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Well plumbed for one of my old favourites !!! Good old faithful Kington beat of the Arrow , that I know so well . Dull overcast and a tiny bit of drizzle when I parked up at the Hergest Btidge at eight bells . Perfect weather I thought ,as I set up my trustee six foot , two weight rod and a tint Parachute Pheasant Tail . Did the business this morning , that and a Para Greenwells , And surprisingly good fish in skinny low water too .

Nine brought to the net this morning , ranging in size from seven to eleven inches . I did have a cracker on the dry just above the weir , strewth he surprised me , and really put up a quick five second scrap then he was off !!!!! Dooooooooh , oh well there for another day , wiser and and smarter no doubt !! All fish on the Parachute dries , Great fun as always . . . . . . .

The river is getting a tad low now , a lot of my casting was on my knees , and I'm feeling it now as I write this report !!! Running clear , no real algal build up on the rocks yet . Looks like rain into next week , so that'll refresh the rivers a good bit I hope !!!

Did not do the full beat , cut out into the field , were a pipe runs to the farm crossing the river at about waist height . Lots of debris building up against it WUF . May cause a problem later on , as might the two big trees down further downstream !!! A good bit of tidying up needs to be done here , it's looking very much unloved , especially up passed the weir !!!! Shocking state in places . But loop round these rough areas and you'll find some fishable water . . . . Just !!!!

Always nice to have a session here , it's easy for me to get too and very very local , so absolutely ideal !! Well a relaxing four hours , some lovely brownies to the net , a quick lunch then time to get some chainsawing done . . . . . No peace for the wicked hey !!!!!! Lol . . . . . . . . . . .

9 Trout

Just fished the morning. River very low, hot sunny day, slight breeze. All caught trout were small, missed two decent ones, watched as they came up to my Adams thourgh the cristal clear water, so excited I struck too soon. Rookie error!
One really large fish powered past me heading downstream making a bow wave like a nuclear submarine in the shallow water. I must try this beat when there is a bit more water. Fun morning though.

6 Trout

Good fly life and plenty of fish showing throughout the day - fish caught ranged from 6" up to around 16" taken on both dries and nymphs. Around 12 caught altogether and all were safely returned.
A canoe was launched from the opposite bank to the parking and used the downstream section of the beat during the middle part of the day despite levels being well below the red line on the gauge.

8 Trout, 4 Grayling

1 Trout

Not many fish rising but lots of takes. Mostly small fish but it was great sport. This is a great beat and I’ll be back.

4 Trout

Generally a good day. River low and slow. Fished pellet feeder all day.

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

1 Trout

4 eels in addition to the chub and barbel.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub, 4 Other

Weather report suggested a cloudy day but instead it was a beautiful day in Abergavenny with a river full of dogs and swimmers. I arrived at 18:30 and practiced casting for a couple hours. At 20:30 it became darker and quieter, and by 21:00 trout were rising frequently in the slower water and I attempted to catch them on a winged brown dry fly. Unfortunately I still didn't manage to catch any!

Went to catch barbel with fly rod , couldn’t temp 2 double figure ones to my nymphs. Had 7 chub around 1lb and a awesome Shad last fish of the day. 5 of the chub to dry fly rest on the nymphs

7 Chub, 1 Other