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Day 3 of 4 day trip. After a difficult time on Whittern I moved up the Arrow a mile or so to Titley for the second half of the day. Wind settled and fish started rising (a little) about 6pm but I'm afraid I ran out of steam after what had been a difficult day.

It would seem that reading the other returns the Arrow is yet to get going - not a single fish surfaced all day, probably not helped by the overnight rain that meant the water seemed to colour up as the day went on. Out of hope rather than expectation I 'Klinked an' Dinked' my way round the beat and ended up with half a dozen small trout. Some of the pools would have suited using heavy bugs as they are waist deep with good flow.

6 Trout

Only eight degrees - so cold. No fish seen.

Cold easterly wind, but at least upstream. Two small trout lost to a subsurface GRHE pattern around midday (moral, always check after snagging that your hook hasn't straightened!). Subsequently different patterns, different depths, but nothing, and no rising fish.

Fished 10-2. Rather underestimated the wind - had hoped the trees would shelter the river but found it funnelling up the valley which left me only casting in the lulls. Very pleased therefore to pick up 2 x 9inch trout on a pheasant tail nymph.
This may spark debate but I do think the red spotted Arrow trout are the belles of the W&U river trout.

2 Trout

Plenty of midge, large dark olives and even what looked like a few iron blues coming off all day from about 3 until 7 and yet I didn't see a single fish rise all day. Maybe it is just a little early still. Caught one brownie maybe 6 inches on a small PTN on the bottom section of the beat.

1 Trout

Wet fly and nymphing - not a touch! Noticed the bank erosion had left fencing hanging in mid-air around a third of the way up from the bridge.

A lovely looking beat,a small hatch came off in the early afternoon.But no signs of trout. Will have to come back and try again.

On day two of a 3 day trip I headed up into Hereford and borders to fish Arrow Titley and Lugg Litton beats. Arrow Titley fished in the morning is very remote. The beat is split into two by the foot bridge where you park. The bottom has some fast running pools above the railway bridge which gave up a couple of feisty 10" fish. Above the beat I stalked a methodically rising fish very carefully in a slow running pool - he was the third fish of the morning and a cracker at 14" and gave a good account of himself.
I decided to transfer to Lugg Litton for the afternoon as Titley became very slow running in open fields. Lugg Litton was very difficult to fish. Very low and gin clear water and very overgrown in patches. It was stuffed with trout and I spooked fish with every step. I only caught one small fish but the beat will be fantastic challenge with a little more water in it.
RE: Parking - it does feel like you are intruding into the house garden/drive of Lower Litton. I knocked on the door to check and a very pleasant occupant confirmed I was in the right place. Park on the grass just on the right hand side as you enter the drive.

3 Trout

Fished from 8-11am. Stream running clear with some of the pools almost still. A beautiful stream with multiple pools and riffles. Fishing was challenging with a seeming lower fish density than in other wild stream beats.
Two sizeable trout were spotted, one tucked up very nicely in a fallen tree the other I spooked from the tail end of one of the faster pools. The trout caught were all about the 8 in mark. 3 to a GRHE and 3 to a PTN. The 3 to the GRHE all came from one pool. Two salmon par also came to hand.
Presenting the nymphs in the slower water was tricky. I would imagine this beat would fish much better later in the day when the trout are looking up more or during a hatch as many areas are well suited to the dry.

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