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Fished over lunchtime. River was very low, and all the pools in which I have caught fish here in past years were showing their bottom. Lots of fly life, and a few mayfly, but no rises.

Well......a rare absolutely rubbish day! Have fished this beat many times and only once before have I known it as dead as this and that was on a cold day in April! It was warm there was a constant trickle of mayfly, plenty of sedge and some olives but no fish. I tried every method known to mankind and finally winkled out a small brown trout late in the afternoon on a sparkle hares ear nymph. Frankly the river looked 'dead' all day, it was quite low and it was bright and sunny but in saying that there are plenty of shady, deeper sections of water for fish to hold in but I didn't see a single fish rise all day. It was a bit worrying!

1 Trout

What a lovely river! Had a wonderful afternoon. Sunny spells and a bit windy. Lots of insect life including mayfly. But surprisingly very little in the way of fish rising. Had one trout come up to inspect my fly but no takes. But who cares?

Beautiful beat, lot of fly life no rises. One trout 8". Moved onto Arrow Mill for an hour few mayfly no fish. Met and chatted to the owners very friendly.

1 Trout

River in great condition and running clear despite rain. Trout caught was returned.

1 Trout

Perfect conditions (water, weather, hatching fly) but almost no fish showing, even in the most tantalising of spots. A complete blank!

Day 3 of 4 day trip. After a difficult time on Whittern I moved up the Arrow a mile or so to Titley for the second half of the day. Wind settled and fish started rising (a little) about 6pm but I'm afraid I ran out of steam after what had been a difficult day.

It would seem that reading the other returns the Arrow is yet to get going - not a single fish surfaced all day, probably not helped by the overnight rain that meant the water seemed to colour up as the day went on. Out of hope rather than expectation I 'Klinked an' Dinked' my way round the beat and ended up with half a dozen small trout. Some of the pools would have suited using heavy bugs as they are waist deep with good flow.

6 Trout

Only eight degrees - so cold. No fish seen.

Cold easterly wind, but at least upstream. Two small trout lost to a subsurface GRHE pattern around midday (moral, always check after snagging that your hook hasn't straightened!). Subsequently different patterns, different depths, but nothing, and no rising fish.