Feedback & Reports

Very overgrown, poor access, numerous rises but missed all.
Good head of fish present. However online booking very easy and a big improvement on old voucher system.

Great couple of hours on this delightful little stream. Lots of trout about. Caught 3 TTs (tiny tiddlers) and one of about 8 inches all on a black emerger type thing (like a klink/hawthorn/Parachute hybrid).

4 Trout

A great day on a lovely beat, countless misses and a few lost on barbless. Eight to hand, nothing over 10 inches but all good fun on light gear. All taken off the top with Blonde Wulf between 13.00 and 18.30 during constant hatches of everything. Marvellous!

8 Trout

I spent a quiet evening exploring the top end of the Cannop Brook close to the weir. Fish were rising to mayflies. Three trout to hand largest at 9 inches, one on kites imperial, two on Hares Ear Nymph. Joined by a tree creeper and a fallow deer in the dusk. Will return.

3 Trout

Lovely stretch, river in good condition very sunny day fished morning 9-1 with no joy on dry flies. A few fish were rising to the odd hatch but could not temp them. Fished afternoon 5-9 caught fish on black tadpole style nymph. Saw salmon splashing at the bottom end of the beat and startled a very large brown trout that was lying in a small pool by the exit gate which inspired me to come back.

3 Trout

A few inches below 2ft at Fownhope gauge and water slightly coloured. Two fish lost in the morning. We saw dozen fish throughout the day.

Excellent mornings fishing although if I had managed to hook and land as many fish as I had takes then easily into double figures. Best method was a small size 16 copper beaded pheasant tail nymph fished upstream although fish also caught on mayfly hatch late morning. All fish returned ..and I will later in the season!

4 Trout

Taken mostly from the shallow waters under the bridge using dry fly midge.

6 Trout, 2 Grayling

2 smaller fish, larger ones were showing, but were not interested in my flies.

2 Trout

Bright sunny afternoon, fairly strong wind at times, spent the afternoon spinning close to the first car park using all types and sizes but blanked.