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Chilly downstream wind held things back in the morning. 3 fish on leaded shrimp. 2 others on small green winged mayfly type. Fish rising above bridge after 2pm but not eating anything I had on. Very pleasant day for the first time on the Lugg.
Excellent access and pleasant wading.

5 Trout

This is my second attempt here after a wash off back in March, I thought this beat was lovely back then but now spring has fully sprung this place is just stunning. Staying at Bronwye guest house again which I can't recommend highly enough.
The river looked much more inviting this time around and was crystal clear, weather started bright but soon clouded over with a downstream wind making presentation difficult, there seemed to be plenty of fly life, I counted at least four different up-winged flies coming off, not in any great numbers, probably because of the wind, but enough to start the trout taking them off the surface, usually in the most inaccessible places!
Plenty of smaller trout kept me busy in one of the pools, I missed loads of takes but managed three wild brown trout of about 5-6 inches and two decent out of season grayling on a dry fly before moving on to find a much better fish taking flies from a faster piece of water under far bank trees. Some careful wading, I found my staff essential, and I was in a position to present a fly and on the second attempt it was nailed by a wild brown trout of 14 inches, my biggest to date and a great end to a lovely day.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

My first time fishing the Arrow as part of Wild Streams fishing day. Chilly at times but fish rising steadily throughout the beat. Really enjoyed the wild stream fishing experience and will be back for more.

Flogged the water from 6am till about 4pm with no Salmon seen, hopefully the rain of the next few days will change that.
Got the dry fly rod out for the last hour and took 3 trout to half a pound on yellow Mayfly Duns.

3 Trout

Dry day with intermittent sunshine but a stiff downstream breeze. Steady stream of olives emerging and fish began to show in the afternoon. A drop in temperature in the afternoon shut down the activity for a while but it resumed in the evening. 4 fish on a bead head PTN during the lulls and 6 on an olive klinkhamer. All bright fish about 6 to 8oz. I believe that one fish was actually a salmon parr as the tail was deeply forked and the parr marks well defined?

9 Trout, 1 Other

Fantastic looking beat, gusty downstream wind sometimes made casting difficult but managed to catch seven trout up to 15 ins using dry fly and nymph, biggest on a dry fly, missed or lost just as many. Glad I had a wading stick.

7 Trout

No surface activity other than gnat! One 9 inch brown caught on beaded GRHE. Wild stream fishing day. Fished for four hours without sage words of advice so I left no more competent than I was when I arrived! I realise there was a lot of ground (or rather, water) to cover but maybe the expertise was spread a little too thinly?
Thank you WUF for a pleasant day out though.

1 Trout

River conditions: Low. Dry, Dark Olive and March Brown. 2 small trout (6"). Great beat. Good access. Will be back.

2 Trout

Frustrating day. No fish caught despite constant rises but to what I had no idea. I tried everything but to no avail. Wading was difficult and with something of a wind blowing it made this one of the least satisfying days this year. No matter, I will be back.

No salmon caught. A large fish jumped in The Lines and one pulled at the fly in Vanstone.