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.54 on the Byron gauge and 2 feet of clarity after heavy overnight rain, great fishing on a beautiful winters day, all fish caught on trotted red maggots

4 Trout, 14 Grayling

Cold, but beautiful winter's day on the Lugg. The only problem I had was my line freezing in the rod rings!

River running clear, but at a nice height.

Car thermometer registered -2 when I arrived and -1 when I left.

7 Trout, 37 Grayling

33 x grayling 9-16 inches, 3 x out of season trout 12-18 inches, trotting. A beautiful morning, frost melting under sun. The river is pretty high, but not too coloured. The suspension bridge on the right of way, which is needed here when the river is high, currently has a 21 day closure order slapped on it by the Council as considered unsafe, which it probably is. Time for some repairs!

33 Grayling

Two of us fished, and the numbers of fish caught is approximate. Weather unseasonably sunny, and the river carrying a bit of extra water and slightly coloured.

Couldn't avoid the oos trout, one trot through would be a grayling next a trout. Largest grayling was about a pound and half, largest trout just shy of 2lb.

One important thing to note is that he foot bridge is out, so fishing is only available from the left bank. This often means fishing very close to an electric fence, so anglers should be wary of shipping back carbon landing net poles!

20 Trout, 20 Grayling

Four Grayling up to around 1lb. Trotted maggots at the footbridge swim. Saw a stoat and a resident deer at the upper end. Great little river.

4 Grayling

First time i had been there so not sure what to expect.
A very beautiful small river fairly difficult access but once in very easy wading. One small out of season trout on size 20 ptn in the morning. After lunch and a well needed glass of Merlot a few fish rising on lower part of the beat and manage a graying and another out of season trout on a small sedge all safely returned

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 Trout, 19 Grayling

Good parking at this beat but not the most promising of days. Water was clear, low and access to the beat was limited by the now ever present barbed wire fencing which in this case is more than waist height (and I am over six feet tall). Where we could get access, the water was either running fast over the shallows or was almost stationary in very few deeper pools. Fine green slimy algae was prolific as was bank growth - predominantly Himalayan Balsam and nettles. None the less we (there were two of us) persisted and managed to winkle out a few fish.

3 Trout, 6 Grayling

2 Trout

Weather sunny and warm. 3 x Grayling up to about 11ins caught on black gnat and grey duster.
However only about 10% of the beat is really fishable. This being due to barbed wire, electric fencing, thick foliage and fallen/overhanging trees. A shame, because this is a really beautiful and prolific stretch of the river Lugg.

3 Grayling