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Nice water but challenging- reasonable access. Not many rising fish despite abundant mayfly hatch. Lots of fallen trees - would be an easy job to clear them and more of the bank.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

First time using the passport scheme. Overall very impressed. Managed to catch a stunning brown trout of around 12’’ and 3 average-size grayling; all taken on nymph.
Good hatch in the evening, not many fish rising however. Lost a good fish on a dry fly at the larger pool in the middle of the stretch.
River looked to be in good condition, just a bit too low for ideal fishing. Will return once river levels start to rise again.
The beat also had quite a few groups of people hanging around by the river, with one group journeying down through the stretch I was fishing in a rubber dinghy. Probably not the best idea to turn up on a Saturday when there’s good weather.
Also saw quite a few kingfishers, one stopping just a few metres away from me in a tree.

WUF note : the Lugg has a public right of navigation though it is rare to find

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

Only stayed for 2 hours as I had to turn back on myself at least 4 times due to overgrown and impassable conditions.
3 x trout all on dry fly .
Be warned, if you go to this beat you will have to jump over barbed wire and climb up and down steep overgrown banks just to get around deep pools and tree obstructions.

3 Trout

Very hot day. Plenty of fly life but little movement. My son caught a 12" trout on a mayfly.

1 Trout

Dry fly used - Mayfly were in evidence but the fish were not interested, however the Wagtails had a feast!
It was a very hot, sunny day - the river was fairly low. Wading quite tricky in parts. Below the outbuildings for the main house, a fallen tree straddles the river, stopping my progress.

3 Trout

Well mooched off to the lovely Titley best of the Arrow this morning , along with Mrs A . Who wanted a chill out and a break from painting and garden projects, so was nice to park up just after seven , River looked an absolute picture and already masses of insect life on the go , including olives , gnats and damsel flies !!! With plenty of others at the party as well , and mayfly showing from tenish . .

The Trout here have seen their fair share of waders and floating lines over the last couple of weeks , and always amazes me , with the wild streams , why don't some anglers fish a beat that hasnt been touched for a while , like The Dore , or Monnow or Escley !!! Some might be hard work, but great sport , Still there you go!!! So it hadn't been touched for a few days , and as one of my local beats was nice to be back , first time this year . . . . . Eeeekkkkkk !!!

No rises initially, so on with a tiny , size twenty gold head PTN , and three fish in heads of pools slowly mooching upstream , ranging from.six to ten inches , the last two on a small Parachute Adam's, cracking splashy rises too !!!! Happy days . . . . The Mrs impressed with my performance ha ha !!! An impromptu picnic on the side of the Arrow , then a slow bimble back down to the truck , a steady four hours , didn't get to the weir but just a nice relax, and five Titley beauties to the net , back here soon !! A lovely morning , time to get home out of the heat and maybe a cheeky power snooze !!! Sorted !!!!

5 Trout

6 x trout 6-10 inches, Monnow Gosling. Now the Forest is full of people, even early in the morning. The new bank-side path was busier than ever today, with family groups, each with at least one swimming dog, proceeding up and down. Twice somebody came up to where I was starting on a pool, looked at me, threw a stick in the water for the dog to fetch, and then asked : "Any luck?" It's very difficult not to sound bitter when engaging with one of these bozos. How can they be so unfeeling? Alas for human nature, particularly other people's! And then along comes a family with two dogs on leads, who watch me catch and release a fish, say "Hi" and ask some intelligent questions about the stream and the creatures which live in it. Why can't everybody be so pleasant and sensible so we can all enjoy ourselves? By the way, we have a highly successful crop of young dippers on the stream this spring.

6 Trout

No fish evident on the beat. very overgrown and access difficult