Is there any members, etc out there of streams, or rivers that have ceased stocking trout, or know of clubs that have taken this step that I could contact.

I am after comparative catch returns from before and after, and how the river management changed to accompany this.

You might want to contact this club (Abercorn Angling Club) They are not a "fishery" though in the accepted definition of the term. We took a conscious decision voted by members at AGM to stop all stocking a few years back. Early days but results look promising so far.
http://www.paisleyabercornanglingclub.co.nr/
Peter G runs the site & River Runner is a bailiff & committee member. Both can be found on this forum.
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Our very own Warren Slaney at Haddon Hall in Derbyshire?

And possibly the Salisbury & District Angling Club, some of whose water is now "wild" and unstocked, with results relatively well documented in catch returns (I'd guess?)

Theo

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thanks theo..and highlander for the info I will follow it up.
Warren has kindly sent me the figures which is very impressive.
However I am arming to convince the AGM of a small brook of about 4 miles. Quoting the Wye is one thing but trying to compare it as a similar model is stretching it even for me.
Any body know any others?

No probs Pom... always happy to help with something like this...

If it's a brook you're talking about, check out the Wellow Brook in North Somerset, which I think was one of the WTT's very earliest successes: here's a recent EA press release from a quick google:

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...ws/106935.aspx

Worth giving the WTT a quick call too - they're sure to have the case studies (including Wellow) at their fingertips?

Theo

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Pom... you have a pm

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The figures I sent you were for a small brook of about 4 miles.

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