Feedback & Reports

1 Minnow fairly caught on size 18 dry fly.
The beat is getting very overgrown with backside vegetation so fishing can be difficult. Not much can be done about that except wade through the nettles ect. One word of warning in the field you have to cross there are bullocks which may be a bit intimidating.
There was very little hatching so only an occasional fish rising. I suspect we are between fly seasons. The main sedge hatch has not yet started and there were no significant hatches of upwing flies. The main fly in evidence were tiny midges. I managed to get 3 or 4 fish to rise to a dry fly and caught one of them. It was not a very large trout. There were no grayling in evidence.

1 Trout, 1 Other

Weather perfect, upwings on water and nothing rising to them. in fact it was the worst day I've had on the Lugg but nice to be out after Lockdown. will wait for welsh rivers to open up for the English as I feel there's more bang for your buck on the Wye and Usk.

3 Trout, 4 Grayling

Not a good day, very little happening. This beat needs some serious work, barely half of it is fishable, I won’t be gong back in a hurry.

3 Grayling

It’s such a wonderful beat , such a shame that the majority of the beat is not accessible. Both fish taken on dries

2 Trout

Managed 2 small grayling, river low not much flow in parts.

2 Grayling

A most enjoyable day exploring a new river for me. The water was low but still very good stretches available. Not many fish seen and very few hatches observed. Was a cold day compared to the recent weather. 1 trout on dry sedge and a few others raised but not connected. Will be back

1 Trout

The poor Lugg at its bare bones and for such a beautiful beat showing the ravages of winter and another victim of predation to almost destruction. One rise seen all fish blind to tungsten nymphs on french leader it’s duo.
Wild fish may become Dodos the way things are going.

7 Trout, 2 Grayling

Another very warm day so I turned up mid afternoon preparing to fish through the afternoon into the evening. When I got to the river I wasn’t expecting to find two groups of young people sunbathing and a young family jumping up and down on the bridge whilst their dog was swimming in the river below them. It sounds horrendous doesn’t it, but it wasn’t. The youngsters sunbathing were really respectful and the family on the bridge were passing through and the father was making his children laugh. As for the fishing it was tough, although I did have tugs on my nymphs and splashes at the dry fly. I was rewarded later on with a 12”-14” brown trout caught on a cdc dun tied by myself, copied from Davie McPhail on YouTube. All together a good day.

1 Trout

Another very hot day. River could really do with some rain. No real rise on to speak of so went with a red-necked nymph. All trout from riffle sections and decent size, including one from an adventure into the wooded bit at the top of the beat, tough going up here.

Really nice day out, something of a safari too. Saw no less than two very big eels (first time seen ever!), a possible small 3rd or even a lamprey (unsure as it buried under a rock), what looked like a nice loach, and a few kingfishers. Also-saw a massive dead fish so went and retrieved with a net to investigate-is this just a massive brown trout or even a sea trout that has lost its silver? (Photo attached-am a size 11 foot for scale) NB fish was returned to where it was found. Also slightly worrying saw a large grayling floating downstream upside down, so flipped it over gently and sent it on it’s way. It’s gills were pumping as it floated so maybe overheating/not enough oxygen?
Lovely day overall, thanks WUF

WUF Note: We have reported the dead trout and distressed grayling to the Environment Agency. We ask all anglers who come across dead or dying fish to do likewise as soon as they can - 0800 80 70 60 if in England or 0300 065 3000 if in Wales.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling