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A nice autumn day on the Arrow, sunny and bright though cold in the shade. Despite the pleasant conditions the fishing was slow and I had only two bites (both landed) in the three hours I fished; both were from out of season trout of about 10", nicely coloured and in good condition. Both came to a beadhead nymph by the way.
This is a very nice beat with relatively easy wading.

One wbt 14 inches long, half a dozen or so fingerlings and probably the smallest fish I've ever caught on a fly. It wasnt much bigger than the fly! And 2 lost grayling at the net. They both looked good fish. Really lovely beat if a little difficult to access esecially the top half as theres a barbed wire fence runnuing the lenght of the river. Extreme care needed if in waders! It's a real shame this beat isn't available in the summer as this I'm sure would give cracking trout sport. Try and make it available please WandU!

A return visit to this beat, once more trotting for the grayling. A crisp sunny Autumn day, lots of sunshine and a bit windy. River at 0.35m and clear. Lots of leaves, etc, in the water made fishing the stick a tad difficult.
Brownies much in evidence in the shallower runs, so moved into the deeper glides above the bridge. Two grayling caught, best about 12 inches, one good fish lost.
Once again a great day out on a delightful river in some beautful countryside. We will be back again soon...

2 rods. 1 grayling at 2lb 4oz. Lots of trout (c.20 fish), best c.1lb.

Overcast mild misty day, Arrow at 0.32mtr. 10ft light action trotting rod and centre-pin, short float to 16 hook with 2 maggots. Caught 2 Grayling, largest a good pound and half which put its sail up for a sporting fight. Both caught in deeper glides well above bridge.
I finished angling early at 14.30 having tried various places as ratio of out of season Trout to Grayling was far to high (I caught and returned 30 plus, 3 in first 3 casts in weir pool !)
An excellent beat, perhaps a little shallow for controled trotting and plenty of barbed wire to climb over. Recommend take patches for waders. I would however definitly return if I knew the answer to limiting the number of out of season Trout! Anyone ?

1 grayling and 6 out of season brown trout.

6 grayling to 30cm.

1 small trout on maqggot - returned (only bite). River high but not too discoloured.

Firstly, many thanks to the Foundation for making this lovely beat available for trotting tactics. River back in perfect condition after recent heavy rain. Both anglers used red maggots on light (3/4BB ) stick float method.
Lot of brownies caught. Out of season, all were quickly unhooked in the water and returned. Only a couple of grayling showed, best fish about 14 inches. A very enjoyable day in some lovely surroundings. Will definitely be back to try again, once we've had a couple of frosts.

First time fishing the Arrow so wasn't sure what to expect. Sunny morning then bitterly cold rain and wind in the afternoon. The river had obviously been well up fairly recently but was fining-down as I fished. Plenty of fish, but not the monsters I've seen reported here. 4 grayling, biggest less than a pound and the other three much smaller. 8 small brown trout and a rainbow trout of about a pound. Plus, quite a few similar fish that never made it to the net. A very enjoyable day.