Feedback & Reports

9 x trout 6-10 inches, Parachute Adams. An early evening session for a couple of hours on just the lower section of the beat. I think this was the hottest day yet.

9 Trout

Less than ideal conditions, extremely blustery and the glare was awful. Most trout 5-7", one corker chased the nymph out a riffle, roughly 9". Another 10 fish hooked but all came off, barbless hook was particularly slippy today. Hares ear nymph under a dry used, almost all fish from the heads of the pools. Not a touch in the first 2 hours, in fact nearly all fish from the upper half of the beat. No takers for the dry, and only 2 rises seen all day. First visit to this beat and it did not disappoint, didn't see a soul all day, beautiful landscape and a very decently sized stretch of water, didn't quite realise how far upstream I had fished and was absolutely knackered when I got back to the car. One thing I would say is it isn't clear the best way to return to the start of the beat, no obvious paths or styles in fields and overgrown banks make it impossible to walk alongside the river the entire way, leading to an obligatory cross-country stomp inland.

6 Trout

1 x 15 inch trout, Monnow Gosling

1 Trout

Fished 3 till 7. Plenty of fish rising at bottom of beat from lower bridge upwards, all taken on French Partridge. 6-12 inches but mostly small. Very few fish rising at top of beat in spite of good spinner fall.

8 Trout

1 x 6 inch trout dry fly. Four school boy poachers spinning the water turned off the top end.

1 Trout

3 x trout 6-12 inches, Grey Wulff

3 Trout

All small trout, difficult bright conditions. All on dry.

7 Trout

Nice river with very easy access. To wade through the water is also easier but there are a few fallen trees in the middle of the river. The water was clear and a good flow. I was nymphing with Spanish bullet nymphs and some french micro nymphs. No activity on the surface but a lot of fish at the fast water and at the end of the pockets. I took 8 brownies between 6 and 8 inches, Besides a few smaller ones. All returned safely.

8 Trout

A very tricky bright day. Plenty of fly life on the water but only saw around 3 rises in the time I was there. A lovely beat with a lot of effort put into maintenance. Had 3 small trout 4-6 inches on a tungsten pheasant tail with just as many missed. Did find a nasty bit of barb hidden away in the grass just to put a hole in my waders! Either way a lovely couple of hours on the river.

3 Trout

Decided to give the Whittern beat a bash , thinking it would be pushing through at a fair old pace , and when I parked up by the bridge , the flow was pushing through pretty quick , with a bit of colour.

Tackled up with my six foot two weight , a team of two very small suggestive tungsten nymphs thinking they may get down a bit in the water . I did grapple down to the waterside , and watched the water for a while , no rises at all . . . . . And yet there were quite a few olives about , and also hawthorn flies , bumbling clumsily around !!!!

The bottom half of the beat seemed fairly quiet to be honest , and it was a while and a couple of pools later , before I had a good take on my tungsten nymph by a five inch brownie , cracking colouration fighting well above its weight !!!!

Two more followed in the next hundred yards or so , both about eight or nine inches , carefully wading upstream . By midday , the water seemed to be clearing just a tad . . . . . Takes seemed to be very tentative , and I missed a few in succession , just a slight nudge on the line !!!!

My fourth fish was my best of the day at about ten inches , again another beautifully marked brownie , took my tungsten nymph confidently . I'm sure the water fining down made the trout more eager to take .

This is a cracking beat , and some fabulous water , would have been better had I perhaps left it another day , no trout looking up yet on this stretch , come on guys time to get into training , it's mayfly time soon . . . . . . .

Shall give the Arrow another crack in perhaps a couple of weeks , and I'm sure as always it'll seem totally different then , something like Belize !!!! But hey these wild streams are always great fun , was happy with the four feisty little fighters , a fun four hours , spot on !!!!!!!

4 Trout