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Almost inacessie

Nice to head down after shift , just a chilled three hours , muggy , overcast , the odd bit of sun peeking through , and lots of insect life , upwings and hawthorns , with the heavy still air !!!! Perfect conditions for getting your fly in the right place on the Pinsley Brook . . . . . .

It's starting to get a bit of a nightmare here with vegetation now , and perhaps squeeze in one more session here during the Mayfly . . . . Went to the usual haunts this afternoon , right up the top on the WUF beat , and also a private section , sport was a bit of fun , first one was on a CDC and elk , surprised me , as prospecting dry , hammered it in the feed lane !!!! Happy days , only small lovely colours , seven inches maybe . .

Trying a new furled leader , and works a treat with small dries on the six foot two weight rod , spot on , nice and delicate and working well in the tricky water conditions . . . . . And always clear as gin here so nice to get it weathered in on its first trip !!!!!

A Kingfisher was busy whizzing up and down the tight stream , and so were the magpies , working the hedge line for eggs , oblivious to me in the Brook !!!!! And no doubt totally unaware that they are now untouchable and not classed as Vermin !!!!!!

Second little fish , was a splashy rise , again on the CDC and elk , perhaps six inches , and quickly slipped back in . Great fun , really alive with activity in the Brook this afternoon , and nice to get a quick session in before the rain !!! Back soon , lovely couple of hour escapism as always!!!!!!!

2 Trout

A quick mooch upstream on the WUF beat , funny weather when I bowled up , clear for a while , then breezy , then showers , and that's how it went for the two hours I was there . . . Till I left at half two !

A bit of activity with upwings , and the clumsy flight of hawthorns , trailing their legs behind them , and a good few on the water , only saw one splashy rise . . . So opted for a small black klinkhammer , which after some struggling in the usual places , did tempt one , pretty little brownie , possibly about eight inches , quickly slipped back in the lovely clear water .

The invertebrae on the stream bed is immense , and within the lush weeds , is so much activity , with a kick sample in the net , which was actually moving with the amount of insect life !!!!!!!!

The cows with their calves were keeping an eye on my activity in the stream , and I made sure my covert manoeuvres were kept within the stream , as they were getting very inquisitive , as they always do . . . . Best keep clear of cows with young calfs , top tip !!!!! It's tricky here , because the fencing , some old and the new barbed wire , is very close to the stream , makes things dam difficult !

So a fun couple of hours , it's starting to get more vegetation and less water , so tricky stuff , and catapult casting in most of the likely haunts is a must . . . . Still great fun , could do with some tlc to get this stream back to its former glory . . . . . It's a cracker , and some lovely little brownies are in here !!!!! Back soon . . . . Happy days !
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1 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

Just a very quick mooch , dinner time before doing the mowing . . . Another warm day , so was a bit optimistic tying on a small Parachute Adams . . .

Worked the usual beats of the Pinsley , only for couple of hours , and targeted the usual haunts that are workable , just about , with some catapult casting and working my way upstream on my knees , good job I've been using plactic reinforced knee pads that are supposed to be used for skate boarding I think !!!! Does the job perfectly !!!

Anyway , just the one small fish , about nine inches , superb splashy rise , nailed it , lovely colours as always , slipped back into the clear water , good fun , again I'm sure there will be some activity tonight , about eightish . . . May even be tempted to head down again later , choice choices , tough call hey ; between Emmerdale and catching wild brownies on the dry !!!!!!! An obvious winner id say ha ha , back very soon , sorted !!!!!

1 Trout

Just a quick hour and a half on the Pinsley Brook , the usual two beats , WUF and private one , fished from six , still muggy but the sun loosing its shine for the day , and casting long shadows . . . thankfully . . . .

Usual haunts , just watching the water , then sneaking covertly into position , takes some doing , although the first fish, I managed to get within five yards and still splashy rises , kneeeling in the water , and getting closer and closer , then a catapult cast , bang first fish on , feisty little seven inch brownie , quivpckly released !!!!

Same tactic on second fish , sneaking up to a rise , Parachute Adams again , and got very close , released fly and thankfully landed delicately , in his feed lane and wallop , another on , perhaps eight inches , went ballistic in the clear water !!!!

Last fish , caught about ten to eight , same stamp , and the one place I can actually cast , and text book , nice rise to the eighteen Adams , great fun , and a fun hour and a half , rounding off a very pleasant weekend , time to hit home for a coooooooool amber nectar !!!!!! Back soon !!!!!!

3 Trout

This was my first visit to this stretch and after parking up and walking upstream along the beat I feel that small and overgrown for the first part cannot be stressed enough! After a few casts in fishy looking areas I decided with the bright sun just starting to heat up mid-morning my best chances would be to move on to another beat. No fish caught.

Just a quick mooch this morning , couple of hours , on WUF stretch and private stretch , better day fishing wise than yesterday , muggy overcast , slight drizzle , looked good !!!

Usual rig for the small streams , six foot , two weight headed up to where there is normally some feisty trout lying up !!! And lo and behold in a dam awkward position a rise , , he was sat right in the food lane , picking off morsels which I couldn't see what they were !! A shrewd guesstimate , on with a small black klinkhammer , and after getting on my knees in the Brook and shimmying into position managed a catapult cast which was short , another and eventually on target , and wallop , took , it a very satisfying splashy rise , only eight inches perhaps , but well earned and a good tactical approach I say so myself. !!!!!!,

Always good fun here , no more surface activity , although water quality is looking superb , I'm sure there are some lumps hidden away here , as the aquatic life is varied , and loads of it !!!!!A trouts KFC on tap for sure . . . . .

Well a fun two hours , pleased with the one , will be good fun in evenings next month , only viable in a few spots to be honest , and a bit more open further down !! Good fun back soon . . . . . . . . . . .

1 Trout

Having had a ball at Litton this morning , and into the early part of the afternoon , I tpreturned home had the pooch out for a couple of hour s and decided with the weather as it was to grab an hour or two down at the Pinsley Brook , covering the WUF beat and another short private stretch . . . . .

Well it was a fun couple of hours , from half three till half five , lots of insect activity , and even a couple of splashy excitable rises , good to see , so on with a tiny PTN. Nymph for starters in two areas I know have scored before , and which is quite deep water , with the Pinsley running at a lovely height now . . . . . . .

One fish , about eight inches , and boy did he go , really fought double his size , cracking little fish , quickly admired and popped back in . The water quality here is staggering , it's just a shame the whole length of the Brook isn't given a full Brook overhaul , as it's been left unloved I feel for many years , a fun couple of hours , and nice to get one in the net from here , spot on . . . . . Home for a glass of amber nectar me thinks !!!!!!

1 Trout

Brook running fast but clear. No sign of any fish and none seen rising throughout the day. Hatches of small fly from about 1.00pm through the afternoon. Mostly used small pheasant tail nymphs but not a bite. It’s similarity to a chalk stream is misleading . The stream is badly obstructed throughout the length of the beat and has a great deal of farming rubbish and debris in the water - this is not a managed beat! For much of the beat the banks are closely fenced with barbed wire on both sides and there are stock gates across the brook. All of this makes fishing from the bank tricky, the wading must create disturbance in a brook this size and because of the fencing there are limited places to get out.