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Fished Saturday from 1.30, very little activity. Tried many flies with no success. couple of rises on the drop but small fish. Hatch when it warmed up briefly about 5 but still only couple of pulls.
Sunday, cold and strong downstream wind. Almost no activity seen at all up to Midday. Needs to warm up me thinks, normally this time of year the river is bubbling. Wildlife lovely as ever and Toads spawning in the pools left by dropping river above Cmegeifer.

Just a couple of hours early Sunday morning. Very quiet. One solitary rise and one decent sized fished spotted among tree roots. Fish not in evidence in the pools where you would expect them. Water fairly low.

Worm.

2 Trout

2 Trout

Overcast and with a cold downstream wind, there was no activity for most of the morning. Moved one fish on a nymph and saw a fish move around 1pm.
At about 1:30pm a few Olives and March Browns started to come off the water, by 2pm it was a steady trickle and the trout started to rise. Had one fish of approx 2 pounds.
The hatch was short lived and things quietened down quickly.
Lost one more fish on a nymph.
An excellent day that summed up early season fishing.
Cold with no signs of life until an all too brief hatch brings the river to life. A very nice beat.

1 Trout

NIL Return. Nothing seen and nothing caught.

Two rods fished with all four fish falling to nymphs despite a few sporadic moments of surface activity when the sun came out. Really cold strong wind blowing downstream didn't help presentation but still couldn't ruin the day on such a lovely beat. Will be back when warmer weather finally arrives.

4 Trout

River running clear. Cold wind but sunny in the morning, clouding over with drizzle in the afternoon. Good hatches of March Brown in particular, but no surface activity by fish. Two big grayling (20 inches) were unhooked in water and swam off. One on a goldhead hare's ear under an indicator, the other on a wet march brown pattern fished on a dropper above a weighted fly. Of trout there was not a sign.

2 Grayling

If someone was to ask me to imagine the perfect trout stream the Lugg at Lyepole would be it... The water hurries through series of rifles, runs and deep inviting pools through which you cant decide whether it better to cast a fly or jump in.
Practically speaking there was an ok rise from 1pm onwards of olives. I caught fish on quill nymphs with a black tungsten head, fished as the french do. Caught a cracking trout of about a 1.5 lb and a whopping oos Grayling nudging 2 lb. Only regret was not taking a fish on the dry. Thanks WUF

3 Trout, 4 Grayling

A springer of 37 inches nose to tail-fork (not much of a fork), 22lbs weighed in the net, just before lunch. Ran down to cover a fish that porpoised and took and black and gold FC 3rd cast. 2nd ever salmon, need a sit down.

1 Salmon