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1 Brown Trout 12" Mayfly. Good fishing, though be careful of the nesting swans!

My third visit to the Arrow and, at last, my first fish on this river! A stunningly coloured brownie of around 1lb, caught on the last cast of the day using a Greenwell's Glory. Lost a smaller one earlier on and failed to connect with a fair few takes. Fished a dry fly throughout the day.
A beautiful sunny day with just clouds of sedges and the occassional mayfly for company. A memorable day, will definitely return.

Very hot and bright with only a very few flies coming off including the occassional Mayfly.

Only managed two WBT, a 9 inch and a 10inch, both were in beautiful condition and taken on a #16 para Greenwell's Glory. Enjoyed the kingfishers and Dipper.

No salmon caught but plenty of brownies, best to 14.5 " no sign of fish moving on either day, even when fished late to dusk.

We caught between us 1 Chub, 2 Grayling and 35 Trout. Most of the Trout were small, biggest trout was a 12". All fish were returned. We all had a great weekend, thanks.

One small brown trout in the heat of the day. No movement until 7 pm when had to leave...the moral is be more planful about timing!

Only one nice brown 12". Lost 4 others. GH PTN.
Very easy last minute booking - 9pm the night before !

Not fished this beat before so didn't know what to expect. So different from the Titley and Court of Noke beats, reminded me of a Welsh mountain stream in places. Started off slow I only managed a couple of smallish trout (8 and 10in) from the wooded section. Had a bit of better luck futher upstream where I managed a good fish of approx 16ins taken on a gold head PTN fish NZ style. The wife was finding things a bit difficult so went off with her camera. Went down to the bottom weir to have a look, interesting water, but you need a long handled net to land anything there!
Not as many Mayfly about compared with Titley yesterday. Managed another 2 fish of about 11 ins in the wooded section one on GB PTN and one on a black Klink. Finished day below top weir. Had another 5 fish ranging from about 10ins to 14ins. All on GB PTN. Wife managed to get photos of some of these.

All in all a good day. Total 10 trout (all to me!) 8 to 16ins all returned.

4 Trout, largest 1lb; 3 grayling, largest 1lb. All bar 1 trout taken on GRHE/PT nymphs (1 exception on golden olive klinkhammer). River still coloured from recent rain, with plenty of fly life up to 1pm.

For the record books, caught at the L&A social over Sat & Sun 24/25th May...
Titley (R26) - 7 trout best 1lb.
Hergest (B30) - 3 trout best just under 1 lb.
Mowley Wood (R27) - 51 trout, 13 x 1lb or more, best 2lb!!!---- Brilliant!!
Lyepole (B31) - 48 trout, 5 grayling, 11 x 1lb or more, best 1.5 lb-- Excellent.!!

All except 3 returned, every one with wild fish markings and in beautiful condition. Adams, Grey Wulff, Mayflies, emergers and others. Stunning fishing!