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Well booked the lovely Hergest Court beat again, and after a long series of shifts , was nice to get up at half four do the morning admin jobs with the pets etc etc , then bimble of to the river . Only takes about thirty minutes , so was prompt at tackling up in the lay by at ten to six . . . Happy days !!

Mooched to the start of the beat , well nearly , as the very inquisitive heifers were wanting to know why I was in their field, so did a sharp exit into the river , let them calm down , and basically enjoyed the peace for ten minutes . . . Initially starting with a tiny size twenty , goldbead hares ear ,good solid takes and by half eight , before the sun had even burned through the muggy clouds , had ten fish , ranging from five to twelve inches , lovely condition Arrow fish as always !!!!

Really good fun this morning , olives showing in numbers around ten , and Mayflies putting in an appearance around eleven , I should imagine this evening would be cracking here , with some excellent mayfly sport !!! But the five hours was enough for me today, eighteen beauties to the net , and six not quite made it !!! Slippy barbless hooks today doooooooooh !!!!

Plenty of activity from the resident dippers and king Fisher up and down the shady river channel, lovely to see . Shall give one if the wild stream beats an early morning session in a couple of days . . . . A cracking few hours , spot on !!!!!!

18 Trout

Overall an extremely nice day out at Hergest. 5 lovely brownies very much widely ranging in size, couple of larger lumps from deep riffle sections. The usual unintended early releases and missed takes alongside. Although some early rises saw a couple on dries they soon retreated under the glaring sun (I really must get up earlier) so the rest were taken on a pheasant tail nymph.

Lovely part of the World, had a nice chat with the owner of Hergest court when met on the walk back along the road, he mentioned some new fencing on the horizon. On that note I definitely agree with JA from Leominster that this beat needs some clearance work as it is difficult to cover many promising lies (as it is now it appears more as a wild stream beat). That aside, a great spot.
Thanks again

5 Trout

Well up at sparrows fart, cool mist and only eight degrees, did want to fish one of the local wild streams as a season permit holder, but all the Arrow beats of them are taking a hammering the last two weeks, so opted for the Hergest Court beat . .

Half six when I parked up at the pull in, kitted up and bimbled to the start of the beat . . . Things looked good and netted four to tiny nymphs by half seven, gorgeous brownies, nothing huge between seven and ten inches . . .

By ten, plenty of insect life on the go, hoards of Olives and the mayflies just starting to join in with the party !!!! Fish also looking up by half ten and splashy rises so on with a Para Adam's and bingo three crackers in succession, spot on !!!

Had two lumps during my visit, one of twelve inches and one of fourteen, great stamp for here ! A superb five hours mooching upstream, a lot of the time casting on my knees , as canopy is wild and could do with a serious haircut like me !!! Looking back at the reports for the beat, appears it was last done in 2015 !!! I might have been wrong but whatever the date , it's in need of one big time !!! Just a general cut back to improve pools etc etc .

That said, a lovely few hours and fourteen gorgeous Arrow brownies to the net , surprisingly none rose for the two different May's I tried!!! Still some excellent sport on the Adam's and CDC emerger, superb, forgot how good the Hergest Court beat is . . . .
Hopefully soon the Edw and Llynfi , a lovely morning , happy days !!!!

14 Trout

Well a nice morning , having booked the Hergest Court beat of the Arrow , neighbouring the Kington beat downstream of it , and ending at Hergest Bridge !!!! Can't really see why it's not on the Wild Streams permit seems odd but there you go !!!!!

Anyway , parked up half eight ish , in the roadside layby , and bimbled down to the start ish !!!!! Of the beat , think I started at the weir up from the very bottom one , anyway , water looked great , tied on an eighteen Parachute Adams see how it faired , and very well from the off to be honest . . . First fish , tubby little brownie of about nine inches from the weir pool , in the faster water , nice start . . . .

Lovely series of pools , riffles and glides here , spoilt for choice really with the Arrow , and I guess that's why I've never fished it , that and the fact it's twenty quid for the day !!!! But was a really fun one , lovely feisty fish , brought nine to the net today in the five hours I was there , sizes ranged from seven to eleven inches , Some superb savage takes on the dry .

Two of the fish I caught on GRHE , good strong pulls , and cracking fish , first time I've fished a nymph in donkeys , must be three months or more !!! Wildlife was busy busy here too this morning , thought I saw the Tail of an otter as it slinked away , I did wonder why that particular section of river was quiet , also plenty of activity from the kingfishers , up and down all morning , and also a dipper , Great to see . . . . .

Stones were alive with caddis and larvae , nymphs , absolutely alive with invertebrae , really good sign , thoroughly enjoyed my five hour chill out here , nine gorgeous brownies caught , and I did meet Toby , parked in the Kington beat pull in , he was just packing up , and he also had had a good mornings sport on that beat , nice chap ,and always good to exchange some views and tactics etc etc . . . . . . . . A fun five hours will be back soon , this one should be on the Wild Streams Permit . . . . Happy days !!!!! Come on WUF use your persuasive powers , it's a stream and it's wild , simples !!!!!

9 Trout

Sunny day with river running clear. Good to see plenty of rises, mostly gentle sips, along beat. Frustratingly only able to connect with one fish and that quickly came unstuck! Still an enjoyable afternoon in great surroundings.

Sunny day with intermittent cloud. Quite cold when the sun was hiding behind the clouds. Stuck with klinkhammer and PTN underneath for first few hours with a few takes on the nymph but nothing landed. Switched to brown parachute Adams and got 2 nice WBT. Quite savage takes. Fish 8” to 10”. Lovely brT

2 Trout

4 average size trout for this beat in very hot conditions. Apparent Otter spraint on river side rocks.

4 Trout

Made contact with 6 small fish all dropped off and escaped to freedom, dry fly kink hammer x1 Small Grey wulf x1 and 4x PTN (size 18).

River pushing through still, got lucky as I was to catch two brownies from the head of two pools.

2 Trout

The beautiful weather disguised the fact that it's still early to be fishing this beat. The Arrow was flowing strongly and carrying quite a lot of colour. I fished for a few hours without seeing any sign of fish. There was a particularly vocal and protective Welsh Black in the field designated for access to the beat near the lay-by. I had to abandon progress to the upper section when she stood in a cattle drink and wouldn't budge!