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Saw plenty of mayfly but no rises at all.

Low and clear. no fish seen or caught in bright conditions. Lots of flies hatching. Will return for an evening stint to see if its any better.

Having had to cancel my trip to Ireland what a relief to be able to got out fishing. Weather seemed warmer than expected with the river low but fishable. Plenty of small Upwinged Flies and the odd Mayfly. Fished the whole beat using dry fly, initially a size 14 Adams then a Mayfly. Caught 8 good trout (all returned), biggest 13 inches. Great day.

8 Trout

Fabulous beat, great wildlife.

12 Trout

Did not fish. River predictably fast and brown given Wednesday’s rain

After a hectic few days of shifts was ready for a wind down session on a river somewhere , so opted for the lovely Titley beat of the Arrow . . . . Got there about ten a nice day , bit blustery and reading eighteen degrees in my truck , tackled up my usual small streams outfit and tied on a tiny Parachute Greenwells see how things went , then bimbled down to the dirt of start of the beat . . .

Initially no responses and so changed to an Adam's still no takers in the usual haunts , so tried s nymph and first feisty fish , about eight inches slipped back in . . . Did then change back to Para Greenwells , as did see a splashy rise head if a pool , so careful casting and gad him !!!! Great stuff at last , nice ten inch fish too , quickly admired then released, likewise third fish took the Parachute dry with some gusto and last fish was just down from the weir in the faster water , also had two on and quickly off during my four hour session , fish ranged from seven to ten inches today. . . . .

A pleasant few hours on one of my favourite beats , didn't see the mink today which is a first fir here !!! Thouroughly enjoyable chill out , and four beauties to hand , tricky finding the brownies today , usually respond well to a prosoected dry but want to be today and had to really work and search out areas tight to the bank and pocket water , still great fun and back to this gem very soon . . . . . . . . Morrisons early bells tomorrow, get that dreary chore nailed , then get to another wild stream that needs a dry fly gracing its waters ha ha!!!!!!!!

4 Trout

Bright day, river fairly quiet. A few rises around lunch time and more activity around 6pm under clouds of midges. Fished small dries. What a lovely beat!

3 Trout

Not fished, ran out of time.

Only saw one fish rise when I first arrived at about 1pm. Otherwise river very quiet.

Well , did have plans to go to fish the Edw at Cregrina , but last minute winged a right at Pembridge , And plumbed for another of the glorious Arrow beats . . . . . At Titley ! Carrying on the Arrow theme for the weekend ha ha . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Arrived at half ten , again muggy , overcast and reading twenty degrees when I tackled up , with my usual six foot two weight and tied on a Parachute Greenwells , see how it goes . . .

Had a nice take in the lovely pool just below the footbridge , and at the faster water at the head of the pool , nice little fish , about eight inches , quickly slipped back in . The rocks here have more algae on them than up at the Kington beat , and could really do with a good flush through now , lets hope we get a bit the next few days , or should I say , some water here , but obviously not up Waley Bridge !!! Let's hope that dam holds out !!!!

Fished the Para Greenwells prospecting likely water , and next two fish on the dry , again good takes , happy to come up and nail the fly . Did fish a Parachute Adams also , likewise good splashy rises , and had my last two on the Adams , good fun , although the water starting to appear " stale " in the slower pools , and all the fish I had were all from fairly fast water . Brownies today ranged from seven to ten inches , as always lovely fish .

I did bump into the farmer , who was mowing the garden at the cottage were you park . I mentioned to him that I had spotted a mink on two occasions already this season , he mentioned that he'll get out with the shotgun and sort it out , with some ripe language to follow !!!!!!!!!! So thats a good thing that other folks also regard them as vermin and a pest on the river bank !!!

A fun relaxing four hours , five crackers brought to hand , with two good fish not made it to the net on nymphs fished in the deeper pools . Always a lovely spot to wind down here , back soon , always good medicine in the Arrow Valley . . . . . . . Spot on !!!!!!!

5 Trout