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Blank for grayling, 14 x out of season trout 7- 13 inches, Green Insect. A very cold day, especially the morning with a proper white frost. I struggled and failed to get in contact with grayling during the morning with nymphs. Changed to dry fly after seeing a few dark olives, but every rising fish turned out to be an out of season trout.

River level was up over the depth gauge and was pulling through too quickly to really give us a chance. Having driven for 90 minutes to get there and being unfamiliar with the water we felt there was no option other than to give it a go. We flogged it from dawn till dusk and had one small trout just before the end of the day. Very disappointing fishing but at least it was sunny and did not rain.

1 Trout

river rising on arrival, further upstream on the arrow must have been rain overnight. not to be put off gave it a few hours , sadly only connecting with the resident trout. a few of which were around the 18 inch mark . the grayling on this day were not having it . i now know a good height for trotting the arrow and the gauge really does need to be a fair bit lower than today.

River still up after recent downpours and fast flowing. Nice stretch of water will definitely try again.

1 Grayling

No catch because no fishing was possible. The river level was at the top of the gauge so I turned tail and went home.

Only caught 1 small perch. The water was a little shallow and we didn't see much activity. We were trotting maggots.
Gaining access to the water was hampered in the northerly direction by live electrical fencing which made getting to the river difficult. It was better in the southerly direction and there were less brambles and other vegetation blocking access to the river from the bank.

1 Other

An enjoyable day's fishing on this beautiful beat, in bright sunshine. Bites few and far between but two grayling caught on trotted maggot, one 13oz / 12", one c8ozs. My companion persevered with the top weirpool all session but had only one trout of c6ozs to show for his efforts.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

What a perfect day: warm November sun and a river in prime condition. This is a great beat to trot a maggot down but I wouldn't fancy my chances with a fly rod! I caught all day and the fish were high quality all were over half a pound and two of the WBT were over 1.5lb. It was pretty easy going: I fished 3lb line straight through on a 10ft rod and centrepin : such a lovely way to fish. Thanks to The Foundation once again for a fabulous day. Not my last visit this winter I hope. All my fish bar two were caught upstream of the bridge.

11 Trout, 9 Grayling

A good flow on the Arrow following all the recent rain, water coloured and visibility down to about 10”
Quite a lot of insect life but no sign of fish rising.
This is a very challenging beat with difficult access into the water. With steep vertical banks along most of the course, it’s certainly a beat that lends itself more to trotting for Grayling than fly fishing, Next time, I’ll change tactics! Not a very productive day’s fishing, even with some friendly advice from a local gentleman.
But did see two Goldcrests in the conifers near the bridge, which I have not seen for many a year!

Beautiful place. River was very brown. Total blank for a complete novice!