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River conditions were good , some mayfly early afternoon no fish caught and none seen. Fished for four hours.

Weather was fine, but only 3 rising fish spotted all day. Had one on a Mayfly, one other on something small white and scruffy. It was in a back eddy so hard to cast to. Footing quite tricky in places - take care.

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Water was quite high, desperation to fish meant we persevered regardless. Two WBT caught one on a tungsten nymph and the other to a mayfly. Beautiful countryside.

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Went along for a recce of the beat. Water quite high with nothing rising. Tried a few different nymphs without success.

Gorgeous small water beat! Lots of technical type casting but very easy wade. Fished above Titley bridge to the upstream boundary. Water was quite chilly and crystal clear. Turning a few rocks saw loads of caddis, a few stonefly and scuds galore. As the sun warmed the water, began to see quite a few caddis and mayfly buzzing about. Managed to catch 3 browns the biggest being nearly 12”.All three were caught on a Tungsten Surveyor size 16 with a 3.m bead. Would love to return to this beat with warmer weather and more normal flows.

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Well decidedly nippy this morning out with the pooch ,.knowing the Arrow was running at a good height opted for the Lyonshall beat . . . Turned up at half nine still only reading seven degrees in my truck , kitted up and mooched to the start of the beat . . .

Hard work this morning and knowing it was a long shot , the Arrow being a late starter ; had three nice fish from Kington a few days ago !! Still lovely being out though . . . .

The two fish I did have this morning were still feisty little fellows one about six inches one about nine !!I must say the water here is still very cold , no wonder the fish seemed to be pretty thin on the ground . . . I'm sure another month it'll be a different story .Both the fish were caught on a deeply fished PTN . Other than those , nowt . . . But did only go up to the start of the woods area .

Plenty of insect life present around midday,.a few olives and nice to see anemones growing just past the wooden hut , they look fabulous !! Always a pleasure being on this beat , the kingfishers go.msd up and down , and their shrill call too , super!!!

Well a nice chilled out three hours sport , I'll be back here again in May , will try the Hindwell next week I reckon, see if they've woken up there !! Spot on . . . .

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A still and quiet (very quiet) autumn day. Not a fin stirred.

Wanted to give somewhere local a bash , after a series of night shifts , so headed to the Whittern beat ,got there at two, cold northerly gusty wind and sunshine eeekkkkkk!!! Kitted up with my usual rig , opting for a single hot orange tiny tungsten nymph , hard work today to be honest , had one on the nymph , and up passed the second bridge saw a riser , and had him with an eighteen Parachute Adam's, lovely take , both fish the usual stamp for here , about eight or nine inches , and feisty little fish too !!!

The water was back to pretty low , although running nice and clear and cold too !! Several fly pasts of the kingfisher up and down the river ,great too see . . . Looks like that might be me for the small streams this season , a short season due to the obvious pandemic , but varied on these wild streams I must say , and some clonkers too !!! The Whittern beat like some of the others is getting messy , lots of boughs down , overhanging Alderson and the like !!!

Still a cracking three hours , good fun , nice to finish my wild streams sortie on the Arrow , up to a couple of the reservoirs in the Elan Valley over the next few days look forward too that , sorted!!!!

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