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No salmon seen - water very low. Lovely dry fly fishing at The Gravel Catch - caught a couple of nice trout before the sun came out. Plenty of flies hatching during the day, including mayflies.

2 Trout

river normal 1 trout 1 half pounds caught on a daddy returned

1 Trout

8 trout 5 on nymphs 3 dries to 1.5lbs Very low water

8 Trout

Completing this 1 year later - probaby blanked

Initial rain then fine and sunny 5 dry fly emergers 5 nymphs

10 Trout

3 Trout

A really nice part of the lugg, first time I've fished this beat and this far up the Lugg. A bit disappointed how overgrown the beat is rendering many parts unfishable with a fly rod. Water very clear making it hard not to spook fish trying to get into a castable position. I think a good clearing party this winter would transform this beat into something special as there is certainly plenty of trout here!
There's my moan out of the way so onto the fishing! Fished duo for the first half of the beat taking one on my own variant pheasant tail nymph. With a nagging downstream breeze and trying to keep casting low to keep under the tree canopy I took off the nymph and fished a size 14 hares ear klinkhammer I tied the night before. Brought 2 more to hand and loosing 3-4 due to using barbless hooks.
As for flylife there was a few olives and a handful of mayfly. I see two herons and met a really angry duck that was hell bent on trying to keep me away from her nest pretty much disturbing several good pools upstream of me! Found a gill plate off im guessing a large trout that ended up being otter food.
All in all a nice couple of hours away from the real world!

3 Trout

3 Trout

plenty pf fly on water but mainly grayling rising to it, most trout to beadheads a couple to mayfly dry.

10 Trout, 4 Grayling

All returned. Typical mountain weather, low cloud and stong wind. Good day in wild location with wild fish. All under 1LB. Loch style wet flies

8 Trout