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Water still murky in morning but river dropped a touch in level. Had a lovely brownie 2lb (first Wye brown) on beat 3, mid afternoon on stonefly nymph right at the bottom only a few meters out from bank. My friend had a small brownie 0.5lb same fly but further to middle of river beat 3.
Had seen some nice rises on beat 2 just before the Eyot but time ran out.

2 Trout

4 rainbows caught on worm very enjoyable day

4 Trout

Arrived at beat at 11am to find first and second gates open and third gate bolted but with combination lock open. Later realised that farmer was working in adjacent field (red pickup). At 5pm, noted that third gate with combination lock was bolted and locked. First gate by lay by was wide open. Decided to close and bolt this gate, despite my general rule of leaving gates and bolts as one finds them
River had risen the previous day after heavy rainfall but was fishable on the 3rd. The river was unfishable on the 2nd, so I spoke to Chris who authorised two rods on Abercynrig later in the season.
Air temp approx 14/15C. Water temp 9C. Negligible fly life. Two small trout caught by my colleague. Trout very unresponsive. I tried nymph, dry fly and fry imitations. Can’t explain why river so dour.

2 Trout

Didn’t fish turned up and the river was up and very very coloured so walked the beat as we’d not fished it before and headed home later in the afternoon

Decided to give the Whittern beat a bash , thinking it would be pushing through at a fair old pace , and when I parked up by the bridge , the flow was pushing through pretty quick , with a bit of colour.

Tackled up with my six foot two weight , a team of two very small suggestive tungsten nymphs thinking they may get down a bit in the water . I did grapple down to the waterside , and watched the water for a while , no rises at all . . . . . And yet there were quite a few olives about , and also hawthorn flies , bumbling clumsily around !!!!

The bottom half of the beat seemed fairly quiet to be honest , and it was a while and a couple of pools later , before I had a good take on my tungsten nymph by a five inch brownie , cracking colouration fighting well above its weight !!!!

Two more followed in the next hundred yards or so , both about eight or nine inches , carefully wading upstream . By midday , the water seemed to be clearing just a tad . . . . . Takes seemed to be very tentative , and I missed a few in succession , just a slight nudge on the line !!!!

My fourth fish was my best of the day at about ten inches , again another beautifully marked brownie , took my tungsten nymph confidently . I'm sure the water fining down made the trout more eager to take .

This is a cracking beat , and some fabulous water , would have been better had I perhaps left it another day , no trout looking up yet on this stretch , come on guys time to get into training , it's mayfly time soon . . . . . . .

Shall give the Arrow another crack in perhaps a couple of weeks , and I'm sure as always it'll seem totally different then , something like Belize !!!! But hey these wild streams are always great fun , was happy with the four feisty little fighters , a fun four hours , spot on !!!!!!!

4 Trout

10 Trout

Tough day, river high but clear. Wading tricky. Both fish taken on PTN. Brief hatch and rise around 3pm. Cool later and killed off the day.

2 Trout

Running ledger trace, bait used was worm. All 3 fish in superb condition. Ranging fom 1lb 1/2 to 2lb

3 Trout

fished the upper section in Worm's Wood. Interesting section of river if a bit overgrown. Four small, out-of-season grayling. All caught deep on green shrimps and beaded, green squirmy nymphs. No sign of trout.

4 Grayling

River very high for Trout ( Should have washed me off guys !!) Super tough and hard to fish when high, dangerous stretch at the best of times. 1 sympathetic trout landed .

1 Trout