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A good day on a very clear River Lugg at Lyepole, the fishing was tougher than usual but a good stamp of fish to 2lb. All fish caught on tungsten bugs/nymphs with short line.

WUF comments: GW 9 Grayling, CW 9 Grayling & 1 Trout

A perfect day for fishing and a cracking looking water.We fished hard and covered all of the 1.7 miles of river but could not find the fish (well only a few) better luck next time?

Rod 1. 1 Brown trout.

Rod 2. 1 Brown Trout, 1 Grayling.

Rod 3. 1 Grayling

Great day weatherwise! Warm and sunny. Difficult fishing though! Only managed to land 5 willing grayling all around a pound or so and all but one from the same run. Had a mad 15 minutes when they came on the take. Missed more than I hooked. Biggest one I guess was nearer 2 pounds.
Mainly caught them short lining on twin beaded nymphs and heavy shrimp type bugs.

Results for 17 February on Abernant. I'm finding the rivers pretty difficult at the moment although there's nothing wrong with the levels now and temparature is coming up. If I catch anything, I'm getting plagued these days by post-spawning trout - quite aggressive they are - where the grayling should be. I think salmon anglers fishing with sinking lines are going to have the same experience when they start next month. Trotting in Lady Alexander's Catch and Upper Stone Catch, 5 out of season trout, including a
2 pounder, followed by a single 15 inch grayling just before dusk.

On the Cammarch Hotel middle and lower Irfon beats 14th February, a friend and I both blanked entirely.

The coarse anglers are blaming rock salt from the roads washed in with the snow melt. I wouldn't know about that, but it's always good to have an another excuse!

Cheers

Another good day at Lyepole despite cold & snowy weather all fish caught short line bugging with tungsten-headed nymphs/bugs.

WUF comments: 24 Grayling & 1 Trout

Got there at 11.00am and both decided to head upstream fishing heavy nymphs. We found the fishing extremely hard going and caught a total of 5 Grayling between us, mostly from the top half of the beat.

I have been grilling our brother G. all morning who was fishing there yesterday and 'bagged up' using the same flies that we struggled to catch on!. His report, I'm sure, will follow later!

Modest results only on Pwll y Faedda Saturday. 25 odd grayling between 3 rods, all of them small. Come to think of it, some of them were very small.

All taken with bugs hard on the bottom...because that's where they were and because I forgot the maggots!

Very hard work on Llyn Em Tuesday, what with the water still high and the snow-storms and all. I thought I was surely going to blank, but made some contact after lunch and took just 4 grayling on heavy nymphs before the cold got to me. But one of these was what I call a proper specimen at 18" - a wonderful heavy-shouldered male fish - which made a cold day worthwhile.

Best wishes.

2 chub 2lb 12oz and 4lb 6oz both on white maggot. The river was up and coloured but level steady. Saw one salmon moving up river. Very enjoyable day. Hope to return before the end of the season.

Fishing at Mortimer Cross, Friday, 20th Jan 2009. The river was in very good order but I was very rusty and only managed one trout on heavy nymph but no sign of grayling.

Excellent instructions.

Many thanks,