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Fished 6am to 10 am - Tenkara again - but should have taken fly rod. Ended up fishing small nymph under a coch y bhonddu. Lost a good grayling, then had a 6" trout. Next pool had a good trout leap out the water trying to grab fly as I was lifting off water. A few casts later had 11" trout on the nymph and then in the same pool a lovely 12" grayling on the fly.
Saw at least 5 mink - 2 adults and 3 kits. Saw adults several times - just hope it was same ones. Do WUF trap these blighters?

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

So having not caught anything on the Tenkara day fishing at Titley, ventured downstream and had a couple of hours in the evening on Court of Noke fishing the faster stretches at the top of the beat. Conditions far from ideal with a blustery wind and squally showers. Fished that well known international combination of Tenkara rod and size 12 coch y bondhhu and had 4 wbt trout - 10", 8", 6" and 5". First fish was a real beauty and all fish are now very plump. Despite conditions was a lot of fly life including a few mayflies.

4 Trout

Tenkara Day.
Most enjoyable and informative. Caught the only fish showing on the surface all afternoon on dry. Good size Graying of about 1 1/4 lb on orange bead GRHE.

2 Grayling

First time fishing this beat, had a cheeky pair of hours to spare in the evening as grandparents had the kids and wife out on a hen do! What a lovely way to spend an evening, was going to go to Arrow Mill but it was already booked so I came here instead. Great beat just like all the others I've fished so far. One trout and one grayling both returned and lost a cracking brownie in the rapids! Would have been nice to catch on dries but surprisingly little in the way of rising fish. Both fish taken on ptn pattern. Happy chappy off to bed to dream of the next wuf beat!

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

I fished from 11am to 2:30pm. River very low and not that many flies about although I spotted about 10 rises. 4 grayling of about 6-8 inches caught along with a bigger fish of about 11-12 inches. 3 trout up to 8 inches caught although I lost a couple of much bigger ones. All fish caught on parachute adams or cdc dry flies apart from one caught on a tungsten bead nymph.
The sheep seem to be causing quite a bit of damage to the banks in the large field on the left bank that used to have crops in it and which isn't fenced off from the river. A dead sheep was also in the river near to the boundary between this field and the first field where you park. Two cormorants spotted flying away from the river when I was walking to the start of the beat.

3 Trout, 5 Grayling

River now very low and showing its bones. Jungle warfare approach flicking dry elk hair caddis into likely runs brought the trout. Splashy rises toward the end of the beat in faster run brought the small grayling to CDC emergers. Tough going but nice to be out for a couple of hours in the evening.

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

Fished from about 4.30 till 8 in the evening. Access wasn't great on the downstream half but the upper halves much nicer. Only fish was a nice 12 inch trout on a mayfly just down from the bridge at the end of the beat, returned.

1 Trout

Short evening session. Arrow very low. Fished couple of faster stretches. A lot of rising fish but mainly small grayling. Finally latched on to a feisty 12" trout on a small tan klinkhammer. Trout caught this year on Arrow seem to be significantly bigger than last year. Gave up when rain started.
Saw a mink - have now seen mink on both Mowley Wood and Court of Noke this summer.

1 Trout

Very overgrown and difficult access due to hefers in field with what appeared to be electric fencing. Also visited Pinsley brook - impossible to fish due to overgrowth and heavy barbed wire fence on both banks. Not a good day.

Arrived at 7.30pm to try out new Tenkara rod. Plenty of fly life - but little rising. Concentrated on faster runs. Eventually rewarded with 1 wbt - best fish I have had from the Arrow. Only 12" - but deep and broad and gave the rod a real christening. Fly used - something small and tan.

1 Trout