Feedback & Reports

The gauge was at 0.5m and the river in superb condition. Tough going as is probably normally the case for back end grayling, as I was told by a friendly fellow angler. Tried a very large number of spots (many looked ideal but did not produce), exhausted by the end of the day and therefore (unusually for me!) packed up an hour before dusk. 2 nice 14" grayling on trotted maggot using a delicate stick float for the clear conditions. One lost. The fish were found in medium paced deeper pools and areas that produced in higher water were devoid of fish. Unusually I had no small grayling at all - my bankside acquaintance was worried that the floods had damaged these stocks, but I did land quite a few smaller fish during my last trip in January. Delightful end to the grayling season.

2 Grayling

River was clear and looked good, flowing a little faster than normal, not a big problem but the overnight temperatures were low and a cold easterly wind was biting, even the geese and swans had found the water too cold and had moved onto an adjoining field to warm up.
However I persevered and fished feeder with maggot, meat and pellet hook baits but no luck with anything, except one bite on pellet which I missed as it came as a bit of a shock after 4 hours without a touch. I should have brought some Pike gear & bait as backup.

1 Trout

Weather was cold early on but warmed a little in the sporadic sunshine, which made for a very pleasant day on the high but fish-able Lugg. Two Grayling 9" and a small 5" fish and a 9" Trout all in the middle of the day on grhe nymphs. It was good to be out, as October was our last outing, enjoying our beautiful countryside.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

4 Trout

A good start to the season full bag happy days biggest was 2ld 4oz good to catch up with a few mates

6 Trout

All caught on worm pop ups enjoyed the day good to be back with a bang lets hope it continues

4 Trout

Good to be back on the river after a long wet spell. Cold day that produced 3 lovely hard fighting grayling all around the 18" mark. Had to work hard and covered a lot of water to locate them. A few dark olives around lunch time trickled off, but nothing interested in them on the surface. All fish caught on heavy nymphs fished around a depth of 4 foot.

3 Grayling

Conditions looked fantastic although very cold . Moved swims 3 times and only managed 2 small chub. Nice day all the same

2 Chub

6 Trout