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Well, stunning place but gale force wind made almost impossible to cast. My Son caught 3 fish 6" long on wet flies Black knat and Coch-y-bonddu, would try a Boat next time.

Started at 6 to get a few hours in before the anticipated flood of canoes. Saw fish in Vanstone, Corner Tree, Island Stream and Dog Hole, but only action from from Shad. Water getting very warm and algal bloom reduced visibility to around 4ft. Decent hatch of mayfly brought the chub and trout to the top.
The canoe traffic turned out to be surprisingly light and it was the sweltering heat that drove us from the river around 11.30am.
Returned at 6pm to find family ensconced in Vanstone with kids and dogs swimming in the pool. Fished a couple of other pools for a few hours to no avail.

Beautiful stretch of water, far from madding crowd. To my surprise there were good numbers of quite large grayling - got three of 14, 15 and 16 inches, plus a 13 inch trout. All taking olive nymph (14), few rises. Fish mostly in glides (except the barbel). Fished morning only, before it got too hot.

Nought. Too bright. Dog fell in water. Saved. Decided best policy was to have a kip on the platform, which we duly did.
Gourgeous spot. Will be back

2 Trout caught on fly and returned both around the pound mark.

Hot and sunny with strong winds. No takes, not even a nibble from the trout... just a very confident 12oz Perch (returned, of course) avoided me blanking for the day.

4 x Brown Trout between 1.0lb and 1.75lb caught on olive emerger.

nill

Nil caught. Lovely warm weather and a pleasure to fish the river. Access was difficult in places as others have commented. The river was quite coloured which was surprising given the recent hot weather. A few mayflies were about and some pond skater type insects. The fish however showed no interest with no rises seen all day. All in all a bit disappointing.

A wonderful day on the Lugg. Nice beat to keep you busy for the day. Mayfly were everywhere but possibly as I'd never fished in Mayfly season or inexperience (or just the hot weather), I only managed some missed bites and the fish snapping my line. (I'm sure that one was a monster trout).
Friend had same experience with one nice trout and quite a few missed bites.
Day was saved by landing my biggest ever grayling at the end of the day (about 2 1/2 - 2 3/4 pounds)on a tiny ptn. All lots of fun on a 3 weight rod.
In short, nice beat would go back.