Feedback & Reports

Pretty stretch of river & a fair amount of fence climbing & nettle bashing with my wading stick to access some stretches; I think I needed a little more stealth on the day. Spent a lot of time standing in the water changing flies/leaders trying to find the magic pattern to attract the bigger trout. A lot of tiny ??dace & salmon parr taking the smaller offerings. Did manage one decent trout in the end. Had the company of a herd of very sociable bullocks on & off throughout the day. Wonderful day thank you.

2 Trout, 3 Other

Methods used... sliding ledger & Bubble float with worm.
Every effort was made by myself & my fellow angler to remove our litter from the site, but there weren't any waste bins near by or in the plcnic area.

8 Trout

A very pleasant day was had on this quiet stretch of the River Lugg. The water was quite low, only finding any depth in the bends. No sign of any Trout but caught 4 very nice Grayling to about 1.5lbs and numerous 3-4inch tiddlers on a size 16 tungsten head pink PTN. Lots of fry shoaling in the shallows keeping the Kingfisher busy.

4 Grayling

Tipped with rain all day. Barbel first and second cast, then slowed down till after lunch. Finished with six barbel.
River pulling hard, banks slippery.

6 Barbel

Lovely well managed beat, with some excellent salmon pools
water perfect height & colour. had an enjoyable days fishing. No salmon seen.

Weather dry and sunny. One fish caught weight pound and a half

Conditions deteriorated throughout the day with the river rising and colouring up. No salmon seen which is a first for me on this beat - no doubt keeping their heads down. Fished the fly mostly and finished with a FC for the last half hour. Four decent trout up to a pound was the sum total but a thoroughly enjoyable time was had all the same. Didn't see a soul all day.

4 Trout

I used a flying C all day.

5 Trout

The river was fast and high due to a few days rain prior, so was quite challenging to fish. Tried meat over hemp and pellets with Pva with no luck. Switched to a feeder using halibut and hemp mix with sticky krill boilies and had fish within 10 minutes!

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Only fished for two hours due to family committments but had an enjoyable time - until the heavens opened up - then I was caught out without a proper jacket. Used a 3wt 7ft rod and klink and dink setup. Every fish came to the klink so after three fish the nymph was removed. I used this trip to put into practice some techniques shown to me by Oliver Burch on a visit to the Monnow in July. There appears to be some building works taking place on the early stages of the beat with a digger on the bank and plenty of hardcore in the river. It did not upset the fishing - unlike the rain - and all the fish were in pristine condition.

7 Trout