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Beat 4 - Kents

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Section 1

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Description:
          When you arrive at the entrance, turn down to the left & park on the left hand side of the track before it enters the fields.  Walk straight down from here alongside the hedge on your left & you will arrive at the hut.  Be very cautious here, as you are on the top of a high bank overlooking one of the best holding spots on the beat.  Try to keep back from in sight of the river to avoid frightening the fish below. A barrier is built in front of the hut to block the angler from being in the sight of the fish below.  The fishing extends to the top of the field to your right (upstream) & two fields to your left (downstream). 

          At the very top of the first field is the tail of the flat just before the river separates around Kent's Island, which is in front of you.  This is an excellent place to pick up running fish in medium to high water, as they lie up after running through the fast water along the side of the island.  Casting upstream & across with a Flying Condom is very effective here.

          As the river passes down the side of the island, it becomes fast, broken & ripply.  It is superb spinning water in medium/high water.  It is excellent for the fly in low water conditions.  Enter the water at the cattle drink just below the trees, & wade up to the head of the fast water.  A croy on the opposite bank pushes the water out into a lovely stream, broken up by a number of rocks.  The wading is easy over a gravel bottom.  Halfway between the cattle drink & the trees by the hut, the river becomes shallow, & the flow comes towards our side.  The best lie for the fly is just under the hut & close in to our bank.  Fish the section from the sill in the middle down past the hut very carefully, especially very close in to our bank.  This ripply water is also excellent for spinning in medium water.

          Just below the hut, the water becomes somewhat slower & deeper.  This is an excellent spot for all methods, including floated shrimp.  Fishing here is from the bank only, except when the water is very low.  It can then be waded, but with difficulty, as the bottom is rocky.  Fish this section very quietly & carefully, as fish lie close to our side.  Just at the tail of the island, there is a deep hole, which holds fish well, especially in low water & towards the end of the season. 

          Below this, & after the tail of the island, the current heads towards the far bank & is slower & deeper.  There is a gravel beach on our side which enables you to wade well out to fish this flat.  It fishes well with worm & floated shrimp in low water, & spinner in higher water.  As you move down the gravel beach towards the boulders, the tail of the flat speeds up, & is good gliding fly water.  At the end of the beach, towards the end of the middle field, there is a small croy on our side, which pushes the water into The Boulders.  Here the water is broken up by a number of rocks, extending right over to the far bank.  This is superb fly water, & also for spinning.  In medium/low water, you can wade with chest waders all the way down along The Boulders, & on past the boulder & gravel bank on the far side, under which is a deep gully.  In medium water, one would normally come out at the cattle drink below the trees.  Caution, as the water is deeper to the left under the trees, & in higher water you may have to come back & go out at the croy.

          The rest of the bottom field down to the bottom boundary is slower flat water especially in to our side.  It can be excellent for floated shrimp & worming, or spinning in high water.  It is a superb spot for autumn fish.