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Water low and clear, little fly activity and nothing rising except 3 large trout under the Titley Bridge who treated my offerings with visible disdain. Other than this no fish were evident. The river is a lovely set of pools & riffles, enough LWD to satisfy the most extreme WWT member with plenty of gravel & easy wading. Unfortunately there is also a lot of filamentous algae which indicates a heavy pollution load either agricultural or more probably sewage.
As we have the same problem here, I went up to the Hergest beat to have a look and where there is clean water and almost no algal growth in spite of the cattle having some access to the river; a striking contrast and the finger pointing at Kington sewage works. A water company releasing untreated sewage? Surely not!

Well its gotta be a fishing day on a Friday !! Cut all the hedges last night so was well in credit for fishing time lol !!!! Opted for the Whittern beat again , overcast but warm when I bowled up at nine , a nice day and again opted for only a tiny Parachure iron blue , did the business again , oh and I also had two in the glides on an eighteen f fly !! Lovely solid takes!!

River is freshened up, but the rain wasn't enough to effect levels ,.looked last night Titley gauge back down to.17 !!! But water was clear as gin and running running nicely to be honest . .

Seven to the net during my four hour session ,.and I did do some of the Lyonshall wood section too!! Otter prints in the mud for a good way up passed second Bridge !! Tarka been busy it seems !! Two of my fish were crackers one maybe twelve inches another eleven.ish !!! The others between eight and ten !Still lovely fat Arrow beauties . . .

Kingfishers busy all morning , and i think I counted seven sightings of grey squirrels!! Gggrrrrrrrrr !!!Anyway as always a fun four hours sport , will squeeeeeeeeeze the Edw in next week in between work !! A bit more rain would be good next week too !! Off home and a nice cold cider me thinks !! Ahhhhhh . . . Well earned !!!

7 Trout

Well has a wee window this morning so opted for a fairly local beat , the Whittern beat of the Arrow !! Overcast and dull when I parked up at ten to nine ,.positively late for me !!! A tinge in the river from the last fee days of on snd off rain , and the river slightly freshened up,.lovely job !!!

Fish looking up from the off to be honest !! And second pool head , a lovely satisfying splashy take. . . Spot on nice start !! And it went like that all the way up to the second bridge !! Had some fun in the glides too , careful casting to risers as water is only a foot deep in places !! Lovely slurping takes too , and the fish go.mad in shallow water !!!! Cracking !!!

Had three thus morning in a tally of eight to net that were really good Fish, probably between twelve and thirteen inches , absolute crackers too !!

I stayed on a sixteen Patachute Iron Blue thf whole time I was there !! And didn't even.loose that fly !! In fact the same one has served me well on the Kington beat and Llynfi Dulas . . . . Lol !!!

Anyway , a really pleasant three hours only went a bit passed the second bridge in the lovely riffley water !! Always a banker of a good take by one or two brownies along that stretch ,.and it didn't disappoint this morning either !! Back here soon , haven't fished this one much this season , may give it an early bash later in the week , lovely job !!!

8 Trout

Quiet in the morning. No fish at all on the surface. Very few showing during the afternoon but took 5 on a minnow gosling in sensible fishy looking spots (credit to Oliver Burch for that fly).

5 Trout

Fished for 3 hours after 2.30pm. Overcast and mild . No fish rising so tried traditional wet flies. No success probably down to operator error!

My first time on this beautiful beat. Water level a bit low and clear as gin. Hardly any flies coming off and therefore no rising trout. Fishes the deeper parts with klink and nymph. Both trout caught on the nymph. My day was made by a Kingfisher who stayed quite close to me for a while - clearly he was not too keen on the competition.

2 Trout

Fished in the morning from 9am till 1pm. Tried the upper part of the beat up along the wood. One nice WBT approx 10” on a large dry sedge safely returned and a couple of takes missed.

1 Trout

Fished for a couple of hours from 3pm. A few fish rising and tried para adams without success.

Fist two flies on Mayfly, but still not the size of hatch we should be having

2 Trout

Went along in the evening to see if there was a rise. Warm, overcast with a little rain. Loads of flies of every type but surprisingly little activity. Tried prospecting with parachute adams and french partridge mayfly but blanked.