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a few good hours on a rising coloured river. french nymphed with a pair of tungsten nymphs. all grayling between 7-15 inches with .

13 Trout, 26 Grayling

Started soon after 9 to get in before the newly forecast rain!. Overcast,cool and damp so explored some of the deeper water with golden beaded hares ear and pheasant tail nymphs. Strangely only the OOS trout were interested x3 8-11inches - quickly returned. Heavy rain started soon after 11 and fished on for an hour but then retreated.

3 Trout

1 Trout, 9 Grayling

What a stunning part of the lugg! Having fished the lugg for trout in the upper reaches I thought I would have a go for some grayling. I had no idea this part of the lugg held so many! Absolutely fantastic sport they are to! I started out by catching 2 oos wbt one to a dry and one to a nymph. I carried on nymphing and caught several small grayling around 6-8 inches. Spotted the odd fish rising and didn't take much convincing to switch to the dry fly. I soon started picking up a better stamp of fish with the biggest being 12" or so. Couldn't help but wonder why there are so many grayling here and hardly any trout? As for wildlife I see kingfishers, dippers and a mink carrying a piece of fish. Thank you W&U keep up the good work.

2 Trout, 18 Grayling

nice day on the lugg with air pressure perfect and water up slightly . most grayling came from the oxygenated water french nymphing with single cinnamon baetis size 18 jig with 2,5mm tungsten bead. size wise varied with several 8-12 inch fish , a handful around the fourteen inch mark one at sixteen and one bruiser 18-19 inches which was the first of the day second cast. another couple of inches on the gauge would of been perfect but can,t grumble with a decent catch return. all trout healthy and hard fighting. i dropped back below the bridge at 4pm to the pool in front of the holiday cottage and was hoping for a steady rise of fish to the midges swarming but sadly other than four to size 22 midge pattern they never really switched on. all in all a good day had.

10 Trout, 40 Grayling

Caught 1 WBT and 1 Grayling on a variation of the 'Zulu'.
Four Grayling tempted and landed on a dry red klinkhammer. Just as many lost!
A good flow on the river and it was slightly coloured following all the recent rain.
Be aware of a 'new' barbed wire fence that has been erected right across the river just upstream of the bridge. It makes access to this specific stretch very awkward.
This really is a beautiful part of rural Herefordshire. A great day out fishing.

1 Trout, 5 Grayling

MB North Shields & TP Woodbridge had an enjoyable day on the Lyepole water. TP had 22 Grayling and 1 Oos Trout using French Nymph tactics whilst MB had 13 Grayling and 3 Oos Trout on Dry Fly. Most of the fish were caught above the bridge. Not a lot of surface activity but the Grayling were prepared to rise to dry flies.

4 Trout, 35 Grayling

First time on this beat. Arrived about 8.30 and decided that nymphs and 11'#3 were the weapon of choice as there was a strong downstream wind. Worked my way upstream and managed 13 grayling 2 trout and a small chub. All fell to a pink weighted shrimp on the point or ptn on the dropper.
Returned to the car for coffee and butties and then walked downstream. The first 200 yds or so was barren. Reached the "S" bend and caught a couple of grayling and the managed to go face first into the pool. No harm done but managed to fill my waders. Walking back to car to dry off and noticed a few fish rising just below the cottage.
Returned with the 6'#2 as the wind had died down and managed to winkle out a few more grayling on the dry.
Most fish around 6- 8 inches with 4 at 12 - 14 inches.
Lovely beat. Can't wait to fish it again.

2 Trout, 23 Grayling, 1 Chub

Good to find a bit more water in the river and steady progress throughout the day, with fish from most of the runs that I fished. 20 plus fish to hand from the upstream section by lunchtime. A bit skinny downstream in the afternoon; I agree with a previous correspondent - if the cottage is occupied (as it invariably is these days) there is not much fishable water downstream. Nay bother for me today; the occupant of the cottage all but insisted that I fished the big pool in front of the cottage (probably only the second or third time I have fished this pool in the last 5 years) and, with fish rising , I picked off half dozen Grayling, on the dry, in rapid order. Previously, I fished a tungsten on point and a spider on dropper; with most of the fish taking the point fly. Most of the Grayling in the 8 to 10 inch range; but I had two fish of 14 inches and 16 inches, with the Trout, which were in excellent condition, generally larger than I had been catching in the Summer. Tres bonne.

8 Trout, 30 Grayling

River getting to a nice level at last after the recent rain. All grayling in the 7-8" range on Ptn and snipe and purple. Trees taking on some autumn colours making this secluded valley even nicer. Several dippers about and one mink.

1 Trout, 4 Grayling