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A good days fishing on the lyepole beat, river at a good height and running fairly clear. Fish were difficult to find though and most of the deep pools on the bends were visited through the day with tungston bead patterns and we were surprised that we did not catch more fish but did enjoy a great day on this lovely little river. 4 grayling & 1 osbt

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

I fished as a guest of the owner of the stretch. The fishing was hard with a lot of search fishing. We covered a lot of water trying to find a pod of grayling. There was a lot of salmon parr, there were also two large salmon going around on the surface in one of the pools, a lovely sight to watch.

3 Grayling, 8 Other

No fish to report.

No fish to report. River carrying some colour from earlier rise. A very pleasant day on the river however.

8 Barbel 3 Chub on pellet. All fish caught in the morning.

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

Lot of water on the beat compared to my past visit. Fished the morning in the weir section but with no joy. Mid day moved up to a likelier series of bends and managed 6 grayling and 1 out of season brown trout. Largest of the grayling was pushing 2 lb. All fish were caught on ceramic nymphs and fished either czech or French. For a bit more regarding info with pics please see my blog at www.thetreetrout.co.uk

1 Trout, 6 Grayling

Using feeder with pellet managed one chub around 1lbs would of liked to have had a bit more water. Lots of rowing vessels up until midday.

1 Chub

1 x grayling 6 inches. This turned out to be a miscalculation on my part. I booked the previous evening with the Eyton gauge showing 1ft 3ins, which I regard as about the upper limit for the Lugg. However, I didn't check again in the morning and when I arrived I found the river now up to 1ft 6 inches and strongly coloured - a sort of grey-brown instead of the usual grey-green and less than 6 inches visibility. I guess overnight rain in Radnorshire must have been to blame. Not a wash-off exactly and I tried some of the easier places for about 3 hours, but did no good except for one baby grayling. I gave it up at lunchtime. I am sure it will go back to fishing as well as usual once the colour clears up in a day or two.

1 Grayling

Pink and weighted pink fished deep under indicator. Mostly small but best 14 inches. Large number of missed takes and besides 6 caught and released at least another 6 were released early. Hooked something about 5lb on a pink shrimp in top of Armies pool which was silver and went towards the sea at great speed. My 3 lb tip did not last long. I wonder what it was, large trout or a late run grilse???

6 Grayling

A tough day despite the river looking perfect for a Barbel or two (up a few feet, plenty of colour, mild weather). Checked out several areas but due to oversleeping and arriving late I only actually fished in two swims. Two perfect conditioned Chub taken on maggots from a big crease in the bottom field saved the blank. Wish I'd moved to that swim earlier, because it seems to be a good high water spot :-)

2 Chub