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Made contact with 6 small fish all dropped off and escaped to freedom, dry fly kink hammer x1 Small Grey wulf x1 and 4x PTN (size 18).

Fished the fly, concentrated on the gravel catch. The river was perfect until 11:00 it the rose a meter in 45 minutes and was unmissable. No Salmon caught.

1 Trout

Too high to fish to properly and also a bit dirty no wash of awarded, was 120 on the gauge probably need to be another foot lower to fish properly.

A very fresh hen fish of about 10lb to Robin Hemming. His first, the beats second of the 2018 season.
Took a black SHFC.

1 Salmon

Perfect conditions as far as I'm concerned as landed my first ever salmon. 10am from Llangoed pool on a black and yellow flying C - 90cm/approx 18lb. Swam away after short recovery. Next goal is a fly caught fish.

1 Salmon

River in lovely condition and several running fish seen . Unfortunately nothing caught

Fresh fish 18lb, tube fly on sink tip . Rectory pool. 4.30 pm

1 Salmon

Decided after a hectic weeks work , to tackle the Arrow for a change from Pinsley and Stretford brooks. Was about one when i turned up , about 12 degrees and intermittent sun , water looked fabulous , running clear , and at a lovely depth !!!

Tackled up with my trustee six foot two weight , my own size eighteen black nymph , and my beaded GRHE. Meandered under the bridge , and first cast , a feisty little Arrow brownie took my black magic nymph . . . . . Excellent , things looked promising .

Slowly moving upstream prospecting my nymphs , had another two in quick succession , mainly from the heads of the small pools . The fish varied in size , from five inches up to twelve . Two of the brownies gave me a right run around on the two weight rod , but great fun !!!!!!

Didn't fish the whole beat , and only managed to fish perhaps seven hundred yards , but managed nine superbly marked Arrow brownies, those red spots are staggering !!!!!!

Insect life under and around the stones on the river bed was vast , ranging from stone clinkers to a huge number of caddis . No rises were seen at all during my three hour session , and although there were a smattering of olives seen here and there , it didn't tempt the resident fish to look up !!!!

Called it a day at just gone four , had a real fun three hours , life's good in the Arrow Valley , shall head over to Whittern beat in a few days , give that a bash .

With nine really striking brownies caught and released , I was a happy man , chilled out for a bit near the bridge , a quick drink from the flask , and headed off to the Ponderosa . . . . . . . . Back very soon !

9 Trout

A cold day for standing in the water all day for very little action.. but still a better place to be than at work I'd say. Very brief hatch of Olives around lunchtime when the sun came out, lasting just long enough to grab a trout rod, put a dry on & catch one good fish. The rest of the time spent with the salmon rod to no avail.Even the wildlife were tucked up somewhere out of the cold wind. Great to have the opportunity to fish this beat.

2 Trout

8 x trout 6-10 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. AT LAST, a few of the little fellows seemed prepared to look up. Maybe I can leave my box of nymphs at home for a bit.

8 Trout