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Superb weather again today , so was a real bit of excited delirium , when I tackled up about elevenish near the yew tree at the Titley beat . Had a wee chat with the nice old dear from Forge Farm cottage , who always answers the door with nothing on her feet , may be the Herefordshire cider doing that !!!!!!!!!Crossed the footbridge , water running at a nice height , and clear as gin , spot on me thought !!!!!!

A few March browns and grannom's already showing , things looked really really good . . . . As I initially fished a couple of small goldbead nymphs , they were working well in the clear water , and as I mooched upstream , it was three hours later that I got my first and only brownie , a fish of about six inches , tail of a deep pool , nowt so much as another touch , which was a shame , and no rises either . . . . . And by oneish there was a good trickle of LDO's and March browns showing , tantalisingly trouty on the water , but they left unscathed . . .

Only a feisty little minnow was the other wee fish too have a bash at the nymph , nice to see something in the Arrow has a bit of spirit !!!, I didn't actually see any trout movement at all even from the heigh banks with Polaroids on , not even one !!!! Still way too early for the main movement of the finny tribe in the Arrow me thinks , and one small fish saved the day . . .

Did see two mink walking back down the fields to my truck , they looked in good shape and really two , is two too many to be honest !!!!! But still good to see , , dippers , kingfishers , butterflies , yes things are rosey in the Arrow valley , shall give this beat threeweeks or so , before another bash , still superb being out in such Spring like weather , spot on !!!!!!!

1 Trout, 1 Other

first vist to this beat,limited access to the the water, did walk the whole beat and only found 2 spots which were safe to stand
no fish were hooked

19 x trout 10-17 inches, dry flies - Start Jarvis' Bastard Adams, Hair Wing Sedge, usual suspect spiders in order of usefulness - Dark Moorgame, Hare's Lug and Plover, Waterhen Bloa. An interesting day (until about 2.30 anyway), warm and sunny, with dark olives, March browns and grannom sedge all hatching together at times. A mixture of wild and stock fish with some hefty ones - several over 17 inches.

19 Trout

1 grayling on a tungsten bead head. River perfect but water very clear and sun was bright all day.

1 Grayling

Beautiful place. About 1300 hrs, there was a major rise with fish showing in the bay east of the pumping station. No fish but a good day

Very bright and still. Small hatch in the early pm. CdC emerger worked well.

3 Trout

Very bright and still. Beaded nymph early on, then CDC olive emerger. I seemed to excel at losing fish today.

3 Trout

Beautiful spring day in the valley, lots of wildlife and flowers in bloom. The river itself was at a good height, running strongly but crystal clear. A steady variety of flies hatching 11 to 3.30, but only saw a couple of rises in one pool - enough for me to try a dry, but they were not interested in the adams or olive varieties I offered. Did not rise for long either. No interest either in the nymphs, weighted or not, so a blank. The water was still very cold, so a week or two yet. Still a lovely day to be out and to practise the small sream casting!

9 Trout, 5 Grayling