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Pike fishing Luggsbridge beat. Blanked. Great day though.

I had been watching the river levels in order to make sure my trip was not a wasted one. As it was the river was running high but fishable. I walked the stretch looking for quieter water where I might catch pike. There were few slacks dispite the salmon groynes. The largest slack is below the island near the downstream boundary but is inaccessible from the bank due to trees. I blanked!

15 chub on meat and cheese paste. River was about 2' higher than previous visits but clear. Next time we fish this beat we will defiantly take maggots, I think it could be even better. Also average size of fish were bigger than other visits, most 4-5lb.

First time out on this beat. Nice stretch of water indeed. River up and fast flowing. Searched out most likely grayling spots in the prevailing conditions. Really mild winter´s day. Tempted 6 juvenile grayling (4¨-6¨ class) and another of 12¨ plus 2 out of season browns. Mainly on pink shrimp patterns of various shapes/sizes. Looking forward to returning under lower water conditions.

Water level was up by 3 feet according to land owner. Fished the lower point of the beat. It is deeper and slower. The main current was quite fast, my 150g lead couldn't hold bottom. Caught 4 chub biggest about 5lb, 2 came on luncheon meat and 2 on cheese paste towards the end of the session. All in all memorable days fishing.

Did not fish.

Was looking forward to this all month as a day on the banks on Christmas day was too good to be true, much to the other halts dismay!

The tables turned when I turned up knowing we had been having a decent amount of rain, only to find the stretch unfishable. Now I will still try normally no matter what, but it was raging through with the top edge of the field being touched by the waters edge so I admitted defeat.

I will definitely be back again however as it looks like a cracking stretch of river. My advice to those booking however is to keep a close eye on the forecast and do not underestimate the rainfall as I did. Out of pocket by £20 but I suppose I managed a decent walk!

WUF NOTE: further information on our wash-off policy can be found on our website. Further information on river levels can be found through the EA website or via the webcam pages on the WUF website.

One Barbel about 4lb all day. The river looked like it had flooded or at least been right at the top of the bank recently and was still a good few feet up, covering the tree trunks on the far bank and flowing at above walking pace (4oz leads were washed away like they were nothing in the main flow). My guess is that most of the fish had gone somewhere with more cover. Probbably among the far bank trees or in the Lugg...

River in flood. Lovely day but fishing very difficult. No fish caught.

Despite this being the best of the 4 days again another blank. Great surroundings and company but I think the river got the better of us. Only had one take and this was lost to a snag under my feet.