Feedback & Reports

Cooler day with some rain and little surface activity. However had a bit of fun with all fish on the nymph. Mainly in riffles are the ged of pools and under the banks and trees.

5 Trout

Booked the beat the previous week when the weather forecast was fine. Arrived at 10:30 to find the river rising with a hint of colour. Despite the rain fished a size 12 light coloured stimulator and landed 3 trout, 2 around 10" and 1 a little smaller. Hooked and lost several others. After 4 1/2 hours of continual rain returned to the car a little damp. The last few days rain will have freshened the river nicely for tomorrows anglers.

3 Trout

Finished at 3pm on the Kington Beat so decided to explore this beat and access as I am new to the wild streams permit. Managed to find it without a problem and wondered down the lane in the pouring rain to this lovely secluded section of the river. Much wider here than at Kington and the flow is much more stout requiring a slightly heavier nymph to get down. By now the river was very coloured and I opted to a flashy orange nymph on point and a black/red/silver afair on the dropper. Worked my way up from the entry point at the bridge and had some intrest in the first pool; as I lifted out the flies there was a swirl at the point fly. Worked my way up the second pool and hit into a bigger fish which after short struggle parted ways. My luck from the morning was now eluding me and I seemed to be spending more time untangling my setup rather than fishing! Managed to get my rhythm back and finished with 4 fish to 12oz and had interest from as many again plus 2 lost fish. Considering the conditions, not bad for 90 minutes of fishing. Only covered half the length but really like this part of the River and will be back.

4 Trout

Some nice rises. No fish caught.

An excellent day on the Arrow at Titley. Not much rising but fish were taking nymphs below a dry fly, with larger nymphs fished through the deeper holes. I could have landed a few more fish except that I lost quite few for one reason or other. There were a couple of smaller fish but three of those landed were 12" or more, including the largest at 14" (see photo). This is a beautiful beat.

6 Trout

A great little beat. 2 of us fishing and we caught a 12" trout on a Hares Ear nymph and a 9" one on a Klinkhammer.

2 Trout

Quite cold and blustery today after yesterday's rain. Saw 1 mayfly and very little else, and not a single rise while I was on the river. Lovely beat though.

1 Trout

Booked the beat on Tuesday 26th May and as the weather was looking hot and sunny decided to fish the afternoon into the evening. After travelling for over an hour I was extremely disappointed when I arrived at 1:40 pm to find a car parked in the parking space displaying a Wild Stream Season Permit. After contacting the Foundation to report the issue, the lady at the cottage very kindly allowed me to park my car next to hers. Fished a dry Mayfly pattern with a few Mayfly starting to hatch around 3:30 pm. Landed 3 plump trout all around 10 inches, hooked and lost several others and rose a few more. Saw a few Spent Mayfly later on but no real activity from the fish. What effect someone else fishing the beat before me had on my day I will never know.

Fishing Passport Note : The permit holder was contacted and reminded to check available beats before fishing.

3 Trout

Well mooched off to the lovely Titley best of the Arrow this morning , along with Mrs A . Who wanted a chill out and a break from painting and garden projects, so was nice to park up just after seven , River looked an absolute picture and already masses of insect life on the go , including olives , gnats and damsel flies !!! With plenty of others at the party as well , and mayfly showing from tenish . .

The Trout here have seen their fair share of waders and floating lines over the last couple of weeks , and always amazes me , with the wild streams , why don't some anglers fish a beat that hasnt been touched for a while , like The Dore , or Monnow or Escley !!! Some might be hard work, but great sport , Still there you go!!! So it hadn't been touched for a few days , and as one of my local beats was nice to be back , first time this year . . . . . Eeeekkkkkk !!!

No rises initially, so on with a tiny , size twenty gold head PTN , and three fish in heads of pools slowly mooching upstream , ranging from.six to ten inches , the last two on a small Parachute Adam's, cracking splashy rises too !!!! Happy days . . . . The Mrs impressed with my performance ha ha !!! An impromptu picnic on the side of the Arrow , then a slow bimble back down to the truck , a steady four hours , didn't get to the weir but just a nice relax, and five Titley beauties to the net , back here soon !! A lovely morning , time to get home out of the heat and maybe a cheeky power snooze !!! Sorted !!!!

5 Trout

An enjoyable day in the idyllic Arrow valley. Feeding fish hard to find and prospecting with nymph and dries did not produce. Maybe half a dozen places on the whole beat where I saw fish rising, mostly to very spasmodic mayfly in slow glides where a stealthy approach was difficult in the bright conditions and low water. There were swarms of mayfly dancing in the wooded area above the weir at the upstream end of the beat, no doubt on account of the silty section of water there and a few fish were rising below the weir to the ones washed over it. Stayed to last light in the hope of more evening activity, which wasn't significant and three missed takes to a mayfly was day's score. Otter spraint in a couple of places and a deceased crayfish found on the river bed.