Feedback & Reports

Having fished the Edw for two or three hours in the morning, I headed to Abernant at about 11:30. I was hopeful the fishing would be better which indeed it was, the downside being that this very open stretch was much more exposed to the stiff northwesterly breeze that made any upstream casting very difficult. But I had some success with nymphs and spiders fished down and across. Almost all the fish came from the slightly more sheltered upper half of the beat. Though mostly small, there were some cracking fish among them in really lovely condition. The best was just over a pound and came to almost the last cast of the day at the very bottom of the beat. There were two very amiable chaps, both of whom took a keen interest in what I had (and hadn't) caught. Needless to say, they had stories of the huge fish they had seen rising only the other day!

There were a very few mayfly hatching which makes very little sense to me. What would be the point in hatching if so few other mayfly are at it at the same time? I should have thought, like fishing, it's all about being in the right place at the right time.

11 Trout

Fished upper section from the Trout Inn. Access over fence into field (?). There is a very deep hole just at the entry point to the beat. Fish all came from one riffle on small gold head pheasant tail nymph under a pale bodied klink. One mayfly spotted, a few small upwings. Very clear water. A few trees down further up the beat, but generally easy wading and a lovely beat.

4 Trout

3 wbt before falling in I think the river has some pools that I think are a lot deeper than in previous year, so would recommend chest waders to avoid my fate

3 Trout

2 Trout

1 Trout

A nice return to Bugeilyn, the view of the lake as you walk down is always such a pleasing sight. The cold wind blowing up the lake was less welcome. Very little surface activity first few fish on wets, diawl bachs at boathouse end of lake. Best fish coming later at the top end on usual small black dry flies. A hard day but as always very enjoyable to bag some of Bugeilyns hard fighting beautys.

7 Trout

5 Trout

very nice river, good hatches, no trout rising, only some small grayling

1 Trout, 1 Chub

Well with Mrs A. Working till two today , and the garden chores up to speed , thought I'd slip in a quick session on the Arrow . . . . Opted for the Kington beat , nice and local , was reading fifteen degrees in my truck when I parked up at the bottom bridge location , and that annoying gusty breeze ggggggrrrrrrr!!!!

Fishing was fun from the off , prospecting a small Para Adams in likely haunts , and covering the odd rise to , the usual slapshy takes from the Arrow fish , and some nice tubby sporting brownies today too , some off twelve inches , but the majority today were between eight and ten inches . . .

Had four up passed the weir , and did actually have five little fish from the weir pool , fast as lightening , and didn't count them in the days tally , as only about four inches !!!!! Great fun on a two weight rod still !!!!

Up past the weir , as mentioned in another report , only one area which is a huge debris / log jam , past there , and pools and runs are good to go again , and still great sport , and good dry fly water , had another three brownies from that stretch , two long range releases also , and got out just by the Farm complex , a fun three hours , nine Arrow beauties brought to the net , could definitely do with some more water now , big time in fact , to raise the levels , and flush out some of the algae that is forming on rocks etc , as usual , great fun here , nice quick session , back soon !!!!!!

9 Trout