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4 trout up to 10 ins.

2 x trout 6-8 inches. I was lucky to get those, because I confess I made a real mess of this one. My advice would be to avoid doing what I did, which was to try to fish it with a chilly half gale blowing across the fields. There is no shelter, because the brook is not sunk far below ground level so the wind just blusters away. Holding the brim of my hat down with my left hand I was trying to cast the fly some distance up the narrow channel with my right and failing miserably. Having stated that, the stream is stuffed with trout - that much became plain after proceeding up it with polarised glasses as I spooked one after another. Lots of 10/11 inch fish. It's a bit like a Cotswold stream, upper Coln maybe, with a nice bed of clean gravel and sumptuous water weed. I'll be back, but hopefully next time on a nice, warm, still afternoon with fish rising all the way up ...

1 Brown released, nice fish 15½"!. Very few fish seen, most fish in top section of beat. Water level low.

Tough day but enjoyable - blustery conditions and bright skies meant that no fish seen rising. However the fish were there, 6 trout to 1/2 - 1 1/2 lbs all caught on copper head PTN. One taken for the table - others returned.

1 brown trout (C&R) - 38cm (15") taken on black gnat. Very few fish seen on this beat. Only spotted fish in top section of beat. Water level low. Bright sunny day, strong NE winds.

Very bright and with a gale gusting downstream! No response to nymphs during the afternoon but sedge were hatching and in the evening there were sporadic rises in all the large pools. Had several responses to a Royal Wulff but nothing that stuck - probably because I was struggling to present the fly well in the gusty wind. Lovely stretch and a good day out all the same.

Arrived for our first time on this beat at 11.30 with warm bright sunshine and a stiff breeze. Another angler was already parked at the lower end so we parked up at the end of the track and fished from there upstream. Nothing rising and looked quiet so started to search with a klink and nymph picking up a couple of 10" trout in the first hour to the nymph then from 1.30 onwards what I think were large dark olives started coming off and a few fish started rising.As we moved upstream larger fish could be seen in some of the shallower water but could not be tempted to the dryfly so had to persist with the nymph.It wasn't until 4.30 just before we had to leave that we managed to tempt one to a dry.

After 5 hours of splendid fishing the two of us had caught and returned 5 x 10" 2 x 16" and 1 x 19" trout all in super condition and full of fight. Most of the damage was done with a home tied size 16 tungsten PTN.

Many thanks to Seth for suggesting we try this beat it was great a realy super afternoon, shame we had to leave when we did. We were also lucky enough to have that rarest of things "an upstream breeze"!!

River very low, with bright sunshine and a strong Easterly wind, so not ideal fishing conditions! Beautiful piece of water though. Two of the rods didn't manage any fish. The third rod had fish of 9", 12" and a cracker of 18.5" on a gold-head PTN.

Low water, sunny and v windy
Rod 1: 2 wbt 10", 6 wbt small <6", 1 grayling.
Rod 2: 1 wbt 9", 5 wbt small <6".

5 x Brown Trout to 8".