Feedback & Reports

Well thought I'd sneak in a quick session prior to my onslaught of night shifts , so headed off to the Arrow at Kington ,getting there at half nine . Looking over the bridge river looked a picture , and was running at a lovely height with some upwings out on parade as well , nice to see . . .

I initially tackled up with my usual six foot two weight , and a 16 Parachute Adams , a lovely splashy take from the first pool , as I came out from under the road bridge ,feisty ten Inch fish , spot on !!!

Alternated between the dry Adams and a flashback PTN for the deeper pools , and that too was successful , although three did slip the hook this morning!! Ah well that's life . Last fish of the session was from the weir pool , again ditto in size, and the usual Arrow Markings on these gorgeous brownies .

The huge ash tree half way between the bridge and the weir is a nuisance to get around , although great to see some kind soul has cut the alder at the start of the beat , which opens up again that decent pool , lovely job !!!

The fish this morning ranged from.seven to ten inches and four made it to the net , a lovely chill out , cutting out from the weir and negotiating the four strand barbed wire fence which is hairy with expensive waders on . . . When I'm next here I'll bring some sand bags to wrap around the top and bottom strand , seeing as nothing has been done to aid anglers access etc etc !!!

A lovely morning , even though it was a quick session ,its set me up for my session of night shifts . . . Joyous ,cant wait !!! Back here before the end if the season . . . . .lovely job !!!!!

4 Trout

4 Trout

Arrived at 7am to find a herd of bulls in the first field that you cross, so proceeded with caution around them and hopped over the electric fence. Started at the bottom end and bumped into a nice trout on a olive coloured nymph followed by 2 small grayling in the same pool. I then proceeded to fish like plonker and just couldn't get into a good rhythm for the rest of the beat. Manage one more small trout and a small grayling.
A new large fallen tree about 70m below the bridge is blocking the whole river. Also still 6-7 other large fallen trees along the beat that haven't been cleared.
Finished at noon and gave myself a good talking to haha ????

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

1 Barbel

Fished from about 13.00 to 16.30 Bright and breezy.
9 trout on nymphs 6 to 12 inches plus plenty of parr.
A large Oak tree is in the river just above Hergest bridge,looks like it could cause trouble.
Also found a good quality folding net which could be reclaimed through the booking office.

9 Trout

River in good condition although now running clear,we tried hard all day but found it almost impossible to get a bite high volume of canoes especially up to lunch time it gets worse every year.

2 Other

most fish came from Upper beat to dries. Fishing deeper waters coming into pools.

2 Trout, 6 Grayling

Lovely day, lovely beat.
Nothing rising at all. Fish caught on a beaded hare's ear nymph.

1 Trout

Fished beats 3,4,5. Beautiful stretch of river. 2 chub to 4lb, 2 x 3lb 1 at 2lb and the other all under 1lb. On pellet or meat. Roach and dace every chuck on the float. Didn't find the Barbel, but did lose one decent fish that was fighting harder than any of the chub I caught.
So glad I came here today, rather than back to upper Canon bridge, access to the river is great, and plenty of spots to choose.

10 Chub, 10 Other

2 Trout, 13 Grayling