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This beat was fished on Sat 13th May as part of the LAFA Wild Stream Fishing Day and a number of fish were caught.

Difficult day with bright sun and blustery downstream wind. Lovely place. 4 trout, 4 O/O/S Grayling

4 Trout, 4 Grayling

Only a couple of trout to hand and fair few grayling. all taking 2.5mm baetis nymph on point. not really sure of the trout potential in this part of the lugg as this beat to me screams grayling. the weather was cold wet and cloudy with very limited fly on the water, just the odd ldo. will give it another go end of june when grayling season proper is in full flow and see whether there is also a good head of trout. the lugg like the monnow do take a while to wake up so this may of been the case on this cold wet spring day

2 Trout, 9 Grayling

11 Trout, 7 Grayling

grayling hard on the feed between 1pm -3.30 pm , anything put through the feeding lanes they were whacking with aggression. size all between 10- 18 inches

24 Grayling

A beautiful day with a mix of mist and sun with frost on the trees. 0°C with the water running clear but not too low, the conditions looked pretty good but I only managed to hook a couple of fingerlings on pink shrimp nymphs. I did have a rather wonderful encounter with 3 otters that slipped out from their den and plopped into the water directly in from of me, just as I had made my first cast. While it absolutely made my day I couldn't help but wander what effect the fairly significant resurgence of otters on the wye and usk river systems in general, has had on the fish stocks and would be very interested if the foundation has any relevant data.

2 Grayling

Nymphs were the order of the day on this dull, dank windless beat. The Lugg was pushing through and was clear, albeit slate blue of colour. It was a hard slog today and the first fish was hooked at 14:45 hrs, not in a deep pool but at the tail end. Up until that point there wasn't anything that resembled a tug, let alone a take. Both fish were fingerlings and we were grateful for them on a day like today. Bring on spring.

2 Grayling

Struggled today to find the bigger fish, grayling came on the the feed for one hour at 12pm- 1pm and not a touch after. Largest 3: 14-15 inches the others between 6-12 inches, all taking shrimp patterns on the point. Nothing taking beadhead on dropper.

9 Grayling

River was in great condition not rising after yesterday's rainfall and gin clear. First time grayling fishing on this beat and enjoyed it very much. A lovely piece of water holding some decent fish. Fished two jig baetis nymphs with a 1.5mm tungsten on point size 18, and a 3mm tungsten size 16 on dropper. 3 grayling 6-8 inches, 5 grayling 8-12 inches, 3 grayling 12-16 inches and the other five all between 16-19 inches. Most taking size 16 on dropper.

15 Grayling