future visit.

7 Trout