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hard going pressured the day before, fish in the pools fish very spooky moving away from the nymph picked up fish in the pocket water and deep gutters

1 Trout, 9 Grayling

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fished this venue loads of times , river very low and some sort of Algae in margins also covering weed in river .Fishing difficulty had a few fish to start with but has it got warmer so fishing got harder. We decided to pack up early due to conditions . Overall fishing been difficult due to low water and heat can fully understand venues being closed. But always a pleasure to fish the wye

8 Barbel, 2 Chub

3 Barbel

3 anglers. very hot, bright and still day.
fly fishing.
river low.
caught 9 par, 5 dace as well as above.

12 Trout, 3 Grayling, 1 Chub, 5 Other

Despite the lack of rain the river was in good shape, with some excellent fish taken from the deep pools. Nothing rising until the late evening though. Upsteam from the ford in Knill a short bit of the river has been made wider and deeper since I visited last year, which makes for an interesting (if very challenging!) distraction from the usual small stream tactics needed on the rest of the river.

15 Trout

Hot day, river low, fishing hard on this normally productive stretch. An 8lb 7oz Barbel made it worthwhile.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Turned up at the lovely Arrow Mill beat at half eight , sunny hot and still the same as the last few weeks to be honest , and in fairness could have done with coming about two hours earlier . . .

Fished from the start of the beat , down by the bridge , river still holding a bit of flow considering , although another foot would be great !!! A couple of rises seen tight in under the alder trees , and the bottom section up to the weir pool has some nice trouty features , although up past the weir is fenced off tight too the banks , looking very tricky to fish with a fly rod . . . . Some nice fish seen in there on a precious recce of the beat . . . .

Rigged up my trustee six foot , two weight two tiny tungsten nymphs , working the likely places , had the first brownie on in the small pool about twenty yards down from weir pool , great little fighter , about eight inches , and quickly released . Second fish was from the weir pool , perhaps same stamp in size , maybe a touch bigger , did also have a third on , but slipped the barbless hook after nearly coming to hand . . . . A super beat , although the section from the bridge is only a couple of hundred yards , great for an hour or two , shall give it a shot one evening next week on the dries . . .

Spoke with the owners , lovely couple , and some huge grayling have been seen above weir pool , will have to think of tactics on how to approach them , a fun hour and half , two little Arrow brownies caught and released and in a superb setting with the old mill standing grand and looking cheery in the sunlight , back soon !!!!!

2 Trout

4 x trout 6-8 inches, 2 x grayling 9-12 inches, lots of parr, spiders.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

Decided not to fish due to this UK heatwave.