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A pleasant afternoon spent trotting for Grayling on this lovely beat. Unfortunately drew a complete blank. The river level had dropped around a foot in the previous couple of days but is still high and coloured with a lot of debris - fallen trees are a problem in some parts of the beat. Spotted a heron down near the weir also a kingfisher and had a visit from a large dog fox at a range of about 10 yards as I was intent on unravelling a snag. A nice end to the year despite the lack of fish!

This beat was fished by two members of the Grayling Society on this occasion.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

River clear and low with some leaf litter. A few fish rising and caught 2 small grayling on klink beneath bridge. Sadly, saw a wary cormorant. Haven't seen as many this year.
Changed to klink and dink (flavoured nymph) and landed a whopper os brown trout 18" pushing 3lbs from a deeper pool further down the beat. Lovely dark colours and good condition. A great surprise to land such a large fish on this small river - tested my light gear to the full. All fish safely returned - took a mobile picture to show to my friends at Leominster Choral!!
Lovely spot with thoughtful parking - wonderful autumn colours with the hills as a backdrop - thanks to the owners and W&U.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Grayling of 8" and 9" and a trout of 12".All fish caught on goldhead hare's ear from first fast run below bridge(also missed about 9 fast takes here!). Couldn't get a touch anywhere else. River quite low, lovely day.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

6 x grayling 10-14 inches, 2 x trout 10-11 inches, Tungsten Hare's Ear and Pink Shrimp. The Arrow is also getting rather low. No insect life about except water measurers and no rising fish, so weighted nymphs through the deep dubs were the order of the day. And an interesting temperature swing: 6 degrees and fog on the drive from home rising to 21 degrees after lunch. Ate my sandwiches when I reached the top and pretty well fell asleep under the autumn sun propped up against a fence post in the grassy parking lot. Who wouldn't enjoy a morning on Court of Noke?

2 Trout, 6 Grayling

Slight colour to the river following recent rain. Two takes and two fish to nymph duo.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

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3 Trout

Couple of hours this morning - nice to see some extra flow but river well coloured and quite a lot of debris.
Three grayling 2 X 6" and 1 X 8" on gold ribbed hares ear.

3 Grayling

Fished from 2pm to 6pm. 2 brown trout taken on wet fly, grayling on dry, just up from the downstream weir. Other takes in a couple of deeper pools around the middle of the beat, but they were too quick for me!

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Lovely afternoon on a lovely stretch of river. Wind caused us problems. The lower stretch of the beat hard to access due to it being slow and deep and the banks over grown. Also a wedding party going on in the field right next to the wier made for a little disturbance to the tranquillity of the setting.

1 Trout, 3 Grayling