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Dry flies only, mainly Olives

6 Trout

Shopping done early , few chores done at home then mooched off to the glorious Lugg . . . Opted for the Litton beat , as fished a club water mid morning also , it backs on to the bottom end of the Litton beat more or less , had some suoerb fun there on Para dries , and equal success on the Litton beat . . . .

Sport was pretty hectic to be honest , and working a small iron blue Para , or an Adam's, in the likely haunts brought a savage take great fun as always , and beautifully spotty brownies as always, each slightly different , superb!!!!!!

The rises that started to increase from half two brought fish to hand also, with carefull casting of the Parachute Adam's, fish hit it hard !!!! Brought ten to hand on this beat , a fun four hours , and a fun day all in all , loved it , with all fish to the dry , cant beat it , bit difficult presenting it ag times , as was pretty blustery on and off but still a nice day after the short downpour this morning !! River a little low , but still running well and the pools there are always a good bolt hole with many very very deep ones here . . . . .

Back to this little cracker again before the season is out , spot on , nice wind down as always . . . . . . . .

10 Trout

River low and clear with reasonable flow. No sign of fish, not even fry, other than a couple of smasmodic rises. Tried nymphing and dry to no avail, but an enjoyable day on an attractive lookin beat.

Well a few hours to kill before mowing this afternoon , and doing a few garden jobs while the weather is decent , so opted for the Lugg , Fishing the WUF and a section of club water . . . .

Nice weather when I parked up at Lower Litton Farm , had a twenty minute char tpwith the lovely lady there , I think it's important to liaise with the owners , so they know who's about , and also keep the happy rapport going with fisherman etc etcetc . . . . Headed down to the river at about tenish , muggy , slight breeze , and a bit of drizzle , petering out too nearly nothing . . . .

The Lugg brownies showing no interest in two different mayfly patterns this morning , was already a couple about , even at ten !!!! Stragglers from yesterday's party perhaps ??. So changed flies to a Parachute Greenwells , immediate response , in one of the pools , lovely confubodwnt take , cracking !!!!!

Morning went like that till I left at one , covering about half of the Litton beat , also changed to a CDC and elk , hammering that too !!! Eight lovely brownies to hand this morning , sizes ranging from six to twelve inches , gorgeous colouration , and it always amazes me how different these Lugg fish are from one to another , totally different spot and pattern formation . . . . Lovely !

The river was racing through this morning although lovely and clear considering , with a slight tinge perhaps , will be just about right in three or four days I reckon , a fun three hous , back to the lovely little Lugg very soon , maybe slip in a quick trip to the Edw early next week , between shifts !!!!!!

8 Trout

Unfortunately fishing washed out by heavy rain - river high, very turbid and unfishable.

Well , decided to give the Lugg a bash before the impending downpour , and to be honest initially it was spot on , overcast , mild , and the brownies were hitting the Mohican Mayfly with some vigour !!!! I fished half of a neighbouring club water and half of the Litton beat , and by midday , I must admit , i was beaten by the rain !!!!

The fish were definitely looking up , and smashing the mayfly pattern , I guessed that they would still remember what a big juicy mayfly tasted like , and they were coming up from some of the deep pools , and hammering it !!!! Always tricky keeping them on , with a large barbless fly , and in a tally of eight this morning , four threw the hook , and had two long range releases . . . . . . . . . .

The fish were in cracking condition , as always with the Lugg fish , and ranged from seven to twelve inches , with gorgeous colouration as always . . . . The nearby Cascob Brook , was a real torrent by midday , and I was ready to call it a day by half twelve , some Great sport , on a dank , soggy day , back to the Ponderosa , log burner on , and a large glass of something nourishing me thinks !!!!!!! Back to the lovely Lugg very soon , great to have some decent rain al last , spot on !!!!!!

8 Trout

Mayfly hatching. Rose 15 trout caught 5. This beat is a riparian assault course. It needs some styles in the barbed wire fences. Don’t wear your expensive waders.

5 Trout

5 Trout

3 small trout all caught on a mayfly. Poor conditions rained all day.

3 Trout

Rocked up at the Litton beat having fished a neighbouring beat of the club I'm in during a couple of hours in the morning , from the onset brownies hammering the mayfly , and plenty of other upwings on manoeuvres too !!!!! Including Coch y bonddu beetle , as the field I walked down to the river was alive with them , absolutely crawling with the little beetles , great to see . . . . .

A warm muggy day , reading nineteen degrees when I set up at half ten , lovely weather for dries , I'd say ! And it certainly was , trout smashing my grey Wulff , and Mohican mayfly with aggression and with some serious gusto !!!!!

Most fish were in the eight to ten inch range , but in a tally of twenty three I had five seriously tubby brownies , that put up a good bend in the six foot , two weight rod , Great stuff !!!!! Some in the thirteen maybe fourteen inch range . . . , in gorgeous condition !!!!!

A lot of catapult casting and spending a lot of the day on my knees in the stream , but under the canopy was the place to be today on a hot one like today . . . . . . Easy to cast kneeling , and certainly more stealthy .

Called it a day at half three , superb sport , with some gorgeous fish brought to hand , and twenty three caught , with half a dozen throwing the barbless hook , as it was difficult to keep them on the large bushy fly !!! Still a fantastic few hours went home a happy Chappy , a few ambers nectars out with Mrs A. later . What could be better , happy days . . . . . . . . . . . One to remember while I'm supping my Stowford Press later on !

23 Trout