Feedback & Reports

Weather warm and the river quite clear. Managed 5 grayling, 12 to 14 inches, and a 10 inch trout (also caught a couple of parr and a tiny grayling, which don't really count). Fished with a purple coloured, tungsten beaded, nymph on the point and a green czech nymph on the dropper. Both flies caught fish. Unsure where the start of this beat is, even with map, as unable to see any signage. Maybe I missed it, so fished from approx two thirds of the way down the beat back to the upstream end. All fish returned.

1 Trout, 5 Grayling

We had a great day on the river with falling water. A great stretch for fly fishing with a full range pools, glides and streams. We saw a number of fish and were very well looked after.
I would thoroughly recomend a days fishing on this beat. The scenary is fantastic with kites, kingfishers seen regularily through the day.

1 Salmon, 2 Trout

Nice section of water when we managed to find it. The directions were somewhat ambiguous. Fishing was fast and furious at times and the weather was superb.

1 Trout, 11 Barbel, 3 Chub

No Salmon caught but a pike of 5lbs on a 1in copper williegun tube.

1 Pike

River was slightly coloured, and was dropping after being up this week. 9 barbel and 1 chub came from 1 swim, the other 8 barbel came from 3 separate swims. We caught on 8mm halibut pellets. Don't spend too long in a swim if it's not producing.

17 Barbel, 1 Chub

Visiting anglers Bob and Jack worked hard all day in superb conditions. Fish were showing to keep up the spirits and they were rewarded with a good 12lb hen fish at the end of the day from beat 5, fishing from the right bank.

1 Salmon

Feeling a strong urge to get on the Arrow once more before seasons end I booked knowing conditions would be tough. A low and clear river certainly made it challenging. As expected no sign of fish on the surface. Tried dry flies but to no avail. Had some success working flows into the deeper pools with weighted nymphs. Five fish in total, two of which were approaching a pound. An even larger one gave an angry, acrobatic display before shaking itself off a size 16 GRHE.

5 Trout

1 Barbel

Had a 4/5lb barbel and an eel on boillie and pellet. Good day out though busy with canoes as expected before dusk.

1 Barbel, 1 Other

We were hoping for some big grayling but they were elusive. Instead there were some trout feeding in the margins that could be caught on dries.

12 Trout, 4 Grayling