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Dreadful downstream wind made fishing hard.

10 Trout

Cold down stream wind. There were a few Iron blues coming off the water as well as March Browns, which made fly choice tricky. It was the Iron Blues that proved most successful. One out of season Grayling and a few Browns made for a pleasant but tricky days fishing on this varied beat.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

The wildest of the wild stream beats got the better of me today. Only 1 Trout caught and lost on a Para Adams.
The water seemed quite low and and most pools had a fish right in the tail who quickly scuttled off to warn his brethren of my approach. Only got to the footbridge and decided to take the easy route back to the car. Clouds of Black gnats around and the occasional upwing fly.

16 degrees or so and a little overcast but a pleasant enough day. Only a few fish rising mostly around 3pm when the temperature rose a little. Two small trout and two of 12" - 14" on a team of three wets fished fairly shallow. Left at 3.30pm so might have missed some better fishing later.

4 Trout

14lb fresh fish, black flying C.

1 Salmon

3 wbt up to 12 inches. Mink active on opposite bank towards lower limit. Two anglers on opposite bank.

3 Trout

7lb Sea Liced 7lb fish. On the fly @7.15 pm.

1 Salmon

Cadora Backs 15lbs and 8lbs. Redbrook 12 lbs All taken spinning. Water still on the high side for fly.

3 Salmon

Chilly downstream wind held things back in the morning. 3 fish on leaded shrimp. 2 others on small green winged mayfly type. Fish rising above bridge after 2pm but not eating anything I had on. Very pleasant day for the first time on the Lugg.
Excellent access and pleasant wading.

5 Trout

This is my second attempt here after a wash off back in March, I thought this beat was lovely back then but now spring has fully sprung this place is just stunning. Staying at Bronwye guest house again which I can't recommend highly enough.
The river looked much more inviting this time around and was crystal clear, weather started bright but soon clouded over with a downstream wind making presentation difficult, there seemed to be plenty of fly life, I counted at least four different up-winged flies coming off, not in any great numbers, probably because of the wind, but enough to start the trout taking them off the surface, usually in the most inaccessible places!
Plenty of smaller trout kept me busy in one of the pools, I missed loads of takes but managed three wild brown trout of about 5-6 inches and two decent out of season grayling on a dry fly before moving on to find a much better fish taking flies from a faster piece of water under far bank trees. Some careful wading, I found my staff essential, and I was in a position to present a fly and on the second attempt it was nailed by a wild brown trout of 14 inches, my biggest to date and a great end to a lovely day.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling