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All small and caught on dry f-flies

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Some mayfly hatching in late afternoon. Two grayling caught and released on spider and nymph. I only saw two rising fish and caught one, a brown trout on a grey wulf. Another brown trout caught on pearl spider. All released.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

River cloured and general rain. Nothing rising. Three fish caught and another three lost. All takes on nymphs.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

It had been a few years since I last fished at Lyepole, a beautiful piece or river tucked away in a dramatic valley. The Lugg was perfect at 1ft 3ins on the gauge but the blue sky & bright sunshine probably made the fish wary. However after five hours of fishing a duo of Klinkhammer & nymph ten fish were caught, all bar one on the nymph. Expected more but a wonderful time surrounded by nature.

7 Trout, 3 Grayling

1 Trout

river up over 1 ft 6 which made for a challenging few hours.six around twelve inches with two at 17 inches

8 Grayling

A cold day which may have had an effect on the fish which were unusually scarce. Two small ones caught, one on a pink shrimp the other on a peeping caddis. Glad to get back to the car and warm up!

2 Grayling

What a difference 7 months can make! I fished this beat back in June 2017 and had my best ever day of fly fishing, with 50+ fish, and Grayling virtually throwing themselves onto my hook! This time it was a different story... zero fish... not even a sniff. I'm not sure what I was doing wrong, but the fish weren't interested in any of my attempts.

A beautiful, but very cold day, the ground stayed frozen in the shadows all the whole time. I walked all of the beat, trying out various sections that looked 'right', and places I have caught before. The river was high (around 65cm on the Lugg gauge (I know this is the Arrow), with a good strong flow to it. A nice bit of colour, but relatively clear. I tried fishing sections in deep shade, then full sunlight, and then when it became overcast. Tried various nymphs of a Klinkhammer indicator, but it was not to be my day.

River was a tad high still, and running quite cloudy. Beautiful beat, only fished for 1.5 hrs on top half. Hooked 1 OOS trout, otherwise blanked.

The river was still running a bit high but was clear and just about fishable although wading against the current was hard work. It was a good day despite an early finish due to wading boot failure! The biggest grayling took a pink shrimp and gave me a new pb. The net in the photo is 15" long. That fish and another bore signs of probable cormorant damage as can be seen in the photo. Other successful flies were a ptn and squirmy wormy ( sorry OB!).

4 Grayling, 1 Other