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Very hot day. Also many people were bathing in some of the pools. Nothing rising and nothing caught.
Many native crayfish evident.

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6 Trout

River very low, tough conditions, rose a few fish landed one.

1 Trout

Nice water but challenging- reasonable access. Not many rising fish despite abundant mayfly hatch. Lots of fallen trees - would be an easy job to clear them and more of the bank.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

First time using the passport scheme. Overall very impressed. Managed to catch a stunning brown trout of around 12’’ and 3 average-size grayling; all taken on nymph.
Good hatch in the evening, not many fish rising however. Lost a good fish on a dry fly at the larger pool in the middle of the stretch.
River looked to be in good condition, just a bit too low for ideal fishing. Will return once river levels start to rise again.
The beat also had quite a few groups of people hanging around by the river, with one group journeying down through the stretch I was fishing in a rubber dinghy. Probably not the best idea to turn up on a Saturday when there’s good weather.
Also saw quite a few kingfishers, one stopping just a few metres away from me in a tree.

WUF note : the Lugg has a public right of navigation though it is rare to find

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

Only stayed for 2 hours as I had to turn back on myself at least 4 times due to overgrown and impassable conditions.
3 x trout all on dry fly .
Be warned, if you go to this beat you will have to jump over barbed wire and climb up and down steep overgrown banks just to get around deep pools and tree obstructions.

3 Trout

Very hot day. Plenty of fly life but little movement. My son caught a 12" trout on a mayfly.

1 Trout

Dry fly used - Mayfly were in evidence but the fish were not interested, however the Wagtails had a feast!
It was a very hot, sunny day - the river was fairly low. Wading quite tricky in parts. Below the outbuildings for the main house, a fallen tree straddles the river, stopping my progress.