Feedback & Reports

Well gave the Arrow a bash this morning , still up early bells , got all the jobs squared away , before heading off . . . . Nice to target the wild streams on days off work , spot on . . . . I knew the Arrow may be a tad bit low , so knew it may be tricky today . . . .

Parked up the usual place near the bridge at half nine , weather promising , overcast , muggy and reading sixteen degrees in my truck , so not bad at all . Tackled up with my trustee six foot two weight as always , and tied on a Parachute Pheasant Tail , for starters , see how it goes !!!

First pool under the bridge , classic rise , just to the left of the faster water , took lovely , and felt a good fish for here , stayed on a few seconds then off , dooooooh !!!! Oh well , a good start though . . .

Eventually had the third fish stay on a lovely typical Arrow beauty , about eight inches , slipped back in , cracking !!!!! Had another next pool , very low now , splashy take , tight in to the bank . . . Was a case of getting the dry exactly in the right place this morning , and the further up the beat you go , the more of an unkempt jungle it becomes , especially after Malhollam Bridge , some cutting back and major pruning me thinks , WUF take note , the upper stretch is in dire need of some attention !!!i would have done some pruning myself but folks can get arsey , so I did the decent thing , and relayed my findings !!!!

Had brownies in very different locations today , as the river is low , they are positioning themselves generally in difficult locations , that involves wading ever so carefully and presenting the fly bang on , or they're off in a flash !!!! Good fun , but tricky tricky today .

Ended up with five beauties today , some nice takes on the Parachute Pheasant Tail , and even with the river so low and clear , get the fly in the right place and they were having a pop at it . Hopefully some rain immenant , but looking last nights forecast , thought we may have had some decent rain , but only a bit of drizzle . . . . So a fun four and a half hours , fished just up passed Malhollam Bridge , had my fifth fish under the bridge , very excitable splash toy take , good fish of ten inches too . I then walked back down the road to the bottom bridge , and the local farmer from Bredward Farm pulled in on his quad bike for a natter . . . . Generally very interested on how it's fishing etc etc etc . . . . What was concerning is that the little Brook that is on his ground , and flows throughout the old industrial estate , is generally a nasty colour etc etc , he said even his sheep won't drink from it , and that Brook flows into the Arrow , just down stream from the Wild Streams beat start . Perhaps the LAFA and EA need to contact "Ian "the farmer there , and arrange a visit , too asses the water quality to their Brook . He referred to it locally as the Willy Brook !!!!!!

Anyway , a fun few hours as always on the Arrow , will give it a break now , as I feel some well earned rain is now needed to refresh it , and the trout !!!!! still good fun this morning , a lovely little gem , spot on !!!!!


Booking Office Note: Thanks for the update Joe, we'll see if we can't get the top section trimmed!

5 Trout

River in great condition biggest barbel to 9lbs8 all on pellets. No problem driving down - will be back soon!

5 Barbel, 5 Chub

I fished with a guest and we both fished for Salmon. We fished fly and spinner with no success. Water was brown the colour of tea said to be algae by the next beat owner. 2 Salmon seen.

Unlikely to return to this beat as overhanging trees caused too many problems for casting.

2 Chub, 1 Other

2 Trout

It's official. The weather forecast is CRAP!! I booked today as there was the promise of some rain at least. Whilst I wasn't expecting a spate, I'd thought the 'thundery rain' promised in the Wye catchment, would raise the water a bit and create some excitement. How wrong I was! There was the merest drizzle for about 5 minutes.
Having said that, there was a moderate showing of fish, in particular the trout that were leaping about, but sadly no larger cousins.
I did however catch a shad. A fine fish of about 1 1/2 lbs. I've had encounters with them before and seen several in the Wye. Photo attached.

7 Trout, 1 Other

An absolutely superb day on this stretch that saw 5 barbel to just shy of 9lb, as well as several eels landed. To top it all off, the highlight of the day was having some huge salmon surface right under the rod tip!

5 Barbel, 3 Other

Conditions were perfect, I really feel this is my favorite stretch of River, but no fish today.
Which I really feel was my fault, quite a few takes, just not quick enough. Definitely be back for more.

One Eel in the top field before breakfast,(Nourishment needed for two old fellas to tackle the yomp)!! Although the
bottom meadow looked in superb nick fish were hard to find. Managed to locate some fish in the wooded area.
Eel and Barbel to meat, one Barbel around 6lb. the other 9lb. 2oz.Good quality Chub, nine on meat four on flake.

2 Barbel, 13 Chub, 1 Other

Not our day - complete blank ! This is a lovely stretch that could do with some more swims opening.We were pained by a group of school children and their master deciding to play games not ten yards from our swim ! Other canoeists ok.