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Lovely beat in beautiful surroundings made all the more impressive by warm sunshine. River flowing fast with only a slight tinge of colour. No rises were seen all day. Caught an out of season grayling of about 1lb 8oz on a Czech nymph and lost another as it came to net. On the same deep run in the afternoon caught a 6in WBT on a heavily weighted Greenwells nymph. Have always stuck to dry fly on previous river trips so I am now well pleased with my nymphing success! Also missed a few takes. Will definitely be back later in season.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Following the helpful advice of the Booking Office the river levels were fishable (although pushing a bit but fairly clear). A small hatch around mid day and missed a take from a micro trout. Some small grayling (1-2oz) caught on weighted nymphs later. Not sure if we didn't get to grips with venue or whether early season blues. Like to try later in May/June to see where fish lie. Very attractive beat and great to get out.

5 Grayling

Misty and mild and good water level. A pink gold head shrimp caught the fish (to 14 inches.)

4 Grayling

3 x grayling, 2 at 10-11 inches, one at 15 inches, plus lots of little grayling parr. A dull grey day, with the water clear, but still a big current coming down the Lugg. I struggled I'm afraid, until one decent fish turned up to a Pink Shrimp late afternoon.

3 Grayling

Caught seven small Grayling on a hares ear nymph size 16, all under 4 ounces also caught 2 trout about 12 ounces. Saw 3 cormorants, a kingfisher and several Dippers

2 Trout, 7 Grayling

Delightful setting but opportunity to fish marred by jungle conditions, particularly at the top end. Too much time spent looking for access points. Barbed wire a problem but understand about stock control - biggest issue was rampant balsam and general brambles etc. It should be possible to fit plastic piping to several stretches of barbed wire to ease access. It doesn't represent good value. Our catch return includes 2 juvenile grayling so the true figure for 2 experienced anglers is even worse. It was low water which didn't help but we suspect a limited population as most of the pools produced nothing. We did however lose a few trout and grayling which would have lifted the return. Method: nymphs and dries.

3 Trout, 4 Grayling

This beat was fished on Saturday 28 September by two members of the Grayling Society on an Area 4 Fishing day.

3 Trout, 4 Grayling

Good day earlier in the year - today blank. Little sign of fish life so tried wets. Saw two pairs of kingfishers so who cares! P.S. Had a break for lunch at the Riverside Inn, Aymestrey - busy but good food/value - advisable to book. Owner said W & U had done some survey work and population quite healthy with salmon parr present. I'll try winter grayling next.

Fished down from the bridge following reading the most recent reviews; tried across and down with a goldhead PTN on the point and tried a few different north country spiders on mid and top dropper. Managed to spook one WBT (around 6") and saw two brief rises about halfway down this section of the beat but no response to my offerings. As per previous comments, river did look low and we saw at least one kingfisher, three sightings - absolutely stunning blue in the sunshine. Would like to fish this with someone who has a little more river experience than I do to point me in the right direction!

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Nice day, after the rain days before - a bit of colour but seemed to suit nymphs. Only fished the morning. Down from the bridge: 3 trout 8-9 ins, 1 grayling 11 ins. 2 kingfishers - heaven! Had a brief chat with the owner from the holiday cottage. Lives in Ripon, near where I come from in N Yorks. Seemed puzzled by my short-line nymphing. Friendly and helpful - thanks for letting us have this lovely place!

3 Trout, 1 Grayling