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2 Grayling

Turned up at the lovely Lyepole beat at about half nine , water was up a bit , only three degrees and overcast . I had checked on the Lugg cam and still a bit zippy for my liking , perhaps down three or four inches on the gauge would be spot on , anyway , French leader tactics again , see if any obliging ladies were keen this morning !!!!!

Seemed an age before I hit into my first fish , really working the water , were I could get in !!!!! Nice little fish , took the gammurus pattern , about ten inches , slipped back in . Second fish ditto in size , again took the gammurus pattern , feisty little fish , but finding them was like trying to find a haystack in a huge pile of needles !!!!!!! . . . . . . . . . . . .

Didn't get another take till after the bridge , one of the sumptuous pools , nice little fish again perhaps eight or nine inches , took the pink beaded shrimp pattern , quickly admired then slipped back in .

Last fish not far from the weir , in deep water again , same stamp as the others nine or ten inches , no big girls showing this morning , which was a shame , still that's fishing hey !!!

A noticeably large amount of otter prints in the fresh mud on some of the inside meanders , nice to see , also a fair few footprints , hopefully not our poacher friends again , perhaps a few "OP LEVIATHAN " boards displayed in various locations may be a deterrent ????? I'm sure WMP will pleased to help out . . . . .

Anyway , a fun three and a half hours , only four small ladies caught , still great fun , although as always in this valley , seems to stay cold all day in Winter . . . .back soon , good fun !

4 Grayling

25 x grayling 8-15 inches, 1 x out of season trout 13 inches, long distance trotting. Rather slow afternoon (although a few rises to large dark olives), but with the air temperature warming, grayling came on to feed hard at dusk.

25 Grayling

Sadly the beat was not accessible as road closed for resurfacing. Rang Don for advice and he let me fish Wyebank instead. Temp not above 5c all day but a nice chub hung itself on the line to make me feel better.

1 Chub

Just couldn't find the fish today but nice to be out on the river.

Was cool when i bowled up at about ten , decided that Czech nymphing tactics may be a good move , water was slightly murky but looking good , and as I walked down , a heron took off surprising me and him !!!!

Was nice using the ten foot three weight , although must admit still favour my old six foot two weight to be honest . . . . . . It's a wicked tool for slipping small nymphs and dries under the alders in these small streams in summer .

Anyway , the Fishing , two grayling were about ten inches , great scrappy fish in one of the deep pools , and I then had a lovely fish where the river bends sharply to the left as your wading upstream , it's a very very deep pool here , and had a very gentle take on the hotspot nymph but boy did he have some poke !!!! Gently brought him in on the three pound Tippett , superb fish maybe seventeen inches and possibly two pounds at a push !!

A lovely three hours sport , fairly quick mooch upstream , as bad weather was promised later on . Did only have a few spots of drizzle , looking forward to here in a couple of months , it's one of my favourite beats on the Arrow . . . . Time for home and a dash of Drambuie in a large coffee me thinks !!!!!!! Back soon , fun mornings sport .

3 Grayling

First time on Abernant and fish came from the whole length of the stretch. Largest fish was a lovely grayling of 16 or so inches and 1lb 13oz. All fish caught trotting maggots.

6 Trout, 7 Grayling

8 Grayling

Arrived at Gregg's, had a coffee, and a roll then headed down to the river which was gin clear and a great height. We fished the French leader, taking our grayling in the deep tail out. On 2 occasions Shaun and I had fish on the same time once we found them, was more than 1 there! Thanks to Richard for a great days fishing

16 Grayling

Quite a cold day with it only getting up to 4 degrees, really was expecting a few bites from chub.
By midday we had lander 6 barbel between two anglers and then after a long period of activity we managed another 2 barbel and 1 chub.
Was a great day for the time of year.
The river was 0.68 and rising when we started and 0.78 and rising at the end of the day. Possibly why the fish seemed to switch off at midday.
All fish were caught on good old faithful maggots.
A great day overall, saw a kingfisher in the morning and was so quiet all day all you could hear was the birds singing and the trickle of the river.

8 Barbel, 1 Chub