Feedback & Reports

6 Chub

After the long walk over heart attack hill I needed a rest, but was not allowed one by the numerous Chub who took meat, pellet, bollie and corn, the hungriest of all fish

3 Barbel, 11 Chub, 1 Other

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

4 Trout

Conditions were bright, warm and sunny. There was a little more water in the river than the last time we fished which was the same time last year. Still, the fishing was really hard going with very little in the way of rising fish. All fish caught were cast to and caught on either cdc emerger, parachutes or sedge. No discernible evening rise even though there was plenty of insect life to be seen.

4 Trout, 2 Chub

Lovely place

5 Chub

Well having completed a busy , hard four day course down South in the tranquil Cotswolds , was able to fish a section of the lovely River Coln for three evenings , perks of the job !!!!!, was superb , and the chalkstream brownies gave my seven foot , four weight split cane rod a good going over , superb fun on dries , a lot more sedate than what I'm used to but nice to bring twenty plus fish to hand over the three evenings , spot on !!!!, so with myself all Chalkstreamed up , thought it heigh time to get back on my beloved Arrow , and opted for the Kington beat , got there at half ten , overcast , muggy , reading twenty degrees in the truck . . . Initially tied on a small Para Greenwells . . . Immediate success first pool , and a cracker for this stream . . . Nice start !!!!

Getting a bit low , but a reasonable flow to it considereing , and second pool , fast water leading into it , another nice fish on , Great sport . . . Went like that all the way up to the weir today . Some fish in the eleven inch class , and four of the six I brought to hand this morning were good tubby Arrow fish , in superb condition too . . Foir over ten inches , , and only the two fish about eight inches . Last fish was quite unexpected , and from the smallest pool , with some overhanging weed , as I was prospecting most of my dries this morning . Fish came out of nowhere and hammered it , spot on !!!!

Could do with a bit more water to be honest , as slower pools starting to gather algae build up on stones , which in the long term isn't health . . . But at the mo , under stones etc etc , crawling with insect life , and a huge amount of caddis , a real larder for the trout , no wonder they look so well fed . Was a really pleasant two and a half hours here , called it a day when I came to the weir , nice mooch back to the truck , feeling positively spoilt with the amount of fishing this week , and as my Mrs said . . . . " don't you ever get bored with it " well theres only one answer to that hey !!!!! As I returned the verdict with an enigmatic smile that said it all !!!!!

Back to the Ponderosa , a fun few hours , time for some mowing ggggrrrrr !!!! Back to the lovely Arrow very very soon . . . . . . Happy days .

6 Trout

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

River looking good despite low levels. Certainly changed since my last visit. It’s nice to see a river left to do its own thing and see natural processes taking place. Yes, it’s makes for challenging progress let alone fishing but this makes the Clettwr a bit of a one off. Fished tenkara using a 3m rod, maybe could have done with something a little longer but managed ok. Simple stiff hackle kebari worked the best with a switch to a soft hackle jun kebari showing the fish wanted that too but had trouble connecting.
A lot of v small fish about, good for the future.
As is the diverse and complex habitat.

Stayed at the Rising Sun in Pandy as usual, nice central location and just a great place to stay.

12 Trout