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3 trout caught and returned on a fairly cold evening (15 degrees) and overcast. Mayfly were hatching but the fish were preoccupied with the nymphs and largely ignoring dries and spent flies. river was slightly coloured and reading 1ft 2in at the gauge and falling.

A wonderful day on the Lugg. Nice beat to keep you busy for the day. Mayfly were everywhere but possibly as I'd never fished in Mayfly season or inexperience (or just the hot weather), I only managed some missed bites and the fish snapping my line. (I'm sure that one was a monster trout).
Friend had same experience with one nice trout and quite a few missed bites.
Day was saved by landing my biggest ever grayling at the end of the day (about 2 1/2 - 2 3/4 pounds)on a tiny ptn. All lots of fun on a 3 weight rod.
In short, nice beat would go back.

2 small grayling on mayfly

Very warm day. Some mayfly hatching in the morning, no fish caught.

No fish caught, no fish seen!! I didn't see a single rise all day, although plenty of fly activity.

Washed off, river too high to fish, Beautiful beat though, will be back!

Conditions similar to Lyepole yesterday. Water high and carrying colour plus a stiff north-easterly to boot. Despite this, I fell in love with this beat, particularly the lower meadow section. Fishing was hard and no trout were caught but patient searching with deep nymphs produced 8 grayling mostly in the 8-12inch range plus one corker measuring 16ins. Beautifully maintained, the lower two-thirds of this beat would be perfect for anglers who may struggle in more difficult terrain.

Stayed at The Croft B & B at Lyonshall which was excellent.
Unfortunately the river was in spate and had to use rover tckets to fish the upper Wye and Irfon.

DC no luck with the trout but a couple of small oos grayling, GC couple of small WBT and os grayling. Cold wind made casting difficult and kept fly life at bay.
Unfortunately there was a CORMORANT working part of the lower beat so an eye needs to be kept out for the black menace.
With the floods a couple of trees have ended up in the river.
The cattle in the first field are very inquisitive so watch your back cast!

Quite a cool afternoon and evening with no real hatch to speak of. Two graying caught, one only a few onces the other must have been pushing 2lbs caught above the bridge in a deep quick pool with heavy sinking hares ear. Fantastic fight. Will be back when its a bit warmer!