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Nice day had 12 fish between us 6 wbt to 8" and 6 grayling 8-10", with plenty of fingerling grayling having a go at the dry flies.
Tried to fish more of beat but very disappointed as although it is said you can fish both banks we found it impossible due to access and overgrown banks.
Bearing in mind the cost £20 per rod this puts a bit of a damper on this otherwise very tranquil stretch of the Lugg.

Fished between 15:00 and 18:30 in sunshine following heavy rain. Caught single brown trout, 12" length, nicely coloured. Returned.

7 brown trout to 9" and 2 grayling 8". All fish on #20 dropper under #18 humpy. Water very-very low.

Perfect conditions: warm, overcast and only a little wind for the most part. Only caught 4 brownies, small stuff to 7" and one grayling a little larger. Flies were Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear, Klinkhammer Dry and Coch-y-Bundu.
I think WUF need to review their pricing on this beat. Quite a large part is unfishable, in practical terms. The wooded stretches include deep pools that even chest waders are no match for. Looking at the charges for the Roving Voucher Scheme, I reckon this beat is worth £10 a day. If it contained decent-sized trout, maybe £12.50, but no more.

Lovely beat, overall caught 23 fish between us with 8 wbt to 8" and 15 grayling mostly 6-8". Wicked downstream wind picked up for a while which stopped any fish rising. Surprised to find another angler fishing who advised he has permission from landowner.
WUF Note: The owner has confirmed that nobody except those purchasing WUF day tickets has permission to fish at Eyton. Please report any poaching activity to us as soon as you can.

One grayling 6inch and a brown of about 8oz. A lovely stretch of water but the day I fished was extremely hot.

Lovely day, breezy at times with rain arriving as predicted late afternoon. Pleasantly surprised at water levels but flow rates down at bottom of the beat. Both rods fished dry flies all day as we were greeted by rising fish on arrival. Total of 22 fish taken, 14 wbt and 8 grayling. Mainly in 6-9" range but 2@10" and 1@14". As day progressed significant numbers of mayfly and olives around, rises continued but takes diminished, possibly small grayling? Great day.

First time at Eyton. From mid-morning onwards, and much like the last two months, it was very windy indeed. Some mayfly emerged in the afternoon, but there was little evidence of any fish clonking the emergers. Fished various bits of water with usually successful mayfly emergers and, much as expected, raised nothing! A couple of yellow mays and the occasional emerging sedge and that was about it. Not surprisingly, given the general lack of fly and unabated wind, there were few rising fish. Two trout of 10-12" and four 8-9" grayling was all I could come up with and all to a small black F fly and hare's ear emerger. No joy on the nymph. Watched a clonking brownie nymphing under the bridge - guesstimated at well over two pounds. Will come back on a better day with a few inches more water to what appears to be a lovely beat.

Fished this beat for the first time and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. It really is a delightful spot. The weather was kind, the fly life immense including plenty of late mayfly hatching. Our lack of experience probably mitigated against good catches but the 6inch grayling were rising all day to tiny black flies. Only 1 trout caught and 8 grayling between us, all 6 to 8 inches. Did spot a grayling not much short of 3lbs in the pool just downsteream of the footbridge but alas it wasn't interested!

Total haul of 5 trout on mayfly and 4 grayling on black gnats. Trout to 13", grayling to 8".