Feedback & Reports

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

As you will see from several recent feedback forms I have caught a very limited number of fish to nothing at all. Each time I visit I arrive at dawn and can see many lighted fires around the reservoir of what can only be from poachers fishing over night. I have seen people camping and water boarding and they’ve said they had also been swimming which isn’t allowed. Only this morning as I arrived with my cousin who was fishing with me several men were leaving with many bags of fish. Time after time I and many others are paying for tickets and leaving with nothing. I accept you go to this venue to fish and not catch and it’s the luck of the draw whether you get anything but I am getting really frustrated with this situation. I mention this issue on each occasion to the bailiffs and they advise there is overnight security but quite frankly this is a joke with what I see time and time again when I visit.

3 Trout

1 Trout

2 x perch

2 Other

Fishing was very hard .

7 Chub, 2 Other

2 Trout

2 small trout caught and released on small midge fly. River like mill pond but humid and caught where limited fly activity was greatest at dusk.

2 Trout

Bait used pellet and meat feeder, very hot day a lot of river traffic!

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Stiflingly hot day and the river as low as I've seen it. Caught 3 barbel, best 8.11, on swimfeeder in the evening.

3 Barbel