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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

did not attend

possible salmon raised on the Stones

Fished in evening for a couple of hours to mitigate against brightness, heat and low water. All taken on dries beneath deep tree cover. Costly on flies but rewarded with 5 fish all on medium olives. Fishing tailed off once the rather more expert Mr Otter turned up. A remarkable sight.

5 Trout

1 x 11 inch Trout to dry CDC Mayfly targeted from a rise
Despite continual hatch throughout day of Olives, Browns, Mayfly etc saw three rises in a ten hour window. Fished all the deep pools with various nymphs etc to no avail. Where a brook enters the river approx half way down the beat the water Quality drops to a buff slimy bottom. Anyone else seen the Otter? dead Cray fish present
I don't think the beat holds a healthy population of fish
Very challenging best with a 6ft 2wt due to the amount of fallen trees and overhanging branches
beautiful day river very low on a beat that needs a lot of work to make it what could be great

1 Trout

5 double figure carp caught between 10-14 lb.

5 Other

very warm and sunny. River low and clear. Worked through beats 3. 4 and 5. so lovely to be on the water ... and such a lovely river. All made more enjoyable by the action we had.
Between us we landed and quickly returned 1 wbt (klink and dink), 4 oos chub (klink and dink), 1 dace (nymph).
Evening spent trying to connect with salmon which occasionally showed - no luck but engaging sport.

1 Trout, 4 Chub, 5 Other