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Fished over lunchtime. River was very low, and all the pools in which I have caught fish here in past years were showing their bottom. Lots of fly life, and a few mayfly, but no rises.

No salmon for me today..

2 Trout

2 brown trout about 12oz on gold head pheasant tail and klinkhammer. Lovely mayfly hatch but no joy with nymph or dry versions. Few fish obviously rising.

2 Trout

My first visit to this very attractive stretch of the river Lugg. Plenty of fly life around including mayflies though only sporadic rises from the fish.
Three OOS grayling on beadhead GRHE followed by four trout of which three were on a weighted spider with the last rising to an olive coloured F fly.

4 Trout, 3 Grayling

Under the expert tutelage of Oliver Burch, we caught about 15 trout up to 15" on spiders and Czech nymph. There was virtually no hatch, plus a cool north wind, making dry fly pretty hopeless, though the (often quite visible) fish were clearly nymphing. A varied and extensive beat evidently full of fish (including one salmon seen jumping).

15 Trout

Fine sunny day with light breeze. Fished NE shore. 3 x 2.5 - 3lb rainbows caught on small gold head damsel and floating line. One 3lb rainbow caught on small mepps. A good day in fine visibility.

4 Trout

Had 3 fish nothing over a pound about midday on an olive goldhead, weighted with 2 small split shots, not much activity on the surface, first time fishing this beat and struggled a bit, not used to such a big river, on way back down the river for home I came across a group of men fishing a ledger with maggot and spinning, no bailiff around.
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3 Trout

Taught to take a walk of the full beat before setting up. At top of beat decided to set up and discovered my 4 piece rod was now 3. Several retrace of riverbank-fruitless! If anyone finds a rod-tip from a Sage 8'6" 3 1/2 oz copper coloured rod?
Upset, not deterred, I set up my 3 piece 'stick' with a team of PTN's, and in the tail end of several pools took 3 nice (average 1lb) trout. Raised a few more but setting the hook was problematic! Weather dry/warm with low water and little emerging with even fewer rises I'll be back! Sportsfish shop tomorrow for new rod.

3 Trout

Lots of flies, but no fish activity on the surface, except one at the upper end of the beat, lost 1 on a small Adams. Tried nymphs as well. Fished from 2pm- 4pm only.