Feedback & Reports

There were 2 of us, bright sunny day, got to the water about 8am. Walked the lower part of the beat and about half way down found a lamb stuck in the river not able to climb out. Lamb was removed from river and we carried on down. Started fishing in the pool at the very bottom of the beat and had three grayling between us fairly quickly on French leader. Next fish came from the bridge pool and was the only one of the day on a dry fly. Fish came fairly regularly throughout the day. Plenty of upwing flies about but not that many rising fish. Best of the day was a 15" brown from an unlikely spot just upstream of the middle weir. Lovely beat but access to water not that easy in most places due to the barbed wire fence.
Saw a goosander a couple of pools up from the bridge just before leaving in the evening.

7 Trout, 8 Grayling

Difficult going with very bright conditions all day. Pesky trout would not look at my dry flies & I spent a lot of time staring into my dry fly boxes trying to imagine what they might be drawn to. Whilst doing this I noticed that there was a resident spider under the soft material lining in the lid; Every time I opened the box he 'popped out' expectantly & as I hooked in another failed flea he retreated slowly behind the cover. He must be getting a rough ride today.
The 'others' were 3 Shadd that took vigorously when I changed to a small size 18 nymph. I stopped at 3 not really wanting to hook any more. Never seen one before ... very interesting design to their mouths with a notched lower jaw,some beautiful spots down their flanks & an almost tuna-like tail.They put up quite a fight on light tackle.
Thank you WUF.

2 Trout, 2 Chub, 3 Other

Did not attend.

Probably the hottest day of the year so far so no joy. Packed up and left at 11am.

River quite low as expected, very warm day, few rising . 2 small trout caught on a nymph. Certainly will return.

2 Trout

Lovely day on the beat, challenging fishing all trout fell to dry flies over the day.
Beat is starting to have a neglected feel, a Few pools are unfishable Due to trees down and your up to you neck in nettles in a lot of places, just needs a little TLC to make the beat more enjoyable and easier access.

3 Trout

7 x trout 8-11 inches, Monnow Gosling. On a hot afternoon with the water so low, I didn't expect to do very well, but in fact a few of the larger trout (by the Lilliputian standards of this little stream) were prepared to rise to a big fly. Just the odd natural mayfly around.

7 Trout

11 Trout, 1 Grayling, 3 Chub

An enjoyable day in the idyllic Arrow valley. Feeding fish hard to find and prospecting with nymph and dries did not produce. Maybe half a dozen places on the whole beat where I saw fish rising, mostly to very spasmodic mayfly in slow glides where a stealthy approach was difficult in the bright conditions and low water. There were swarms of mayfly dancing in the wooded area above the weir at the upstream end of the beat, no doubt on account of the silty section of water there and a few fish were rising below the weir to the ones washed over it. Stayed to last light in the hope of more evening activity, which wasn't significant and three missed takes to a mayfly was day's score. Otter spraint in a couple of places and a deceased crayfish found on the river bed.

Very deep algae bloom. No fish.