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What a difference a little water in the river makes. Top day with easily over 50 trout on dries between us. We had 6 trout around the pound mark and my fishing partner Scott had a cracker at 1 3/4 pound. This fish had broken him off only 10 minutes prior to him hooking it again and he was able to retrieve his jingler
from first time round.

50 Trout, 2 Grayling

Didn’t hold out much hope on arrival, brilliant sunshine, 20deg and gin clear low water, a few fish seen but very skittish, plenty of hatch but lovely 8” brownie on a blue winged olive the only rise of the day, always love returning to Penpont irrespective of the catch, just a lovely place to spend the day.

1 Trout

9 Trout

An excellent stretch with a good head of fish. All were taken on dries, and were fit as fiddles. Recommended.

14 Trout

The river was low (0.28m on the Ross gauge) and hadn’t risen appreciably after the rain on Thursday (apart from carrying a slight tinge). Canoes and paddle boarders dogged the day. This was to be expected on a warm Saturday but I’ll try to get to the beat much earlier if fishing on a weekend again. There were two or three good-sized salmon in the tail of the Vanstone in the evening (once the canoes had finished), but it wasn’t possible to cover them effectively with the fly due to depth of the pool at that point. I caught one decent Shad (over a pound), but that was it. Fantastic mayfly hatch but no sign of trout.

1 Other

No fish caught, plenty of good size fish showing. Found it difficult in the conditions warm bright and still. Need to work out the best approach in the murky shallow water! Will try again lovely lake.

Well , with some good rain last night and right up to half eight in Herefordshire thought I'd venture back up to the Lugg at Litton and also fish some of the club water ..... fish happy to come up and take a dry.... started with a Para Adams in the shallower streamer water ... good success and also a tiny f fly scored well..... still low here,but very pleasant ... did perhaps half the beat ... a few missed this morning but managed to bring to the net half a dozen, ranging from six to eleven inches in size . A pleasant couple of hours .... I did see two mayflies too !!! Bonus !! There is a few additions across the Stream but its always been a wild one this ....

On the way back , couldn't resist another hour through the town stretch so waders back on six foot two weight in tow and back in the river at quarter to one ..... lots rising and some big big grayling seen too !!! Saw a dozen or so mayflies here ... what a difference a few miles makes........Anyway three savage splashy rises to my Parachute Adams and three to hand here and a few missed !!!! Great fun ...... could have done with another six hours of the wet stuff but still had some fun in a dry quite sunny morning on and off!! Back up to the Lugg again very soon ... spot on !!!

8 Trout

Access to this river is virtually impossible, with landowner fences blocking the way. Gates have been fenced over and barbed wire seems to be the favoured tool applied.
The Trout Inn in Beulah told me that access to the river there has been cut off by the landowner.

I even tried a footpath below Beulah only to find that the post has been removed and, again, barbed wire positioned across the gate.

14 Trout