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6 x trout 6-11 inches on Rusty Klinkhammer

6 Trout

No fish landed today unfortunately. Nice little stretch of river either side of the water treatment works.

Used a tenkara rod with both kebari and merger patterns, all upstream. One small trout went for the merger just upstream of the road bridge towards the bottom of the beat.

Glorious Spring morning with the brook at a good level. Birdlife was just marvellous with the smell of wild garlic adding to the experience. A little cold perhaps but first outing of the season lifted the excitement of being there.
No fish seen but managed to winkle out a couple of beautifully conditioned trout on nymphs. One 6" and the other 8". Both returned. Access to the brook was easier given the time of year but still managed to find the not so elusive "tree trout" on several occasions due to my limited casting and concentration skills no doubt even with my 6ft fly rod.
Thank you

2 Trout

A nice few hours on the brook today. River levels were back to being very low. No fish seen or caught today.

4 x trout 6-10 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. After the drought months, the first visit in a long time. The stream has dropped back again after recent rise. Several trees brought down by summer storms.

4 Trout

Water levels were good today and the brown algae had reduced. Fished from mid day until 4 ish. Fished the dry dropper, but only saw a couple of fishing raising, so switched to a PTN under an indicator. Managed to hook 5 fish but lost 4 of them. Later found out why I lost so many, as my PTN hook had straightened out slightly! Must have done that on the many snags I encountered . There’s a lesson there somewhere!

1 Trout

A pleaent few hours fishing on a very hot day. One wbt caught, approx 6 inches on a size 16 ptn. Lost two others.

1 Trout

Nice little stream with good water levels for this time of year. It goes past a sewage treatment works which you can smell, but it's OK - seems like it's operating correctly. Two decent trout to the net, one 10" on a #20 Klinkhammer, one on 8" a #20 weighted nymph.

2 Trout

A blustery day with wind gusting. Stream was quite low. Nothing rising. I managed to catch a nice wild brown approx 8" on a size 16 ptn fished under a klinkhammer. A pleaent few hours. Lots of Himalayan Balsam in some areas. Saw a Kingfisher.

1 Trout

Had a great morning session on the dry fly . Caught enough fish on the nymph in this stream so far this season, so decided to bring a small selection of dry flies and emerges. Plenty of rises, but managed to spook most of the fish with cluncky casting. Something I could have got away with, with higher water levels and dull light conditions. I missed a few takes on a size 16 brown Klink. Then, switched to a size 18 and managed to convince four juveniles . Not sure where all the bigger trout are, caught only juveniles this season thus far?

4 Trout