Feedback & Reports

We last fished this stretch almost 20 years ago so it was nice to make a return.
Vehicle access is slightly different to what is illustrated on the map, but clearly defined so no chance of going wrong.

Unfortunately, the barbel didn't want to know. I had one small chub on the float early on and another around 3lb on the feeder later, while my fishing partner didn't have a sniff.

Still a very pleasant evening in lovely surroundings, but this is a stretch I won't return to until this abysmal weather breaks and we get more water.

2 Chub

Ongoing heat wave, one brown trout at about 8”, the other three at about 4”, caught trying to fish spiders across and down.

4 Trout

All fish were caught in the evening through to dusk on a variety of baits.

13 Barbel, 30 Chub

Roasting hot and with the river being very low blanked, we bought a ticket to the elevated river gardens opposite to get a better vantage over the beat and saw a shoal of chub at the end of the bend, tried for them when we got back to the swim but to no avail. Stunning setting none the less. Thanks WUF

3 Trout

3 Trout

Started at 06:00 in the woods with 4 small chub in the first hour, they everything stopped. I change from pellets to meat brought one bite and an eel! Decided to pack-up at 11:00 and go watch the football. The river was very low.
Returned at 19:00 and immediately started catching chub. Had 6 in the first hour, then the barbell eventually started to feed. Between 20:00 and 22:00, I had 7 barbel and a couple more chub, all on pellet.

7 Barbel, 15 Chub, 1 Other

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Was nice bowling up at one of my favourite wild stream beats . . . . Arrived at bang on midday , with the temperature reading 29 in the truck and the River Arrow looking very very low and as clear as gin !!!!!
Initially I tied on an eighteen parachute Adams, as in some of the small pools there were rises despite the baking hot sun I caught my first feisty Arrow brownie after ten minutes of tackling up , a great start !!!
I chopped and changed between the Adams dry , and a tiny GRHE nymph , as some pools were slow and a bit lifeless to say the least , although second fish , same stamp as the first about seven or eight inches nailed the nymph , lovely colours as always , and in great condition considering the conditions . . . . . .
Further up stream the water levels in places were just a trickle through the rocks , and sitting down in the river bed scanning the next pool seemed to be a good tactic , as my next fish was rising under an alder tree , so on with the Adams and a carefully cast , had him on , ditto in size . .
Half way up the beat , I nearly bumped into a young buzzard , sitting on a rock mid stream , appeared exhausted with the heat , no injuries , so left him be , an impressive bird too !!!!
Last brownie again on the Adams , splashy take and feisty run around at the top pool , just down from the weir , which incidentally has no flow over it what so ever !!!,
All in all a really fun three hours sport and was just the place too be in the cool of the shade in the Arrow valley , four little crackers caught and released , a pleasant wind down in this sticky heat , back soon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 Trout