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A tough but enjoyable day. River gin clear and low. Fished both euronymph and indicator for 8 grayling. Deeper pools being the most productive

8 Grayling

My first time fishing Lyepole and I wasn't disappointed. A lovely venue, beautiful river and stunning surroundings. The hills protected me from the biting Northerly and it was pleasant all day. The river was very low and crystal clear so all the Grayling were shoaled up in the deeper pools above and below the bridge. I caught consistently through the day mainly on trotted bluebottle emergers but as I had taken my Nymphing rod I gave it a go after lunch and had a few smaller Grayling Czech Nymphing. I ended up with 23 Grayling from ounces to a pound plus averaging around the 12 ounce mark. The only company I had all day were the Dippers and Robins, just perfect.

1 Trout, 23 Grayling

Brilliant day, 9 grayling to the net all in the space of 2 hours then the bite went off. Estimated between 500g and 1.8lb. Fished a total of 5 hours. River is beautiful, fantastic scenery and great fun even with no wading permitted there are some swims fishable from the bank. Method was mostly euronymphing they went for a self invented and tied nymph pattern with one fish caught on klink and dink PTN nymph.

1 Trout, 9 Grayling

5 x grayling 9-14 inches, 5 x out of season trout 9-13 inches, trotting.

5 Grayling

River quite low and running clear, grayling caught (largest 10") on most of the beat along with a few OS WBT (largest 12") n superb condition - trotting maggot. Great day fishing

5 Trout, 17 Grayling

Invited by my old friend Dave Manning to try a day trotting for grayling. I hadn't tried the method for over 15 years but had recently picked up an old Bruce and Walker 12 ft float rod for a song on ebay so was keen to try it out. Most enjoyable day on the picturesque Lypole beat with the water at a lovely height and colour. Dave managed 16 grayling and 7 oos trout, with 14 grayling and 6 trout for me, trotting maggots. Grayling full spectrum size, from a 4" fingerling to about 1.5lbs. Great day. Will return with a fly rod in the trout season.

13 Trout, 30 Grayling

River very low for winter and very clear, no fish today !

17 x grayling 8-14 inches, 7 x out of season trout 9-12 inches, trotting. Water still quite high and turbulent.

17 Grayling

River was still retreating after the floods .
Other was a minnow. Three trout about 8 inches. The Grayling were up to about 10 inches all trotting.A cormorant watched on for a while before flying downstream.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling, 1 Other

Cold rainy day, river very swollen but still managed a few bites and fights but only 1 grayling landed.

1 Grayling