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Living the dream again , last day of a mooch around the wild streams for a bit anyway , well about a week or so !!!!!!!! So gave the Lugg at Litton a crack today , checked Byton gauge before hand , not looking toooooooo bad at 0.57 m could have done with a bit less , but we'd never go fishing if rivers these days were as up and down as they are !!!!!!

Tackled up usual outfit , had a chat with the lady from Lower Litton Farm house , and took a bimble down the valley to the start of the beat . . . . Water looking great , running a bit heigh but clear as gin , so opted for tungsten olive nymph and GRHE nymph , give them a go . . . .

Was quite some time before I had a good take , usual savage hit by the Lugg brownies , lovely colours , as always , about eight inches , slipped back in , spot on , first Lugg brownie of the season , happy days !!!

Second fish was half hour later , another deep pool , snatched at the fly , could see him turn on it in the deep clear water , again feisty fish , about ten inches , admired and slipped back in , no more takers over the four hours , saw a cheeky stoat rummaging along a hedge row , pickings looked a bit slim ,and a fat rabbit would have sorted him out for a few days !!!

Anyway , not much insect wise going on down in the Lugg valley , a few grannom seen and saw a dozen LDO's perhaps the main party will be this afternoon , had an enjoyable four hours , from nine till one , perhaps later would have been more beneficial , still a couple of fit Lugg brownies to the net was spot on , be back when these teddy bears start taking off the top !!!!!!

2 Trout

one fish caught with worm with popup.

1 Trout

Having had a ball at Litton this morning , and into the early part of the afternoon , I tpreturned home had the pooch out for a couple of hour s and decided with the weather as it was to grab an hour or two down at the Pinsley Brook , covering the WUF beat and another short private stretch . . . . .

Well it was a fun couple of hours , from half three till half five , lots of insect activity , and even a couple of splashy excitable rises , good to see , so on with a tiny PTN. Nymph for starters in two areas I know have scored before , and which is quite deep water , with the Pinsley running at a lovely height now . . . . . . .

One fish , about eight inches , and boy did he go , really fought double his size , cracking little fish , quickly admired and popped back in . The water quality here is staggering , it's just a shame the whole length of the Brook isn't given a full Brook overhaul , as it's been left unloved I feel for many years , a fun couple of hours , and nice to get one in the net from here , spot on . . . . . Home for a glass of amber nectar me thinks !!!!!!

1 Trout

Bright sun all day, river crystal clear, 11in on web cam, unpleasant downstream wind.

A glorious spring day but no sign of any fish.

Fishing really well only at certain times of day though And nice fish as well 2 lbs

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Another Springer today 19lb in the big McLean's weighnet. Arrived late 10.30 no sleep, 3rd cast beat 1 3" rubber shad, result! Fished 3 and 5 with fly big Springer showing on 3.

1 Salmon

Two hours on a lovely warm Friday afternoon was better spent on this little brook in the Forest than at work - very glad I bunked off. I've never fished these streams so early in the season but was encouraged by the warmth and reports of others. It was still a bit early for dries and almost everything came to a small PTN, but I was treated to a small trout leaping bodily out of the water to take a small olive dry about half-way down the beat.
Most of the runs in the narrower parts were full of fish and I must have had thirty or more pulls and brief struggles; while the wider (all relative, of course) sections seemed to be empty. Six trout made it into my hand, from 5-7" - I did see a couple of much nicer looking fish in the flat above the weir, but they were pretty quickly spooked.

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