Feedback & Reports

First visit since the recent storm and flood. Phew what damage !! Running with pace and 0.134M on the gauge. No grayling unfortunately, however, 3 OOS trout that hadn't read the script. Pleasant couple of hours trotting with the only signs coming from the deeper runs.

3 Trout

Took a gamble given both weather and river conditions but chub only - but still a pleasant day

6 Chub

Good to return to this scenic beat with water lowish & clear.. Just a couple of hours before wind & rain arrived & nymphed only top pool without success. Floods have made access at bottom of beat more difficult with eroded banks.

River just manageable for fishing, settled down since recent flooding. Fished for 3 hours, caught 2 x 12"Grayling tight line nymphing, both caught on point fly, a hot spot gold perdigon to get down fast. KM Hereford

2 Grayling

Quite mild for the time of year, river a shade higher than I would have liked and crystal clear. Spent the morning fishing below the bridge in the deep pools with little reward ( 1 caught and one lost) above the bridge was a bit better but still hard to find many fish, grayling between 10 and 17" (2 more lost ? ) and trout 11". All fish on nymphs euro fished or indicator .

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

Blanked, although I wanted tof sh spiders and wets and prob werent the conditions for it.

First time fishing the beat. Access good, but wading very tricky with boulders and bedrock, and wouldn't go anywhere near it in coloured water.

2 Chub

Slow start, but soon picked up, 3 fished. Dan leader and kieth cadogan 15 grayling mostly on Squirmy worms.

15 Grayling

River at winter height (0.69m at Byton). Good day fishing using trotting maggots method. Biggest Grayling about 1.5lbs.

4 Trout, 10 Grayling

Wasn't sure what to expect as I've not seen the Arrow in winter, 0.44 on the gauge and bombing through. A lot of the pools were boiling up and difficult to fish, trotting maggot today. Made the mistake of using my 12ft with centre pin and no line guard, lesson learnt on a small stream with a blustery downstream wind. Searched all the runs I could, the fish were difficult to find and spread out today. I was rewarded in the end by 2 lovely grayling, one about 1lb, the other 1.5lb. I also had 4 OOS trout.

Access was pretty good after the floods had flattened out the bankside growth, tried to stay out of the water as much as I could, disinfected my waders and net before and after. I think I prefer this beat in the trout season, judging by previous catch returns lately appears to be more trout than grayling although if you do get one it's a decent size. Look forward to this one again in the spring.

2 Grayling