Feedback & Reports

This is the first year I've fished the Arrow, what a lovely river! Fished 3-5pm. Fish rising regularly. Caught a few small fish (Klink and Dink- all took the GRHN). I might have fared better in my younger more nibble years and with a 7 foot rod!

Up with the bats this morning , again !!! Pooch out for a bimble , fed the pigs, let the hens out then off to Hergest Court beat if the lovely Arrow again . . .

Was a mild cooler morning than of previous days , and overcast yeeeeeah, a nice change , and sport from the off was great , my own tried and tested nymphs to begin , and savage takes , in some occasions literally straight away on landing on the water!!!! The brownies greedy , and feisty this morning . . .

I did see an otter at the bottom of the beat briefly , then he showed up again five minutes later , too quick to manage a quick phone piccie, never mind , and I think he soon scented me too !!!! No harm done on the upstream pools , at least I thought!!!

Didnt fish all the way up to the bridge , perhaps hundred yards short , superb action all morning , alot to the nymph, and although a few mayfly about, they were left unscathed . . . Fish ranging this morning from six to twelve inches, and twenty one to the net , seven or eight slipping the barbless hooks , cest la vie . . .

A smashing morning and a great start to a small mini break , back to the Ponderosa and crack on with some garden jobs I guess ,oh well , no peace for the wicked hey !!!!!!!

21 Trout

To hot and to far to drive to for the evening rise :-(

A very difficult day on the river, with bright sunshine and low water.
I saw plenty of fish, but couldn't tempt a take. Every time the fly hit the water they spooked, even if it landed 6ft from them.
When I did manage to present a fly the fish would investigate the fly, and then decided not to take it. I tried load of flies, dry and wet, but couldn't tempt a bite.
A very nice beat that I must try again in better conditions.

Dry fly used - Mayfly were in evidence but the fish were not interested, however the Wagtails had a feast!
It was a very hot, sunny day - the river was fairly low. Wading quite tricky in parts. Below the outbuildings for the main house, a fallen tree straddles the river, stopping my progress.

Well booked the lovely Hergest Court beat again, and after a long series of shifts , was nice to get up at half four do the morning admin jobs with the pets etc etc , then bimble of to the river . Only takes about thirty minutes , so was prompt at tackling up in the lay by at ten to six . . . Happy days !!

Mooched to the start of the beat , well nearly , as the very inquisitive heifers were wanting to know why I was in their field, so did a sharp exit into the river , let them calm down , and basically enjoyed the peace for ten minutes . . . Initially starting with a tiny size twenty , goldbead hares ear ,good solid takes and by half eight , before the sun had even burned through the muggy clouds , had ten fish , ranging from five to twelve inches , lovely condition Arrow fish as always !!!!

Really good fun this morning , olives showing in numbers around ten , and Mayflies putting in an appearance around eleven , I should imagine this evening would be cracking here , with some excellent mayfly sport !!! But the five hours was enough for me today, eighteen beauties to the net , and six not quite made it !!! Slippy barbless hooks today doooooooooh !!!!

Plenty of activity from the resident dippers and king Fisher up and down the shady river channel, lovely to see . Shall give one if the wild stream beats an early morning session in a couple of days . . . . A cracking few hours , spot on !!!!!!

18 Trout

Overall an extremely nice day out at Hergest. 5 lovely brownies very much widely ranging in size, couple of larger lumps from deep riffle sections. The usual unintended early releases and missed takes alongside. Although some early rises saw a couple on dries they soon retreated under the glaring sun (I really must get up earlier) so the rest were taken on a pheasant tail nymph.

Lovely part of the World, had a nice chat with the owner of Hergest court when met on the walk back along the road, he mentioned some new fencing on the horizon. On that note I definitely agree with JA from Leominster that this beat needs some clearance work as it is difficult to cover many promising lies (as it is now it appears more as a wild stream beat). That aside, a great spot.
Thanks again

5 Trout

Well up at sparrows fart, cool mist and only eight degrees, did want to fish one of the local wild streams as a season permit holder, but all the Arrow beats of them are taking a hammering the last two weeks, so opted for the Hergest Court beat . .

Half six when I parked up at the pull in, kitted up and bimbled to the start of the beat . . . Things looked good and netted four to tiny nymphs by half seven, gorgeous brownies, nothing huge between seven and ten inches . . .

By ten, plenty of insect life on the go, hoards of Olives and the mayflies just starting to join in with the party !!!! Fish also looking up by half ten and splashy rises so on with a Para Adam's and bingo three crackers in succession, spot on !!!

Had two lumps during my visit, one of twelve inches and one of fourteen, great stamp for here ! A superb five hours mooching upstream, a lot of the time casting on my knees , as canopy is wild and could do with a serious haircut like me !!! Looking back at the reports for the beat, appears it was last done in 2015 !!! I might have been wrong but whatever the date , it's in need of one big time !!! Just a general cut back to improve pools etc etc .

That said, a lovely few hours and fourteen gorgeous Arrow brownies to the net , surprisingly none rose for the two different May's I tried!!! Still some excellent sport on the Adam's and CDC emerger, superb, forgot how good the Hergest Court beat is . . . .
Hopefully soon the Edw and Llynfi , a lovely morning , happy days !!!!

14 Trout

Well a nice morning , having booked the Hergest Court beat of the Arrow , neighbouring the Kington beat downstream of it , and ending at Hergest Bridge !!!! Can't really see why it's not on the Wild Streams permit seems odd but there you go !!!!!

Anyway , parked up half eight ish , in the roadside layby , and bimbled down to the start ish !!!!! Of the beat , think I started at the weir up from the very bottom one , anyway , water looked great , tied on an eighteen Parachute Adams see how it faired , and very well from the off to be honest . . . First fish , tubby little brownie of about nine inches from the weir pool , in the faster water , nice start . . . .

Lovely series of pools , riffles and glides here , spoilt for choice really with the Arrow , and I guess that's why I've never fished it , that and the fact it's twenty quid for the day !!!! But was a really fun one , lovely feisty fish , brought nine to the net today in the five hours I was there , sizes ranged from seven to eleven inches , Some superb savage takes on the dry .

Two of the fish I caught on GRHE , good strong pulls , and cracking fish , first time I've fished a nymph in donkeys , must be three months or more !!! Wildlife was busy busy here too this morning , thought I saw the Tail of an otter as it slinked away , I did wonder why that particular section of river was quiet , also plenty of activity from the kingfishers , up and down all morning , and also a dipper , Great to see . . . . .

Stones were alive with caddis and larvae , nymphs , absolutely alive with invertebrae , really good sign , thoroughly enjoyed my five hour chill out here , nine gorgeous brownies caught , and I did meet Toby , parked in the Kington beat pull in , he was just packing up , and he also had had a good mornings sport on that beat , nice chap ,and always good to exchange some views and tactics etc etc . . . . . . . . A fun five hours will be back soon , this one should be on the Wild Streams Permit . . . . Happy days !!!!! Come on WUF use your persuasive powers , it's a stream and it's wild , simples !!!!!

9 Trout

Sunny day with river running clear. Good to see plenty of rises, mostly gentle sips, along beat. Frustratingly only able to connect with one fish and that quickly came unstuck! Still an enjoyable afternoon in great surroundings.