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9 x trout 6-12 inches, Monnow Gosling, mostly around 10-11 inches. A cloudy morning and I fished up as far as Lyonshall Wood, when light rain started. I walked back via Titley Junction which is becoming a sort of railway museum. Super conditioned Arrow trout - I suppose they should be fat by the end of May.

9 Trout

Trout from 6-10 inches all on dry mayflies. Water very low and fish very spooky. Great clearance at upper end of beat.

8 Trout

I tried this beat of the Arrow for a few hours in the early afternoon and what a lovely beat it is. There's so much variety in the river here, some stretches you'd think you were on a Wiltshire chalk stream. There was a steady hatch of olives and the mayfly are really starting to get going now as well. The trout were rising too, not in huge numbers but steadily. 6 trout came to the net on DHE's and Yellow Owl emergers, the first near the start of the beat a good 12".

6 Trout

Very hot and humid throughout the day with the odd upwing lifting off. 2 small trout to hand and a handful of splashy attempts were my lot for the day. Had a great conversation with one of the residents whose garden backs on to the river for ten minutes.

2 Trout

This beat was fished on Sat 13th May as part of the LAFA Wild Stream Fishing Day and a number of fish were caught.

1 x 11 inch fish on a nymph, lost 2 fish on a dry fly and missed takes and lost a few fish on nymphs. Weather bright and sunny, river low and clear. Beautifull beat, plenty of wildlife.

1 Trout

River was very low and clear so I feared the worst. I tackled up with my new bite indicator ( a blob made from yellow dear hair spun onto a number 10 dry fly hook) I suspended a gold head hares ear about three feet below it and began with a series of short casts. I was rewarded with a couple of lively fish and added another to this brace later. on reaching the end of the beat I switched to a deeper sinking black headed nymph and was soon into a sizeable fish hooked in a deep gully. It finally came to hand after several spectacular leaps and weighed in at a round pound. Well satisfied and a little surprised given the low water I returned home. I like this stretch of the Arrow as it offers a wide variety of water even when conditions are difficult. ( tie my bite blob folks it casts really well and floats forever!)

4 Trout

Fished the bottom of this beat after lunch. There were quite a lot of LDO's hatching but no rising fish. I did manage a single fish on a small beaded nymph.

1 Trout

First time here and was disappointed to find the river up, coloured and pushing through quite fast, not really fishable so almost went home without casting a line. The beat looks idilic and with the river at normal level and clear I suspect wading would be easy but being unfamiliar with the stretch and not being able to see where I was walking I was a little dubious today as I'd already showered that morning!
Made my way upstream and came to a double barbed wire fence with no way over so crossed the river but then couldn't get back down as the banks were steep and the river deep, or at least it looked it. Had a few casts in likely looking areas, lost a few flies and gave it up as a bad job. I'll give it another go on a better day.

Water very low so had to find fishable areas where there was a flow into a pool. 4 Trout around 6 inches, lost a couple of bigger ones on a small Tungsten bead nymph. Fished from the second bridge to the wooded section between 2 and 4.

4 Trout