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Beautiful sunny day but very cold. Nymphing all day with 8 small grayling caught. All fish took the dropper fly which was a jig nymph with an orange thorax. Lovely pretty beat to fish. The new stiles have made the access a lot easier.

8 Trout, 8 Grayling

A cold and foggy start to the day and the fishing matched the mood. However, as the day warmed (slightly), so did the fishing. Nymphing was the preferred tactic with a team of 3 flies, all catching at some point in the day (pink nymph, shrimp and squirmy worm). The fish ranged in size from about 3" to 12", so all in all good day's sport.

14 Grayling

Had a few hours at lyepole. All took point fly, 2mm size 18 baetis aqua fishing duo with a 3.5mm jig baetis on dropper. all was going well till I knicked my waders and flooded my leg, this was in the first hour so after 3 hours cold had taken its effect and knocked it on the head. Very cold in the valley not going above 0 degrees all day.

10 Grayling

Very hard going today what grayling caught were all between 10-15 inches all taken bouncing bottom in the deepest pools. Fished duo 3mm tungsten size 18 jig on point and 3.5mm jig on dropper size 14. All taking dropper bar one. Water very cold now but at a very good level. Was hoping for a fair few more but sadly the larger fish were not playing ball.

4 Trout, 9 Grayling

A good days fishing on the lyepole beat, river at a good height and running fairly clear. Fish were difficult to find though and most of the deep pools on the bends were visited through the day with tungston bead patterns and we were surprised that we did not catch more fish but did enjoy a great day on this lovely little river. 4 grayling & 1 osbt

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

No fish to report. River carrying some colour from earlier rise. A very pleasant day on the river however.

Did not fish on account of weather forecast for Leominster/Ludlow area. Rain predicted most of Friday night which worried me about river colouring up. Then from 11am to 7pm today so decided not to travel. Will try again on another day !

Arrived to find the river carrying a lot of colour (this dropped out during the session) I suspect over night rain was the villain here, managed to catch a few fish including a trout which must have been 2lb plus and a Grayling 48cm as well as the usual mix of sizes. all fish caught on nymphs with the gorgonite nymph proving deadly.

1 Trout, 6 Grayling

Nice mild day after the cold snap. River clear and at a nice level - 1'2" at Byton. No fly life about and, it would appear, few fish showing; perhaps they needed a day to adapt to the change of weather. Only had the two small grayling between us, one each plus a fingerling trout, all on weighted nymphs. DB's first visit to this very pretty valley.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

17 x grayling 6-16 inches, Pink Shrimp and Tungsten Hare's Ear, 1 x out of season trout 12 inches. A dull day, slightly warmer than of late. Lugg water beautifully clear with that slight grey-green tinge, but with 1 foot 3 inches on the Byton gauge, a bit higher and more turbulent than ideal in my opinion. Thus there was much tinkering around with the weight of the nymphs in order to try and get the right result. Mostly shotts, but a couple of good ones turned up as the light faded. Interesting how often that happens.

17 Grayling