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First time at Knill. Somewhat cool and windy after rain the previous day and a prolonged hot spell. Plenty of water in the stream and it was surprisingly clear. Reasonable amount of insect life in the sunny periods, including some mayfly. My mate needs some practice - he hooked 13 but lost 5. He doesn't need as much as me however. Those with a maths degree will have already worked out that, with a total catch of 8, I blanked!

8 Trout

Small trout caught on dryfly. Fishing quite slow with very few rising fish. Weather was changeable with a cold wind and showers in the afternoon. River had a slight opaque colouration and the flylife was sparse. All the fields had been cut for sileage recently and there may have been some run off the previous night although not being local I don't know what the weather was like. There were quite a few dead signal crayfish on the bed of the river in the lower sections of the beat. I don't think they were discarded moulted exoskeletons but didn't see any signs of otter predation....

This was our first time on the beat and we thoroughly enjoyed it. What agreat spot.

1 Trout

A most enjoyable day exploring a new river for me. The water was low but still very good stretches available. Not many fish seen and very few hatches observed. Was a cold day compared to the recent weather. 1 trout on dry sedge and a few others raised but not connected. Will be back

1 Trout

5 Trout, 14 Grayling

8 Trout, 5 Chub

The poor Lugg at its bare bones and for such a beautiful beat showing the ravages of winter and another victim of predation to almost destruction. One rise seen all fish blind to tungsten nymphs on french leader it’s duo.
Wild fish may become Dodos the way things are going.

7 Trout, 2 Grayling

6 Trout

High wind, and persistent rain brought a real change in the weather, and made for a pretty tough day. Hardly any fly life today - a solitary mayfly and a couple of large olives, and I saw only one fish rise all day.
Managed 2 trout by persevering with very small bead-head PTNs fished upstream, both fish in fine condition and both safely returned.

2 Trout

Really enjoy fishing on the Lyepole, one of my favourite beats. Water levels low with the weather. Nice steady amount of fish throughout the day caught on beaded nymphs using a mixture of klink and dink and french nymphing. Around 4:00 a small mayfly hatch started to occur. Fish didn't really switch on but bought two up the the dry fly but didn't manage to put them in the net. A good day, most fish on the small side on this trip.

7 Trout, 4 Grayling

3 commons. 14lb, 10lb and 9lb. Two off the top on mixers and one off the bottom on a boillie.

3 Other