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5 x trout 10-14 inches, size 14 Gold Bead Hare's Ear and one on a Klinkhammer. As one who, with colleagues, spent some cold winter days pruning our way up 5 miles of the Escley Brook, I felt I owed this to myself. Use of the dry fly would have been nice - who would not rather fish that way - but nothing was rising at first although a few dark olives about. A prospecting dry fly didn't work, so I went back to trundling a nymph along the bottom of deep holes and glides and picked up some nice fish there, all but one over 12 inches. Escley trout are as good looking as any Monnow system trout, which is saying a great deal. However, the fish don't seem to be forward on the shallows and feeding lies yet - I'm sure they will be very shortly.

There was one exception. Around about the time I was tired out and ready to go home having done not much more than half the beat, there was one fish rising steadily in a glide. I put on a little Rusty Klinkhammer, greased the leader and got him! More of that please!

5 Trout

Lovely spot no fish seen, walked the whole beat, perhaps to cold still, river clear, no sign of nymps etc.

Too cold for any fish to be seen or fished for, -3C.

First time on this beat. 3 hours exploring the beat for later in the year.