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Great day at the brook; 24 trout between 5 -10 inches. All took a size 14 Klinkhammer, fished single due to the extremely low level of the brook. Majority of the fish came from slack water and required a stealthy approach. Insect were hatching throughout the late morning / early afternoon, mixed with occasional falling-terrestrial. There were only two rises to the hatches but the fish happily came up for the Klink, fished blind.
As expected for the bank holiday Monday, the public footpath was very busy with families walking, cycling, and walking the dogs. Majority were friendly and polite. Quite lucky to only have two dogs joining me in the water.

24 Trout

6 x trout 6-10 inches, Monnow Gosling. Now the Forest is full of people, even early in the morning. The new bank-side path was busier than ever today, with family groups, each with at least one swimming dog, proceeding up and down. Twice somebody came up to where I was starting on a pool, looked at me, threw a stick in the water for the dog to fetch, and then asked : "Any luck?" It's very difficult not to sound bitter when engaging with one of these bozos. How can they be so unfeeling? Alas for human nature, particularly other people's! And then along comes a family with two dogs on leads, who watch me catch and release a fish, say "Hi" and ask some intelligent questions about the stream and the creatures which live in it. Why can't everybody be so pleasant and sensible so we can all enjoy ourselves? By the way, we have a highly successful crop of young dippers on the stream this spring.

6 Trout

6 x trout 6-9 inches, Monnow Gosling. Brookside path very busy this morning with walkers, swimming dogs, etc. The great British public is certainly out and about again.

6 Trout

6 x trout 6-8 inches, Goldbead Hare's Ear fished under Klinkhammer. It all stopped when I received the WUF message about 10.30 bringing fishing to a halt. This morning, in total, I met one woman walking her dog, about 20 feet away, dippers, yellow wagtails and a fallow doe. Much safer than a trip to the supermarket I reckon, and I'm doing a fair bit of shopping these day for elderly relatives and neighbours. Never mind, from now on I'm going to take up walking or cycling for my daily fresh air. Running would surely kill me!

6 Trout

A bitterly cold wind through the trees today, predictably causing the fish to not play ball until the middle of the day. Usual Duo method would only produce one fish per pool. Always felt as if you had to try and force a take rather than get one.

ANGLERS NOTE: Since the winter floods the stream has changed dramatically and areas that used to be shallow gravels are deep holes in places, take extra care when wading!

15 Trout

6 x trout 6-9 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. A cold morning with more rain supposedly on the way. This woodland beat has been beaten about with storm damage lately with some new trees down. Will see what we can make of it this winter.

6 Trout

had a couple of hours free so decided on somewhere close . 4 to size 20 f fly 4 to size 18 bead head nymph. water crystal clear and extremely low. the slightest movement was scattering fish all over the place.

8 Trout

On arrival mid morning the brook had a tinge of colour to it and a bit of water running through which is just how I like this beat to be. I fished the duo all morning and had fish from nearly every pool I came to, including a surprise roach!

By mid afternoon a few lightning strikes in the forest alarming close by (one spooked a load of deer which came running on through) meant that I called it a day and walked back to the car. It was a good call as ten minutes later the brook resembled a flash flood. A real sight to behold but a humbling one at that.

22 Trout, 1 Other

Had a great morning at Cannop brook. I took some sensible advice from previous reports here for an early start to avoid dog walkers. Great advice and it was a peaceful morning. Water was very low but fishable. Fish were found in unexpected shallows (also spooked many as I did not expect them to be there.) 12 trout and 2 roach. Majority of the trout took on size 14 Klinkhammer, where as the roaches took PTN in size 16.

12 Trout, 2 Other

22 x trout 6-10 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. All done with the mayfly now and the stream is low and clear. Fished early to get ahead of walkers and dogs.

22 Trout