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Fished from midday till 6. Water low and clear. A few mayfly about as well as some other trout-meal-sized flies. Parked down at the bottom of the beat and fished up.
Had both fish before getting to the weir. Both fat 8”. There is lots of trout-y looking water below the weir but not so much above it. Saw plenty of fish rise but they melted away when I got close.
Got as far as the road bridge and gave up after nothing spotted moving for a while. With a proper hatch I bet this place would be great fun! Thanks

2 Trout

Another superb session on the Kington beat , fished from eleven till just gone three , not as sunny today , a tad cooler , at about thirteen degrees and stacks of insect life about when I turned up , it was pure perfection , and in the first pool head , a splashy rise , ahhhhhhhhhh bliss !!!!!!!

Fished from the bridge , and initially fished a rusty Para Adams , great fun , and missed the first two takes , but soon honed in , and brought the first eight inch fish to hand , spot on , it went like that right up to the weir , when I had a chill out , and by then had brought ten to hand , lovely fish , all off the top on dries , ranging from seven to twelve inches , lovely colouration as always with these Arrow fish . . . . . .

I did venture on the beat above the weir , and in areas it's pretty blocked with wood , and tree debris , but Danica had put in an appearance and takes were very aggressive on the Para Adams , and at the head of a lovely pool , had two clinkers from the same pool , spot on , both about thirteen inches , and put a serious bend in my little six foot two weight rod . . . . Brilliant , and great to see mayflies dancing around , an absolutely fabulous four hours sport , with fourteen brownies caught , and several mistimed strikes , sport couldn't be better , a memorable day , spot on !!!!!!!!!!!

14 Trout

Decided having not done this beat for a while , to give it a bash , and it turned out being a good call , was sunny with intermittent clouds and about seventeen degrees when I bowled up at one , plenty of insect life about , including quite a few mayflies . . . . .

The Arrow brownies were definitely looking up , and had feisty fish in the runs and heads of deep pools , all on a small Parachute Adams , and also had four on a rusty Adams , splashy takes and boy did some of the fish put up a scrap on the two weight rod , great fun !!!! Had a couple that were in the twelve inch range , but most were between five and seven inches , all with the usual pretty Arrow markings . . . . . .

Only went up to the weir , would have been nice to carry on up the beat , but having caught twelve lovely brownies to hand , all on the dries , was enough sport for the day , and called it a day at half four , finishing off with a feisty little seven inch fish , from out of the weir pool , spot on !!!!!

Lovely few hours , shall do the full beat next time , as it's a cracker , and twelve gorgeous brownies to hand , and three lost at long range made it a fun , hectic afternoon , great fun , back very soon , probably early next week , in between shifts . . . . . . . Happy days !!!!!!!!!!

12 Trout

A bright sunny day with little wind, water conditions low and clear.
Started off on the dry and had one brownie immediately, however after two hours I only managed to rise one more fish which I missed.
Switched to the reliable GHRE and managed to get a few more, nothing above six inches.
Saw quite a few fish, mostly swimming away from my clumsy approach.

5 Trout

Game of 2 halves. I have to assume Kington club maintains the first half of the beat. Going was certainly easier and there were fish. Maybe the two 10" plump fish I caught were stockies? Top half of beat was not good and needs a visit from the clearing team.

2 Trout

Was nice bowling up at one of my favourite wild stream beats . . . . Arrived at bang on midday , with the temperature reading 29 in the truck and the River Arrow looking very very low and as clear as gin !!!!!
Initially I tied on an eighteen parachute Adams, as in some of the small pools there were rises despite the baking hot sun I caught my first feisty Arrow brownie after ten minutes of tackling up , a great start !!!
I chopped and changed between the Adams dry , and a tiny GRHE nymph , as some pools were slow and a bit lifeless to say the least , although second fish , same stamp as the first about seven or eight inches nailed the nymph , lovely colours as always , and in great condition considering the conditions . . . . . .
Further up stream the water levels in places were just a trickle through the rocks , and sitting down in the river bed scanning the next pool seemed to be a good tactic , as my next fish was rising under an alder tree , so on with the Adams and a carefully cast , had him on , ditto in size . .
Half way up the beat , I nearly bumped into a young buzzard , sitting on a rock mid stream , appeared exhausted with the heat , no injuries , so left him be , an impressive bird too !!!!
Last brownie again on the Adams , splashy take and feisty run around at the top pool , just down from the weir , which incidentally has no flow over it what so ever !!!,
All in all a really fun three hours sport and was just the place too be in the cool of the shade in the Arrow valley , four little crackers caught and released , a pleasant wind down in this sticky heat , back soon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 Trout

My first time on this beat with temperatures high and water levels low. I fished from 11.00 to 4.00 and saw little sign of fish or fly activity. An early combination of Parachute Adams and DRHE nymph yielded a spirited 10" Brownie; but then I spotted the occasional Mayfly and changed to a Yellow Humpy. Whether I missed a small Brownie or whether it missed me is a moot point but I saw no more action.
It's not a good idea to try text the river at the Weir. You end up with nowhere to go unless you climb fences as the Turkey Farm is paranoid - probably rightly - about people bringing in infection.

1 Trout

Was nice to give the Kington beat a bash today , water looked at a lovely height when I tackled up at ten , initially rigged up with a size eighteen tungsten flashback ptn. No obvious rises at the start of the beat , and the first pool after creeping under the bridge produced nothing , which is unusual , as I've had a brownie out of there on the last few visits . . . . .

The first brownie only stayed on for a while , felt like a decent fish , the next did stay , quickly admired then released . The colours of the Arrow trout are always a delight !!!!

Around elevenish some splashy rises started to show , no obvious fly life that I could see they were after , and only a few mayflies showing sporadically , so opted for an eighteen parachute Adams , seemed to do the trick , and had some great fun , only small fish at the heads of pools hitting the dry fly !!!

One decent brownie of about ten inches , but the others were all between six and eight inches , cracking condition , and tubby after feeding well probably on a mix of upwings and caddies. The bed of the river is alive with caddis , and insect life is varied around the river , saw stone flies , few mays and a variety of other upwings . . . . .

Was a nice four hours sport , five Caught and released and several long and short range releases !!!!, Shall give one of the other Arrow beats a crack in a few days , great fun as always . . . . . . . .

5 Trout

Fished the upper section,trout were rising well to my d.h. emerger, caught 11 up to 11" but missed and lost just as many. Nice stretch of river above bridge.

11 Trout

After seeing the previous report and being desperate to catch anything I decided to take the day off and go to Kington.
The day was mostly overcast with the occasional breeze. All of the fish came on nymphs, either GRHE or PTN's, with fast water being the most productive. The size of the fish varied from 4 - 10 inches.
The beat itself is varied with plenty of riffles and pools to have a go at, casting can be challenging due to the amount of trees.
Overall a good day out, and so nice to finally catch a fish after two blanks this year!

8 Trout