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Well , another session on the Kington beat , mainly went up to the weir yesterday ,no one had booked , so i figured if a wild stream permit holder was parked up, I'd do an about turn and have a go at Manor Farm . . . . Turned up , no one at the bridge so set up ,usual six foot , two weight rig ,much better day today, as I tackled up at half eight , no wind , and overcast and mild , good start . . . .

Not any rises bar two seen today , so.opted for ever so tiny nymphs, and e of the good pools , since yesterday now has an alder right across it , Shane as its x great trouty pool too !!!! I picked up four fish right up to the weir , then looped round and did some of the water fifty yards up from the weir , great sport this morning , with PTN and Baetis nymohs scoring well , with good savage takes to them ,even in the slower pools .

A pleasant four hours this morning , finishing about half twelve I think , twelve lovely brownies to the net , ranging from five to twelve inches , some unexpectedly good trout in really skinny water thus morning , great stuff !!!!

Always fun here , with its varied water , could do with three good days rain , fish didn't seem that spooked even with fishing the bottom section yesterday as well , which was good , although I did make sure the flies presented were different !!!!

A fun few hours and some great sport , back here once its had some rain, great fun , back home for a well earned pork pie and a bottle of Butty Bach . . . .Sorted !!!!!!

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Again, up at five , was going to treat the Mrs and take her to the Kington beat for some early morning exercise ,but last minute she declined and had the pooch out for a mooch instead ,so onward as lone wolf one to Kington !!!! She didnt know what she was missing !!!!! Ha ha ha . . . . .

Eight degrees when i parked up attentive seven and a cool blustery wind too ,definitely not a dry fly day !!! This same time last year I was fishing here , and it was fantastic sport on the .mayfly, and more water too . . . Still ,onwards and upwards under the
bridge and tackled up, tiny tiny olive nymph to begin , and interest in second head of the pool ,lively Arrow brownie , it went like that all the way up to the weir. Couple of huge ash trees across the stream now create an obstacle to test your dexterity and also to see how tough your waders are !!! Still nothing done about styles going out into the field , three strand barbed wire is very unreasonable i feel ,must be really aggressive wheat me thinks !!!!!

Also fished a walkers mayfly nymph , some lovely solid takes too it , spot on , with the six foot two weight rod , lovely job !!! Some cracking fish thus morning too , some in thf eleven inch range, but most about eight or nine , the usual gorgeous Arrow colouration ... .

A fun two and a half hours ,only fish a bit up passed the weir , as had plans for the remainder of the day , great fun , in need of some serious water now , and three styles on the field side wouldn't go amiss !! WUF could you pass on the info to the landowner ,maybe hes prepared to leopard crawl under the bottom rung of wire , but most folks just want a fun day without an assault course thrown in for good measure!!! That said ,a lovely quick session on a peaceful beat as always, back here soon , spot on !!!

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River quite low as expected, very warm day, few rising . 2 small trout caught on a nymph. Certainly will return.

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The WUF website keeps telling me that I need to submit this return (which I've already done), so here it is again......

Very difficult conditions today, howling gale blowing down the river so it was pretty much impossible to pt a fly where you wanted it to go. Leaves, twigs and small branches blowing off the trees constantly!! Caught 2 trout about 8 inches but they were more by luck than skill!! Only fished the bottom half and gave up by midday. Saw a couple of mayfly but very little hatching and not a single rise all morning.

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Very difficult conditions today, howling gale blowing down the river so it was pretty much impossible to pt a fly where you wanted it to go. Leaves, twigs and small branches blowing off the trees constantly!! Caught 2 trout about 8 inches but they were more by luck than skill!! Only fished the bottom half and gave up by midday. Saw a couple of mayfly but very little hatching and not a single rise all morning.

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Having fished Court of Noke and Whittern Lyonshall, decided to check out this beat before heading back to Brum. It looks a lovely beat, but I found it pretty impossible due to very slippy river bed (would definitely recommend stuffed waders) and overhanging branches. I only fished the first 1/2 mile or so due to time, so it might be better upstream? Maybe I'll give it a proper go next time! Saw a few fish rise, but they were easily spooked.

A fantastic days sport. Every pool producing some sort of action, whether they made it into the net was a different matter! Huge midge hatches above the water and some olives coming down too.
Fished the duo for most of the day and took fish on both flies. Decent average size to today’s fish and I lost two brutes when twitching small fry streamers into the deep holes.
This beat really needs a selective few branches clearing to make more of the water fishable. A few occasions a single branch prevented a pool being fished! I snapped the ones that I could.

A very wild beat, but a fun one at that.

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Fished from 10 till 1 with the river already quite low.
Fished duo as no fish seen rising although plenty of fly life around including a few mayfly.
4 Trout on a small bead head nymph between 4 and 8 inches.

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Plumbed for the Arrow at Kington this morning , arriving at nine had a peep over the bridge , just about fishable with tungsten nymphs running fairly fast but clear . . . .

The down side of the field side now is that the farmer has put up new fencing , three strand barbed wire !!! Would you believe it , and no crossing styles whatsoever , seems odd , but I'm.sure hes keen too take each fishermans twelve quid for a day, but cant even put up two or three crossing areas over the fencing !!! So anyone who fishes it take an old potatoe sack or similar , even in summer flows theres a need to get out and loop round some pools into the field. . .

Still cold water , but caught two very small brownies, six and seven inches respectively , taken on a tungsten red tag , was good fun , but with the height only a few areas fishable at the mo . I did check little Brook below the bridge , that runs into the Arrow , that's running clear , so good news !!

A fun couple of hours and two lovely little Arrow beauties on the nymph , perhaps the WUF can persuade the landowner to knock up two or three styles to make entry and exit of the river a tad easier !! A fun morning back here soon , happy days!!!!!

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