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Beautiful stretch of river. Crystal clear water with a good flow to it. Lots of flood and storm damage, which is probably great for the fish. Cold when the sun went in and a northerly wind kick up occasionally as the day went on. Only managed to fish for three hours, so I didn't get to explore the whole beat.

No fish seen, no splashes, no nothing! And more importantly no knocks, no takes, not a single sign that the fish were interested in what I was carefully placing in front of them! It's the first time that I have blanked in a long time, but it didn't really matter, it was nice to be out and in the water in this beautiful part of the country.

Only fished for a couple of hours late afternoon. This beat is easier to wade then Hergerst beat with some nice looking pools, but although there were some mayfly about did not see any rising fish, and did not get any takes.

Normally at this time of year this beat should be boiling with trout, but this time nothing, not a rise. So after about 1 1/2 hours I moved on the the Edw were there was more activity.

2 small browns on nymphs upstream of parking spot. 2 on dries between the 2 bridges late afternoon. One about 1/2 pound on mayfly emerger. A few risers in 2 of the long smooth stretches.

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Dropped in for a quick evening session on this very peaceful beat I find and the water was chugging through very nicely here and with just a tinge of colour. Access in general and parking still good here too. Very quiet with no real fly and fish initially but some may spinner and olive spinner came out late on and a few fish moving. Had just the one to hand , a good fish and the usual Arrow loveliness. Bounced a few more off too, hey ho, and was fab to see a sizeable number of Swallows shooting up and down the river mopping up the spinners for a good while so you just have to stop and marvel at them and had a very up close and personal encounter with the Otter late on . Stuck its head out of a weedbed at the end of the rod tip.!
All just marvellous stuff!!

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Had some trout New Zealand style with the big dry and nymph . Very good beat. A few boulders at the top but sunglasses and shin pads just in case.

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Afternoon session 1 to 4pm. A couple of fish seen rising but all fish caught on nymph.

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Had some business to attend to in Hereford, so I thought on the way back to Rhayader I'd sqeeeeeeeeeeeze in a few hours on the lovely Arrow.....
Got there at half eleven , strewth it was warm ... tackled up the usual small streams outfit ...and a tiny Para Adams .... nothing doing in the faster water ... First two fish surprised me in the first long glide, tight into the side... two slow leisurely gulps of the fly.... lovely .... and gorgeous fish as always ...
Nothing big, and in fact pretty much all the same size in a tally of five ... one was perhaps five inches, the other four maybe eight..... where were the lumps ????? Ha ha its a great stretch for decent brownies here, looking at the returns .... pretty quite activity on the Arrow ..... odd ..!!Bit of sense of adventure is needed !!! Don't wait for a beat to be fished and a return entered , just get out there and give it a go.... wether it's the Cilieni , Senni, Lugg, just give it a go ....get out there !!! I do !!! Lol .....
Anyway a tricky, and to be honest , quiet couple of hours , only really did between the bridges and perhaps a tad more ...... plenty of bullheads under the stones, and two young crayfish seen too ....
Lots of himalayas Balsam.... an angler should do a display of pinks , white and creams at the Chelsea flower show...lol .... thick with it here, eight foot heigh jungle too ...aaarrggghhhh seeds popping everywhere !!!!!
Right ..... onwards to Rhayader, after another cold can of diet coke .... a pleasant wind down on an old favourite ..... Happy days .....

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just down stream of the bridge no need to go any further could almost stay in the same spot for hours , knocks ,bumps and turn overs , what a great beat

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