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A pleasant mooch upstream this morning ... bowled up at nine and walked down the road to the first bridge of the beat .... cold and low I'd describe the Arrow at the moment !!! Masses of invertebrates under the stones ... Totally stuffed with life ....

Fishing was tricky ... fished a tiny 18 Parachute Greenwells and a 18 tan f fly ... fish rising from half ten in the two long glides... and tricky cause its only a foot maybe two along those sections .. carefull casting ... had three ditto in size all about nine or ten Inches lovely fish too ...

My last was a satisfying slurp of a take on the Parachute greenwells .... and boy did he go !!! The six foot two weight was bent double !!!eventually got him to the net superb.... best Arrow brown for ages .... a beauty , maybe 16 inches .. I rested him for a time , and awaaaaaaaaaay , nice and powerful !!!! Lovely job ...

Stealth is key here at the mo ... I spent three hours here and only went up to the second bridge ... four Arrow beauties this morning and I had a dipper and the kingfisher as company .... now thats hard to beat !!!! The Arrow Valley in Spring is a sight to behold !!!

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A fun but cool session this morning ..... lovely to be out after quite a major op two weeks ago !! Overcast and breezy when i parked up at half eight at the Whittern Bridge pull in ..... opted for old Faithfull, my six foot two weight and a tiny tungsten flashback PTN ... always works well here early season .....

Lots of new features to this beat , although as always park at the first bridge walk roadside to the second , get in and wade up about three hundred yards passed the second .... makes it easy then to bimble back down the field to my truck !! As I said ,.new features and new trees down from the violent storms .... not to awkward at the mo but summer growth may cause an issue for some ....

Fish as usual here early season hard to locate.... but eventually found the first abd second in deep water ! Surprisingly sharp aggressive hits to the nymph top !! Nice to get a bend in the rod though !! Last fish was under the second bridge I the deep water ... nice ten inch brownie ... excellent !!! No more action after that ... abd slipped out into the field before that prominent acute left upstream bend in the river ... a nice mooch back and a pleasant cuppa from the flask.... Happy days !!!! Up to Claerwen Reservoir on Thursday see if the brownies are ready to party up on the Elenydd ..... lovely job ....

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Two smaller trout taken on the nymph and one specimen fish hooked then inevitably snagged and lost on the dry! Rocketed up from a deep 5ft+ hole at the bottom of one of the longer flat pools.

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A smashing little beat but for the overgrown bushies and falling trees everywhere, with no sign of brownies or minnows anywhere, not even livestock in the fields. I don't think I'll be returning to this area, it had taken me 2 hrs to get here.

Did have intentions to head to Cregrina , but pretty knackered after some lugging and digging jobs landscaping the back garden so opted for very local, my old favourite The Whittern beat . . .

Arrived just after nine , muggy overcast and we did have a far bit of drizzle last night looking at my rain gauge at home !!! Seemed fresher in the river than thr other week ! So stuck with a tiny dry Parachute Greenwells and Iron Blue dun and had good takes on them and netted the four that made it too the net !! Three missed fish this morning too ! DOOOH !

Fished between the two bridges and a bit up passed the Titley Bridge ! Fish all between six and ten inches this morning ! Very stealthy wading required at the mo and although a few risers in the two glides !! Tricky to get at and only managed one from the first long glide !! How the season changes, go back two months and you could snaffle three or four out of each of the glides no problem!!

Still a fun morning ! Counted five squirrels I sighted and actually it's been a bumper season for them ! Hence the mass thin out regime I've been having at home down in our wood !!! .410 is on sustained fire I think !!!! Lol !!! A fun three hours on a favourite beat , back to one of the Edw beats end of the week ! Sorted . . . . .

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An overcast cool , opted for a local beat as up to the Elan Valley on Sunday chasing brownies on either Claerwen or Craig Coch! Anyway , arrived at the Whittern Bridge at eight bells, kitted up and walked down the Road to the Hunton Bridge beat start . . . .
Very low so stuck with a tiny Parachute Pheasant Tail did see a couple of rises and kept disturbance down to a minimum , but very very difficult with most of the wading level not over knee height !!!
Three fish this morning , all between eight and ten inches! Good takes on the dries and nice to be rewarded , with fishing so tricky in the the low water !! Still plenty of bullheads under the stones ! And five I lifted , produced four tubby bullies !! Lol
A fun but brief session ,.called it a day just passed the second bridge! Worked that lovely run which incidentally has a large ash bough in it oh and also a big bough down in the Bridge pool too !!! Was too big to man handle on my own !! Doooooh . . .
Three beauties this morning , so a relaxing session , Mrs A shopping in Worcester on the Sunday , so a full day up in the Elenydd !!! Lovely job!! These wild streams in need of sustenance now . . . . . H2o pleeeeeeeeeeeeease !!!!!

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Very quiet

Cool overcast and looking like a good day as I had a bimble with the pooch out at six bells ! Had some jobs to do but a few spare hours in the morning so headed for the Whittern beat ,.as its very local and an easy wade as well !!!

Looking low but clear when I parked up at half eight ,.fished a Parachute Iron Blue the whole three hours I was there this morning . Some great takes too ,.conversion rate was down this morning and trout initially winning with two on the bounce missed and lifting into nothing . . . . Oh well that's fishing hey !! Eventually contacted with a nice brownie from the first long glide !! Nice twelve inch fish too . Next two fish were ditto in size, both about ten inches ,.subtle rises too ! But the usual good scrap for Arrow fish . . . Last one was along that section before the huge log jam , nice splashy take and a surprisingly decent fish from such low water !!!

Four was my lot to the net this morning,.a lovely relaxing slow session upstream, I generally only do half this beat at a time and today also cut through into the open field after that lovely run of riffles .

I did have a mooch under stones too , rammed with caddis ,.under most of the bigger flat stones . Also plenty of bullheads which is a good sign and also two small crayfish!! Feisty little blighters !! The one was ready for a scrap!! Both slipped back in !! Plenty of invertebrates too , which no doubt keep the bullheads tubby !!!

A fun three hours , very very tricky at the mo with the water so low !! OK if you don't mind stalking risers at a snails pace with tiny dries !!! Heading out to the Elan Valley Monday . . . . Catch some big air and hopefully some brownies!!! Happy days . . . . .

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No fish seen, grey cloudy day, river still very low despite the pouring rain.

1 nice WBT approx 9 inches caught on a PA halfway up the beat above the bridge. Cloudy in the morning then the sun came out in the afternoon.

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