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Fished from 9am till 1pm, caughth quite few grayling with nymphs and 1 brown. No much activity on the river, did not see 1 fish rising even if it was a sunny warm day. Spectacular beat!

1 Trout, 20 Grayling

Heavy rain in the morning, but managed to catch quite few brown trout with nymphs, one over 1 pound. Dry afternoon with some sun, catch well on dry flies, mostly grayling.

6 Trout, 20 Grayling

A strange sort of day; summer's end a nighing on one of Housman's rivers (OK, he was more of a Teme and Severn man), a marriage proposal spelt out in nightlights under the Bridge (did he - or she - say "yes", I wonder?)and the grayling not being where they should be.
I note that a couple of previous correspondents have had trouble locating grayling these last few weeks. I had a similar issue today. The nasty downstream wind and a low, clear river may have been factors; but I suspect that it was largely down to the unseasonably warm weather fooling the Grayling into thinking that it was still summer. Whatever the cause, the grayling were not where I expected them to be today, with banker runs not producing and, with one exception - when I picked up 5 fish in as many casts, from a non-descript piece of water just below the weir - none of the 5 or 6 fish per run that I associate with Lyepole at this time of year. The trout were all small, the majority of the grayling were in the 8-10" bracket, with a couple at 12" plus. All on the same Endrick Spider.
That's probably it for me this year on the Lugg. Roll on the Mayfly

4 Trout, 18 Grayling

Caught a 12" trout on Adams and missed several others on dry fly. Only had 2 indications on nymphs and caught a grayling of 8" and one of 3" on goldhead hare's ear.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Rained all morning and into the afternoon, so I delayed arrival until 3pm as the forecast was for drier weather late in the day.
Still raining on arrival, but only light so I made my way down to the end of the beat and began fishing upstream with a nymph. The water was still low and clear despite the downpour, but no takers.
Got back to the bridge in the middle of the beat with about an hour of daylight left and, as there had been some fly activity, switched to a dry fly and continued upstream. 3 trout caught before fading light brought the day to an end.
Lovely river and surroundings - mist over the hills looked very dramatic.
I must be the only angler not to catch a grayling from Lyepole, but I enjoyed my visit all the same.

3 Trout

We were having a day being guided by Oliver Burch who was (trying) to teach us all he knows about nymphing! A great mentor and a day which we both really enjoyed. Despite Oliver's best efforts many of his 'banker' runs didn't yield any fish. We were concentrating on the nymphs all day despite a small rise later in the afternoon. The best fish was a Grayling of about 13"(this time JT getting the better of SC), the smallest 3"! Not to be outdone a 3" Minnow took a weighted nymph being retrieved by JT. A bright and mild day on a fantastic beat - we will be back!

1 Trout, 8 Grayling

Oh dear, I ummed, I arred, shall I shan't I? Should of stayed at home. River crawling at a snails pace as can be expected with only a few small fish showing. Nymphing produced a few and the dry size 20 pale watery rose the rest. Size wise all small 6-10 inches with none of the larger grayling making an appearance. Rain and more rain needed, still a lovely beat.

4 Trout, 6 Grayling

14 x grayling 9-15 inches, 4 x trout 6-7 inches, nymphs and dry fly, mostly the former. Water now quite low and clear.

4 Trout, 14 Grayling

Tough day. This time I fished upstream from bridge and all fishing activity on was on first two bends.
Rest of beat up to weir a jungle - spent more time getting to water and unhooking from overhead branches than fishing.
I know everyone seems to succeed on this beat with nymphs - but stuck to dry fly. All fish taken on GSB. Would probably had more if I had flies smaller than 16 as missed a lot of slashy takes.
All fish 8" to 10" - I assume the larger fish are lurking in the deeper holes.

6 Grayling

Most fish caught on nymph - Bead head GRHE (point) or Bead head PTN (dropper), 2 fish to dry fly (Brown Parachute Adam's). Conditions warm & sunny, river fairly clear despite previous overnight rain. 1 grayling measured at 17"! A delightful day on a delightful beat.

4 Trout, 12 Grayling