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8 x trout 6-14 inches, Parachute Adams. Another warm and cloudy day, prospecting with the dry fly. However, unlike Titley yesterday, those trout which were prepared to rise today were in the deep pools, not in the runs. Best two fish were 13 and 14 inches, fat and fit, which are nice ones for the Arrow. Sadly the gate to that nice little parking place in the field has been broken up.

8 Trout

Only had four hours to wet a line on the lovely Court of Noke beat , again warm when I turned up at eight , although not as hot as a few days ago . . . . Only about 23 positively cold !!!!

Did rig up the six foot two weight with a small Parachute Adams , but no real interest to be honest , and after a couple of pools and likely runs , went for a single tungsten pan which seemed to be more favourable and picked up a fish quickly prospecting the little nymph in likely trouts places !!!

One fish was on for a while and gave me a right run around , good strong fish , must have been fifteen inches , he did clear the water twice , half way up the beat in that deep pool that meanders to the left , absolute cracker , but with the barbless hook was off after a twenty second tussle , oh well nice little scrap though . . . .

All the fish today were very healthy and the usual Arrow stamp between five and twelve inches , was nice just mooching upstream slowly , I did not go right up to the start of the beat , three quarters perhaps . I did , on two occasions swap the nymph for a dry CDC , but couldn't get any interest , which was a shame . . So back on with the nymph to cover the last two hundred yards , were I picked up another two fish both again tubby and displaying the lovely Arrow colouration , a fun three and a half hours sport , five beauties caught and released , water clarity is absolutely clear as gin , and again like the Kington beat very very low , roll on a bit of rain . . .
May possibly have some this week , and thunderstorms so they say , that will be a blessing , back soon to this varied fun beat , happy days . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 Trout

A quick visit late evening fished from 20:30 to 21:30. Nothing much moving until it started to get dark. 4 fish caught from the same riffle just below the bridge I lost my fly to the last one so packed up.

All caught on size 18 para Adams.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

Bowled up at The Court of Noke beat at elevenish , only had three hours tops as had a pressing garden project to crack on with on a few days off !!!!!

Weather was intermittent sun , a steady annoying downstream breeze , and occasional cloud , there were a few smaller fish rising at the tails of pools in the bottom end of the beat so opted for my usual eighteen parachute Adams , seemed to be a good choice , had a little cracker , admired and released back into the clear low water of the Arrow . . . . . Which incidentally is running a tad low , but very very clear at the mo !!!!!

I did have several other rises to the Adams , but seemed like they were coming short of it , as didn't have a contact on four occasions ! I swapped to a rusty klinkhammer see if that resulted in hooks ups , and was rewarded with another , about eight inches , and lovely colours as always with these Arrow brownies .

Did see an otter half way up the beat , and left the following pools alone , as initially it was making quite a disturbance , as I sat in the bank side vegetation rolling a tab !!

I had the last fish just short of the bridge pool , great condition , about ten inches . The walk down to the water in places here is now a struggle , as nettles and balsam are now five to six feet in places , hard go, none the less great to see an otter , a quick session on this cracking little beat , and fun to be out as always on the river . . . . . . . A few relaxing hours , three little gems caught , happy days !!!!

3 Trout

Arrived to find a river which has felt the effects of the deluge last week. Fishable but clarity not great. Plenty of fly life with mayfly in swarms towards end of session but not a fish seen rising. Maybe they were on the nymph or maybe the lack of clarity. However, I was determined to stick with the dry shadow mayfly and drew up all 5 fish from likely runs. Missed a few too! Lovely couple of hours in beautiful weather and stunning surroundings.

5 Trout

My first visit to this lovely beat on a grey and rather wet morning. I spent much of my time walking to the beginning of the beat and clambering up and down banks! Just above the bottom weir I caught a 9" Brownie on a tungsten PTN. The bottom half of the beat is fairly overgrown and might be easier to fish in chest waders? Next time I shall cross the bridge and try the top half of the beat from the opposite bank which looks more approachable.

1 Trout

Well another glorious day , turned up at Court of Noke beat at eleven , bright sun , slight breeze , looked difficult conditions , so tackled up with two tiny size eighteen tungsten nymphs .
As I walked down to the start of the beat downstream , I did stop now and agiain just to see if any rises were obvious . It looked pretty quiet to be honest !!!!,
Starting at some of the runs that have produced before , had one small feisty brownie , about six inches , as always , lovely colours , and quickly released . Same pool , at the head , and ditto another cracking little fish again six or seven inches , admired then released .
I did not see a mayfly till about two ish , and then they were thin on the ground , Think I saw four in total !!!! Things will hot up no doubt very soon . I did see one splashy aggressive rise , in the bridge pool , possibly a good fish , hope he's there next week !!!!!
The other four fish were from prospecting the usual likely locations . Great fun on the two weight rod , and sizes from six to ten inches . No rises seen during my four hour session here , although I'm sure the next two weeks , the bonanza will begin !!!!!
Another lovely few hours on this beat , six lovely brownies caught and released , nothing big but still lovely to be out in our glorious Herefordshire country side , shall be back here on evening sessions over the next two weeks . . . . . . . .

6 Trout

Evening session,fishing from 6-8pm. Expecting lots of fly life and I wasn’t disappointed, with plenty about, but absolutely no fish rising at all. Persevered with the dry and pulled one Grayling around 10inches from a run. Nice to be out anyway.

1 Grayling

Well bowled up at about half ten , gorgeous day , plenty of insect life walking up to the top of the beat . Been a while since I've done this one , and was nice to tackle up initially with my tiny tungsten nymphs , see how things go !!!!!

As I worked the first small pools , a few rises started to appear , so ringed the changes , and opted for duo , a rusty Klinkhammer as my dry and a small tungsten PTN as my dink !! One cracking rise kept appearing close to a large willow , well under the shade , so cast as close as I dare to the tree branches , and he hammered the dry as soon as it settled on the water , and a great run around on the two weight rod as well . . . . Gorgeous Arrow brownie , quickly admired then released , must have been thirteen inches , and tubby too !

Again , wading slowly upstream , I targeted another splashy rise , and positioned myself , to alight the dry as covertly as I could . Another good take on the klinkhammer , and another beautifully marked brownie .

Rises seemed to Slow down about midday , as it was touching 22 degrees , and switched to two size eighteen nymphs , prospecting likely trouty places . . . . . Two more followed , both about five or six inches , but still fun to catch on my old six foot two weight . . . . . .

The last fish was not far from the bridge , the top end of the beat , and I was being angrily watched by a lone swan , that didn't seemed at all impressed that I was on his turf !!!!!!!

Was a really fun four hours , the river is absolutely alive at the moment , and running at the perfect height . I'm sure the nettles will be even heighter in a month , but I did try and swathe down a section of the walk way to try and make things easier for others . Some Himalayan balsam starting to show in the usual areas , dam stuff !!!!

Well hopefully in two or three weeks the mayfly madness will start , and this beat is a cracker , looking forward to it , happy days . . . . . . . .

5 Trout

Water level was lower than last time with much better clarity. Fished from 5 - 7:30pm. 2 Grayling to nymph duo. Not much fly life and only one fish seen rising.

2 Grayling