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12 Grayling

Not very long but varied and in de wooded part quite mysterious sphere. Altough 2 realy good grayling pools in open field meanders. Extremely low water with a lot of threadforming green algue witch in my opnion as aquatoic ecologist is not a very good sign for the future. Is mostly a sign of nitrate and phosphate concentration becoming eutrophic. At normal levels you might not notice them and then the're probably still not alarming, but when climate changes and extreem low levels become common then Lugg, Ithon and Upper Wye might suffer from growing algue and eutrophication especially in summer in slow pools. We came to Wales because the French Jurrasic streams are eutrophicated to death for trout and grayling last decade. So be aware!

14 Grayling

Lovely day out.All the fish caught were between 8-10 inches. Plenty of signs of otters on this beat

1 Trout, 8 Grayling

Wonderful stretch. Clearly very low but still fished quite well. Fished upstream section on Klink and dink, with most fish falling to pink tag nymph, a couple taking the klinkhammer.

Tried the DS section, walking all the way back up and switched to the dry fly for afternoon session, harder going but managed 5 grayling all on the olive dun.

Fantastic day in the most beautiful setting. Will definitely be back.

1 Trout, 15 Grayling

After a cossetted summer on Cotswold chalk streams, it was good to be back on a wild river de bonne heure this morning, on a decidedly autumnal day. Not that there was much wildness with the Lugg today; I cannot remember seeing it with so little water - and I don't just mean level, there was next to no flow either. Not that the Grayling appeared to mind; I caught fish after fish, with Grayling coming from just about every run that I covered - usually 2 or 3 per run, sometimes 5 or 6

Two dozen plus from upstream before lunch, and almost as productive downstream in the afternoon. I am tempted to sandbag low with the number, but we are all friends here, so let's call it 40 shall we. Mostly fish in the 8 to 10 inch year class, with a handful of bigger fish. All on the same Endrick Spider

Probably only the third or fourth time I have fished that oh so enticing pool in front of the Cottage in the 20 years that I have been fishing this beat. This was at the insistence of the occupier - the same occupier that give me two bags of apples to take home with me

Tres bonne

2 Trout, 40 Grayling

Two anglers caught Grayling and Brown trout on klink and dink. Most fish on the dink but a few on the klinkhammer with lots of splashy rises. Several of the grayling were in the 12 to 14 inch class and one of the trout was around 15 inches. Saw a kingfisher fly down the river. The river had a tinge of colour. The 2 others were minnows. All fish returned. A very enjoyable day.

4 Trout, 37 Grayling, 2 Other

Lugg was low and fished for few hours only as still warm. Saw 4 rises and caught three on klink - lost a larger fish in pool up from bridge. Beat bank was overgrown in parts and best waded.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

11 Grayling

Another top class day at Lyepole. After an overnight downpour, the river was slightly higher and some of the pools had begun to fill up. 10 Grayling to the net on various flies, Red Tag, PTN, Sedge. 3 Trout on similar. Amazing setting and a great days sport yet again.

3 Trout, 10 Grayling

5 Grayling