Feedback & Reports

Overcast sky but reasonably bright, chilly at about 5 degrees but the wind not too bad. First visit to this beat and really enjoyed it - a great mix of runs and a lovely setting. The bottom end of the beat looked a bit more like an assault course with lots of downed trees but still plenty of fishing along this long beat.
Access pretty good, gates and paths all well maintained, although plenty of debris on the banks from the winter floods. I imagine that access would be harder in places once everything has grown back in the summer months.
Fished a team of 3 flies, 5 grayling, to about 9-10 inches.
Although no obvious hatch, there was a brief stretch around 1230-1300 when the fish started to feed at surface but short lived.

5 Grayling

River exceptionally clear. Grayling not playing but decent trout caught up to 17"

6 Trout

River low and clear and relatively hard going for the two of us. We found grayling shoaled up in deeper areas across the stretch. A few trout as well. All fish on maggot.

6 Trout, 14 Grayling

A very pleasant day on the Lugg, although I lost count of the number grayling caught.

The river was low and very clear, subsequently the fish had spread out more. This time I had to do a lot more walking to keep catching, but it was a very nice mild day and it was great to be out.

The largest grayling weighed in at 1lb 12oz, and another at 1lb 10oz that we've caught twice before (it has an obvious injury).

As for the trout they were back to around the 8-10oz mark, no idea where the larger specimens have got to.

5 Trout, 30 Grayling

Quite a pace to the water today with c.18" clarity, Showing .51 on the Byton level. Freezing, foggy start however the sun burnt through by 11am into a glorious, sunny day. All fish caught trotting maggot, primarily in the upper section. Only a couple of small ones, mostly in the 10 to 16 inch range.

1 Trout, 15 Grayling

Very pleasant days fishing, to many oos trout but all returned safely

6 Trout, 5 Grayling

River high (.77 on the Byron gauge) and running fast. Could only find one fisherble swim but had a steady mornings sport until I was joined by an Otter at lunchtime, this put an end to my days fishing but he seemed to be doing quite well!

2 Trout, 6 Grayling

.54 on the Byron gauge and 2 feet of clarity after heavy overnight rain, great fishing on a beautiful winters day, all fish caught on trotted red maggots

4 Trout, 14 Grayling

Cold, but beautiful winter's day on the Lugg. The only problem I had was my line freezing in the rod rings!

River running clear, but at a nice height.

Car thermometer registered -2 when I arrived and -1 when I left.

7 Trout, 37 Grayling

33 x grayling 9-16 inches, 3 x out of season trout 12-18 inches, trotting. A beautiful morning, frost melting under sun. The river is pretty high, but not too coloured. The suspension bridge on the right of way, which is needed here when the river is high, currently has a 21 day closure order slapped on it by the Council as considered unsafe, which it probably is. Time for some repairs!

33 Grayling