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A nice bright frosty morning so had a couple of hours on the Arrow. Slow going until I found a small shoal of Grayling where I caught 5 in quick succession including a nice fish of 16 inches. All the rest 8 to 10 inches and caught on a shrimp pattern.

3 Trout, 6 Grayling

Still a bit early, waiting for the cold to arrive.

Fished from 18:30 to 20:00. No sign of fish for the first hour and 25 minutes then caught 2 nice Trout of 10 and 12 inches in 2 casts in the last run. Fished Duo. 1 Trout to the dry the other on the nymph.

2 Trout

Arrow low but still a bit of flow. Fished pools where faster water was entering. Started at 7.00 and by 8.30 had 6 grayling all around 6-7". All on 18 ptn under a kinkhammer. Nothing after that although missed a few.
With reference to Court of Noke access - stick to the same bank as the car parking. After the first field the field headland along the bank has all been mown. I have hacked half a dozen access points with wading staff - did not take long. If everyone fishing spent a few minutes keeping access points open through the balsam and nettles (not just on this beat) - would be of benefit to all.

6 Grayling

A couple of hours in the evening. 2 Grayling on Klinkhammer missed several others no sign of Trout.

2 Grayling

Very overgrown in most places, stinging nettles above head height in lots of places, very hot, not a lot rising, none caught but very enjoyable wander up the river

Fished from 6pm until 8:30pm, dropping in to likely runs where the undergrowth allowed, which was helped as the grass has been cut along the margins for part of the beat. Plenty of fly life, but few fish rising. That said, I did catch 4 of the trout to the dry, with shadow mayfly or elk hair caddis dry as part of duo. All others caught on the gold head pheasant tail nymph. Slight tinge of colour and still quite low.

5 Trout, 4 Grayling

Wash out

Mayfly weren't in abundance but sporadic this evening, I guess due to the intermittent drizzle or showers. Had a surprise from the better fish which hadn't given their position up and missed more than I hooked!
Finished the last cast with a 15 inch fatty. Fishing evenings is harder when you've been up since 3.30 for work!

5 Trout

Fished from 19.00 to 21.00 with a Last chance cripple Mayfly. Not much moving until the light faded around 8 then a few fish started rising. The Trout are not really going for the Mayfly yet mostly quietly sipping rather than big splashy rises. 5 Trout from 12 to 15 inches and a couple lost.

5 Trout