Feedback & Reports

Had some business to attend to in Hereford, so I thought on the way back to Rhayader I'd sqeeeeeeeeeeeze in a few hours on the lovely Arrow.....
Got there at half eleven , strewth it was warm ... tackled up the usual small streams outfit ...and a tiny Para Adams .... nothing doing in the faster water ... First two fish surprised me in the first long glide, tight into the side... two slow leisurely gulps of the fly.... lovely .... and gorgeous fish as always ...
Nothing big, and in fact pretty much all the same size in a tally of five ... one was perhaps five inches, the other four maybe eight..... where were the lumps ????? Ha ha its a great stretch for decent brownies here, looking at the returns .... pretty quite activity on the Arrow ..... odd ..!!Bit of sense of adventure is needed !!! Don't wait for a beat to be fished and a return entered , just get out there and give it a go.... wether it's the Cilieni , Senni, Lugg, just give it a go ....get out there !!! I do !!! Lol .....
Anyway a tricky, and to be honest , quiet couple of hours , only really did between the bridges and perhaps a tad more ...... plenty of bullheads under the stones, and two young crayfish seen too ....
Lots of himalayas Balsam.... an angler should do a display of pinks , white and creams at the Chelsea flower show...lol .... thick with it here, eight foot heigh jungle too ...aaarrggghhhh seeds popping everywhere !!!!!
Right ..... onwards to Rhayader, after another cold can of diet coke .... a pleasant wind down on an old favourite ..... Happy days .....

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just down stream of the bridge no need to go any further could almost stay in the same spot for hours , knocks ,bumps and turn overs , what a great beat

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this is one of the best beats i have fished , catch count does not do this beat justice

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Skinny water , three fish seen (spooked) , no fish rising, fallen trees very difficult to get past for this 69 Yr old, one good wbt about 12" had to resort to squirmy wormy though!

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A guided day for a very pleasant chap who was from Herefordshire ... plumbed for an old favourite as the gent wanted to be shown the ropes on a wild stream, and was totally new to the whole experience of the confines of the stream, reading the water, where the trout are likely to be positioned in the river etc etc etc .... he took it all on board very well to be fair........
The Arrow was as blissful as ever and good to see still sitting at a reasonable height considering we've has no rain fir quite some time now !!! Cooler today, when I parked up at nine by the Whittern bridge it was reading 10 degrees in my truck !!
Olives and mayfly really got going at about half twoish ... My client did present his dry fly offerings very well and was rewarded with a few plump feisty Arrow fish ..... those markings are incredible !! Stunning as always, fish today ranging from eight to eleven inches . As mentioned before by previous reports some very professional tree work has been done ..... can that same team do up at the Kington beat of the Arrow....... I can almost hear her saying ...... don't forget me !!!!!! Tis a cracking job that's been done and no brash or branches left behind at all .... good to see .... healthy for the stream I'd say as there are young ones left behind , they'll soon offer a canopy.... the opposite bank is still the same so its just about perfect now !!! Must admit didn't see too many risers , but the ones that did come up were fun for my client .... all in all a really pleasant few hours and a gent that's well and truly hooked ..... what could be better ! Off to The Ponderosa and a well earned bottle of Old Speckled Hen I think, cheers folks !!

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Fished p.m. & evening. Chat with friendly farmer checking his sheep, which he said were fond of the himalayan balsam on the banks! Plenty of fly life with a good fall of spinners in the evening, but little visible activity from fish. Only contact was a long range release late in the day of one of the few rising trout seen. Many substantial trees have been felled along the section above the upper bridge, where I came across a dead buzzard and a dead white-clawed crayfish.

River low, a few mayflies but very little fish activity. Sunnier than forecast. Good access.

Missed a couple of fish which I might have taken. However, the river still a little too high for most access
Not sure whether the tree clearing is a good or bad thing, time will tell

1 great fish for the river ~10 inches, two smaller. Nymphs through the slower pools. Great to see some bank maintenance in the middle section.

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