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Well a nice morning , having booked the Hergest Court beat of the Arrow , neighbouring the Kington beat downstream of it , and ending at Hergest Bridge !!!! Can't really see why it's not on the Wild Streams permit seems odd but there you go !!!!!

Anyway , parked up half eight ish , in the roadside layby , and bimbled down to the start ish !!!!! Of the beat , think I started at the weir up from the very bottom one , anyway , water looked great , tied on an eighteen Parachute Adams see how it faired , and very well from the off to be honest . . . First fish , tubby little brownie of about nine inches from the weir pool , in the faster water , nice start . . . .

Lovely series of pools , riffles and glides here , spoilt for choice really with the Arrow , and I guess that's why I've never fished it , that and the fact it's twenty quid for the day !!!! But was a really fun one , lovely feisty fish , brought nine to the net today in the five hours I was there , sizes ranged from seven to eleven inches , Some superb savage takes on the dry .

Two of the fish I caught on GRHE , good strong pulls , and cracking fish , first time I've fished a nymph in donkeys , must be three months or more !!! Wildlife was busy busy here too this morning , thought I saw the Tail of an otter as it slinked away , I did wonder why that particular section of river was quiet , also plenty of activity from the kingfishers , up and down all morning , and also a dipper , Great to see . . . . .

Stones were alive with caddis and larvae , nymphs , absolutely alive with invertebrae , really good sign , thoroughly enjoyed my five hour chill out here , nine gorgeous brownies caught , and I did meet Toby , parked in the Kington beat pull in , he was just packing up , and he also had had a good mornings sport on that beat , nice chap ,and always good to exchange some views and tactics etc etc . . . . . . . . A fun five hours will be back soon , this one should be on the Wild Streams Permit . . . . Happy days !!!!! Come on WUF use your persuasive powers , it's a stream and it's wild , simples !!!!!

9 Trout

Fished the lower section from the racecourse up to below the weir. Saw a couple of fish rising in the morning, but nothing in the afternoon. Tried all sorts - black spider wet, Greenwell dry and nymphs but nothing taking. Loads of Himalayan balsam on this stretch, would need several days work to clear it.

1 fish ( Cock ) 6 lbs from the Chapel.
This fish has been in the river for some time

Great to return to this special remote place after four years, windy and wet but two hours where two good fish with the unique black dorsal fin were caught and released, taken on a nymph, fish were deep due to conditions, no rises. Would like to spend more time here but rarely in the area, just managed to get a few hours on my own from the families holiday itinerary.
Definitely track for 4WD or good ground clearance only, note no mobile signal re health and safety. As I arrived and some walkers were just parking in the gateway to the track, not sure they were used to country code!?

2 Trout

3 Trout

A couple of hrs after work. One smallish grilse from upper glangwy, another boiled at the fly and missed a third when the knot slipped after it crunched the Sunray, all on a 4" Sunray cast square and let swing in the fast water and stripped in the slower water. Saw 2 fish show in Rectory pool but couldn't interest either.

1 Salmon, 2 Trout

Plenty of water following recent rain - managed 8 at 8-13". So nothing very sizeable, although a slightly larger fish fell off a barbless hook. All to nymphs - mix of duo and Czech nymphing. I can only claim very limited competence at any sort of euro nymphing but seemed a good idea for some stretches and accounted for three, if memory serves.

8 Trout

0.632 @ Knighton on Gaugemap. Water was clear and cool - and there was a reasonable amount of it! Windy at times.
Trout were hard to find but managed 3 wonderfully marked WBT - best was 12", all caught on a dark nymph with an orange hot-spot. All returned unharmed. No interest in dries today. Maybe the wind put them off.
Used a 9' 4wt with a long tapered leader to a 5lb tippet (which was probably a tad to much - but 3 trout didn't care so hey-ho!)
Lovely wild location. I found the instructions for parking a little confusing - it makes sense when you get there though. WUF maybe re-word them? WUF service was as good as it always has been - which is spot on - thanks!

Booking Office Note: Thanks for the feedback, we'll have a look at the map and directions accordingly.

3 Trout

7 Barbel

Bright day, some cloud and intermittent breeze. On the water from 2 pm to 6 pm One tiddler - but nothing else and no significant activity. Lovely spot and on another day has the feel that there are fish to be caught.

1 Trout