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river too high

Another hot day and with the water level dropping and nothing other than a very tentative bite in the Neck of Rectory by 10.30 am, I moved to The Mumbles for some bass fishing!

Home earlier than usual from work, so grabbed a couple of hours on the Arrow. Lovely clarity and not too overgrown....yet! Farmers working hard in the adjacent field with several tractors on the go, but the trout didn’t mind the rumblings. One wbt to nymph below the Klink. Thereafter, the remaining trout smashed the Klinkhammer....lovely! Grayling took the nymph in the pool below the bridge...a good size too. Plenty of fly life, terrestrials and hatching, with one or two mays dancing already! A worthwhile couple of hours tootling up the river....they always are though!

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

5 trout caught all on an Adams. 4 around the 10-12" mark with one larger one around 15". Many others lost. Lovely day.

5 Trout

Hot, sunny, upstream easterly and 0.26m on the Trallong guage = low and clear. Not many upwings today - was hoping to hit an Olive Upright hatch but it didn't happen. Nothing bigger than 14" / 1.5lb - these Penpont fish are chubby for sure. Large Brook Dun emerger, small black F Fly and KH, and HvK's Blackhamer caught the fish. Hard!

8 Trout

Enjoyable days fishing however barbed wire across the river in several places made it difficult to move up river

2 Trout

A beautiful day on a beautiful beat, cloudless skies and very warm, masses of fly life but mostly in spinner form, very few flies actually emerging today but I did see one Mayfly, one or two Large Brook Duns and a few other upswings and caddis but rising trout were few and far between and quite small. Nevertheless I persevered with dries and took 6 trout and missed/lost a few others too so it was a lovely day on the river.

6 Trout

A beautiful day in amazing countryside, however the fishing was tough! There was a small hatch of Olives and Mays late morning which did tempt the odd fish to the surface but overall little sign of fish.

1 Trout

This beat is very much 'pocket water' with only a few runs and pools however did manage to weedle out a fish and a few takes in surprisingly unlikely places. This must be one of the most isolated beats that WuF manage - ideal if you like solitude!

1 Trout

4 trout in the net 6-9", all on dries. Missed around 6 more, most takes on adams para. Fish were happy to strike at larger flies than I would have expected. Last fish of evening was on a 14 brown mayfly shown in pic and had a brilliant take on a purple haze size 16 in the morning. This beat is fun because the fish are basically textbook. If you drop a fly, drag free in a likely spot, there seemed to be an emphatic take. Good spot for building confidence and having fun.

4 Trout