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Fished late afternoon, some rain. 2 brown trout caught, 10 inches each, on barbless hooks, and released. Comment: it seems impossible to fish a good deal of this beat, as it is too deep in parts for chest waders and the banks are defended by barbed wire.

Very little surface activity. Four Brown Trout caught using GRHE. All returned.

First time here. Cloudy and no wind for a change - wonderful! Hardly any emerging bugs: a couple (literally) of YMs and mayfly, and some sedges, and that was about it - so standard, sparse mid-July fare. Few rises apart from the odd oncer - all appeared to be trout and didn't catch a grayling either all day. Had nothing on nymphs but caught and released 13 trout mainly of 7-10 inches with three of 11-12". Taken on hare's ear emergers and on a small black F fly. Haven't noticed the marked white leading edge on the Lugg trouts' anal fins before (so "nil points" for past observation).

Very wet day only fished for about two hours on my way back home. I had one take on a GHHE. Found the access quite difficult in places climbing over wet stiles with chest waders. A scenic valley quiet and lush. Need to buy more flies as most of them ended up in the trees.

We had a wonderful day at Lypole Fishery. Plenty of trout to 1 lb (about 6 to 8 trout) for each of us. We tried to catch a few big grayling, but I only caught two small grayling on the nymph. Despite the nice weather there was no hatch so only few fish were rising. Most trout came to small nymphs.

5 Brown trout all returned. Wonderful dry fly fishing (until the rain came and the wind changed) on small klinkhamers. Lovely beat in a stunning valley.

Stunning Setting. Sun/Cloudy day but no rain. Very few fish rising, although some mayfly about. Caught 6 all on GHE, 7-10" Loss many more a couple over 10".

15 trout up to 12", all returned. These were mostly taken on small, weighted nymphs. Hatches throughout the day but little surface activity. An exciting half hour mid-afternoon when fish responded to a dry Mayfly below the bridge. One was hooked, several missed.

A truly stunning place to spend a spring day.

River level low. Weather dry, cool and windy. Catch 1 Brown Trout c. 12" and 1 Salmon parr both safely returned.
Both fish taken on small nymphs 1 x Pheasant tail, 1 x GRHE.

A steady hatch of fly during afternoon including some mayfly. A few fish seen surface feeding.

Dippers seen on both lower & upper stretches of the beat. Otter spraint noted near bottom of beat.

I am fishing this beat for the third time now and it is a very pretty venue indeed but I still think £25 is a bit steep! Not all the length is accessible and I can never manage to fish this nice pool opposite the house, the owner beeing there all the time it seems!
On that day the water was very low and not many fish rising in proportion with the large quantities of duns of all sorts. The fish were more interested in taking small flies, gnats and emergers.
I took a few small trout on an invicta wet fly just under the bridge and one large 13" trout(blind) with a small depth charge nymph further downstream. No fish taken from the bridge upstream where usualy nice size grayling can be taken in a couple of pools. Very variable weather.