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Lovely river water very clear didn't see or frighten any trout caught 3 out of season grayling on size 16 nymphs duo method under dryfly

3 Grayling

Stiff wind hindered presentation. All fish caught on nymphs, no noticeable rise all day. 7 grayling and one small brown trout. The owner has put a barbed wire fence around the whole bank, presumably to stop the cattle eroding the bank; however this does interfere with casting, especially if you are crouched down.

1 Trout, 7 Grayling

The river was in beautiful condition with a good level and colour. No sign of any trout all day with very little hatching and nothing at all rising but a steady stream of small oos grayling falling to various nymphs made the day an enjoyable one.
A new fence has been erected to keep the cattle away from the river but a lack of styles does make some swims a little difficult to access. That said this is a lovely beat and a wonderfull place to fish.

5 Grayling

Today I made the long return trip from Dorset for my first ever day on a Wye/Usk foundation river. With hindsight I should have perhaps curbed my impatience to get on the water(I'm a relative novice at river fly fishing) and waited for better conditions because the River Lugg was pushing through at quite a lick and was the colour of chocolate. I walked the beat which was very pleasant and could see the opportunities it might offer under more benign conditions. With a selection of weighted nymphs I searched out a few eddies and patches of slacker water but was not overly optimistic of connecting with anything given the combination of opaque water and my own shortcomings. My lack of optimism proved well founded and I was not at all surprised to register a big fat zip! However, undiscouraged I will be back to try this and other beats in more favourable conditions. I did very much enjoy the tranquillity of such a pleasant pastoral setting.

We gave it a couple of hours before the 40 mph winds persuaded us to repair to a local hostelry. On the rare occasions our upstream nymphs landed in the right place they significantly failed to induce any detectable fishy action. Lovely bit of water on a balmy summer evening I suspect!

A few olives about but nothing rising so lightly weighted nymphs seemed best. All trout were small fellows from the shallower runs. Tried going heavier and deeper to look for something bigger but to no avail.

5 Trout

River was a foot or so lower than Thursday running at a more fishable pace and starting to clear, we were fishing the top weir when I heard a galloping on the opposite bank, I turned to see what I thought was a dog but was surprised when I realised it was an otter that carried on running past and superman like dove off the bank into the weir right in front of us we stopped fishing but did not see him again. I am shocked at the size of this otter as the only one I seen before at an animal park was tiny in comparison, I googled otters and this was a fully grown adult that's obviously had a good winter from the size of him. No fish were caught no fly hatches.

River was a bit too high and fast to fish really but tried hard with some tungsten bugs to no avail.

(Nothing reported)

River a little high, one small trout par. Lovely crisp winters day out though.

1 Trout