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17 x grayling 8-14 inches, 7 x out of season trout 9-12 inches, trotting. Water still quite high and turbulent.

17 Grayling

River was still retreating after the floods .
Other was a minnow. Three trout about 8 inches. The Grayling were up to about 10 inches all trotting.A cormorant watched on for a while before flying downstream.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling, 1 Other

Cold rainy day, river very swollen but still managed a few bites and fights but only 1 grayling landed.

1 Grayling

Beautiful area of the lugg and a well maintained beat!

1 Grayling

The fishing was tough with high pressure moving in from the east, but a very enjoyable day in beautiful countryside. Best graying just over 1lb, all fish on trotted maggot.

4 Grayling

Great stretch of river .not the best for trotting but caught 2 .shall return to flyfish

2 Grayling

4 Grayling

Wet and blustery but river ok. All fish to nymphs. Packed up at 4 when rain got torrential.

3 Trout, 4 Grayling

A tough but quite productive day on this beautiful beat. The fish seemed to be concentrated in the deep fast pools, not surprising given the low and clear conditions. A tricky morning where I took 4 fish using 4 different method, french nymph took the first and then I noticed regularly rising fish and switched to dry fly which produced another. Still rising but no more so switched to an emerger, immediate success, cracked it i thought. Nope no more, fish still rising so tried a spider, once again immediate success but no more. Very frustrating as I could clearly see fish rising from deep to small olives but I couldn't seem to crack the code. Eventually the rises petered out and I moved on to the downstream beat.
I found the rest of the fish here but again concentrated in a single pool, where there was otter spraint on the bank, however none of the fish I took were in any way damaged, which leads me to believe they can exist side by side. All the grayling here were taken on a beaded nymph apart from the OOS Brownie which hammered a greenwells spider on the dropper. Finished fishing about 5 when the much needed rain seemed to have set in. The beat looked splendid in its Autumnal colours, but will definitely benefit from a good flood and flush through.

1 Trout, 13 Grayling

First visit to this beat, set in a lovely, steep sided valley. All the beat details and notes spot on and helpful.
Hard to tell from the gauge/webcam what is a normal level but on the day, water level seemed low. Water clarity not bad, a touch hazy and a reasonable amount of slimy weed in some stretches.
Didn't have much luck, only 2 Grayling caught, struggled to find the fish. Some signs of surface feeding between 11am-1pm but had no luck with dries. Tried nymphs, both fish caught on nymphs.
With water low, seems like a beat where you have work on getting to the right spots and be creative - so would suit shorter rod set up. Can't decide whether it was just one of those days or my river craft exposed....probably the latter!

2 Grayling