Feedback & Reports

After a morning and early afternoon on Court of Noke I decided to give this beat a go for the first time. Had 3 on Nymphs but they all got away, will be back when we have had some rain. River low and clear. Very windy and overcast with bright spells.

A few fallen trees need clearing but that seems to be a common feature on the Arrow, possibly from the storms earlier this year.

Opted for a later than usual fish today, got there at eleven, at the Whittern field pull in , and tackled up my trustee six foot , two weight rod . Nice weather conditions reading 16 in my truck and overcast, spot on !!!! Looked like d good trouting kinds day, or so I thought !!!!

Mooched down to the Hunton Bridge and river dropped back down, since I last fished here about five days ago , clear and with a reasonable flow too it !!@

Some Mayflies and olives flying around from midday, nice too see . And the trout were sporadically looking up , and prospected my sixteen Para Adam's had three nice feisty little fish on that ,nothing big today , all between seven and ten inches .

Two fish from the one deep pool in the Lyonshall Wood , good scrapers, but boy was it hard work today ,had a hunch perhaps someone had fished it earlier or sn otter had been on the prowl!!! Whatever it was fished nearly the full beat , fir the five fish ,one dropped , and one mistimed strike on the Adams , very very quiet indeed , seeing as the weather was perfect!!!! Cest la vie ,still a fun few hours ,always beats a long shift at work ha ha . . .

The Arrow could do with good flush through as the top end the algae is rotting on the river bed and rather pungent !!! Three good days heavy rain would sort it out ne thinks !!!! Five beauties to the net , and a good workout tabbing back to my truck ,cracking stuff , another day in paradise ,spot on !!!

5 Trout

All fish caught on various nymphs (holy grail, green-necked PTN, hares ears) under a big dry. Several attacks on the dry didn’t stick.

Lovely day if a bit tiring (forgot how enormous this beat is). 10 brownies to hand, widely ranging in size. Most fish from between the two bridges, then another few in the next third or so before I called it a day. Another 6 frustratingly slipped the hook and similar number of missed takes as the day went on. Bits of this beat are chocker full of trout, regularly saw pods of 5-10 fish shooting away. Wagtails, dippers, herons, kingfishers galore and even an otter (or a mink, couldn’t tell at the distance but my gut told me otter) seen sliding off across a pool. Cheers WUF.

10 Trout

Up at four again , usual.morning jobs smashed, not raining then , so mooched off to the Whittern beat , as fished well last couple of occasions there !!@
Arrived at ten to six , looking good reading 14 degrees in my truck and overcast and ominous !! Wasnt long before thf rain set in , been spoilt just lately fishing tiny dries etc etc , so nymphing it was thus morning , away baetis and caddies patterns . . .
River starting to rise from last nights deluge, I fished between the bridges pretty quickly and had good sport in the couple of hours I was there !!!!
Did see an otter top end only briefly , wondered why the top end by Titley Bridge was quiet !!! Four to the net this morning , two long range releases on the barbless hooks, must be the wet weather that makes them super slippy !!!!! Lol !!!
A fun couple of hours albeit a tad wet ,much needed rain , hope we get some more , give the river beds a good washing off !!!
Hopefully soon the Welsh Rivers will be open, these Arrow beats are getting a serious hammering !!! Its about time the Edw , Cilieni , Llynfi tc etc is ready for some fishing !!! Role on !!! Still a fun couple of hours this morning , great stuff !!!!!!!!

4 Trout

Another scorcher inbound , so up with the birds and parked up at the Whittern pull in by the corn field at half five , reading 17 in my truck then !!! Quick covert number one , then waders on and geared up for a quick session this morning . . .
Initially opting for a single tiny aqua Baetis nymph, success straight away first to head of pools , z good stamp.of brownies this morning too ,and in s tallyof nine to the net , six were really good chunky eleven yo twelve inch fish , also had three slip thf hook !!!

By half seven , some splashy rises, couldn't see what was on the menu, so opted for an eighteen Parachute Iron Blue , and good takes to that also this morning , had five more fish to the dries , all before getting to the Titley Bridge , great fun , sun starting too beam down by then to , so casting tight into the shadowy areas of the stream. Shes looking a bit low now, could do with another helping of the H2o on Friday and dont be shy either !!!! Plenty of it please !!!!

Fished a hundred yards up passed Titley Bridge , having one more fish to the Baetis nymph, then called things a day at half eight , getting hot then and think I'd had the best of the sport for the morning, great fun here as always , give the Hindwell a bash in a couple of days , looking forward too that already. . . . . . Happy days !!!!

9 Trout

Very heavy rain finally relented a bit in the late afternoon, by which time river was high, coloured, but just about fishable. During a couple of hours on the water only one rising fish spotted, alongside a bed of ranunculus out of the main flow. Taken on an Adams. Nice to be about in my Barbour jacket in flaming June.

1 Trout

I figured this morning that an early session may be beneficial with the monsoon downpours imminent , so opted for the Whittern beat , parked up at six , by the corn field, and bimbled down to the Hunton bridge , looking a bit murky with yesterday's rain, initially fishing tungsten nymphs, with success in the first few pools , feisty Arrow fish always give a good account of themselves.

Had some fun on those two glides between the bridges ,on dries , small eighteen f fly getting hammered and some really nice confident takes too it ,great fun !!!!

Perhaps it was the weather , but the trout were very savage on the dries this morning, also fished a Parachute Greenwells , lovely splashy rises to it in the faster water too !!

Only fished this morning perhaps couple of hundred yards up passed the Titley Bridge , superb fun and a hectic four hours sport , with fifteen to the net , ranging in size from six to twelve inches ,lovely job , and a few lost on the barbless hooks . . .

Seems an age since i fished the Whittern beat , forgotten how varied and fun it was , its up there with the Kington beat and Edw Cregrina as one of my favourites, spot on !!! Back here again next week , some much needed rain due in later today , happy days!!!!!

15 Trout

The half inch of rain on Friday evening hasn't made a lot of difference with the water level still very low. Humid overcast conditions,a few small olives hatching in the morning and a few Mayfly around lunch time. Fished Tenkara and size 12 killer kebari. 6 trout 8 to 12 inches.

6 Trout

Lovely stretch for wild browns, good fly hatch, very windy and showers. upper section of the beat full of fallen trees, creating some intersting casting challenges and deep pools

1 Trout

Very hot day. Plenty of fly life but little movement. My son caught a 12" trout on a mayfly.

1 Trout