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2 weak bites all day.

A short evening session that turned into a very short evening session due to heavy thunderstorms! Very hot day 34 oc . Access very limited in the bottom sections. Saw some barbel and chub in the shallows but they didn’t want to know. The plan was to finish in the top meadow but only managed 2 casts before I had to pack up missing the best time of the day! Results may well have been totally different with more favourable conditions and a bit more time !

1 Chub

Blanked. My excuse is that it was an extremely hot day and I left before the evening rise. Had one rise to cast to in a very difficult position. Fluffed it completely.

40 Trout

Fly only just below the Baskets Pool

River very low and weather very hot by 10.00 am. One eel caught on meat. Nothing else but was still a very pleasant day in wonderful surroundings.

1 Other

With temperatures of 30 degrees forecast, I wasn't really expecting anything. However, I was on holiday and in the area so thought I'd at least enjoy a walk along the river. Access at the bottom of the beat had to be made under the bridge, as the field on the left hand bank has had a newly installed barbed wire fence along it's entire length. This makes both initial access, but also exiting the river on that bank at any point, almost impossible.

Levels were incredibly low, though there seemed to be a good number of fish in there spooking away from me as I made my way up. Only a couple of fish I could even cast to but I think I chased them off pretty quickly. Fish numbers dropped significantly after the initial lower section.

Decided to exit at the pumping station as it was getting really hot and make my way back along the public footpaths to the north of the river. This seemed like a good idea on paper but it looks like these footpaths hardly ever get used as I had a real jungle stomp to get back! Brambles, sticks and 7+ foot high ferns all trying to get in my way.

An expected blank, but a fun (if sweaty) excursion.

Chub were small, Other included an eel and salmon fry? (not a course fish we recognised). Large amount of human activity in the river around us as the weather was extremely hot!

2 Chub, 2 Other

Nice beat will return

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Well for a change I didnt venture out at sparrows fart , had a five mile session on the tread mill early on then mooched off to the Arrow at Titley . . .

Got there at half eight , looked a picture as always, the Arrow @ Titley is always like a big mug of Horlicks , very comforting and easy wading , and generally great dry fly water!!!! But alas today the great big ball in the sky was beaming down from the off !!!!

Initially I started on stint Parachute Adam's, no takers, soon went a slightly weighted flashback PTN , and first take woooooooooh !!! Easy tiger !!! Had a right run around on the six foot two weight rod ,in a deep shady pool , eventually netting a beat, must have been twenty plus inches , Maybe my best Arrow brownie to date !!@ rested him for a while quick pic then a splashy powerfully goodbye, fantastic !!!!

The next fish was another Arrow fatty , perhaps twelve inches , but beautifully marked ,played in quick, and released back into the shadowy pool . Last two fish , both about ten inches were Also on the PTN , which today worked wonders ,more natural than tungsten and flows better in the current , spot on . . . .

A fun four hours ,did see two mink while I was there ,cheeky brash little things , one , only the other side of the bank , and didn't even budge !!! Ggggrrrrrrrr!!! That's two too many for one beat I'd say !!

An unexpected session this morning , and some gorgeous fish to the net , was nice to get back to my truck for a well earned drink , reading 29 degrees in the dash when I set off , strewth , a tad warm, back here soon ,when it's a lot cooler ,definitely in need of a good flush through here ,a lovely morning , spot on !!!

4 Trout