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3 Grayling

1pm to 4.15pm. Centrepin on old Garrick kevlar trotting rod rod, all very light gear, size 18 hook to 2lb hook length of 2ft with no shot on hook-length due to water being crystal clear. 1 good dace and 1 chub around 2lb in the shallows below entry, from bottom pool. 2 chub in 3 to 4lb size and 1 OOS trout of around 12oz. Good sport on this kind of tackle. All caught on single maggot, no bites on double maggot. In summer you can catch these chub on a tow rope but they seem very cautious in these cold clear conditions. Excellent level for float fishing.

1 Trout, 3 Chub, 1 Other

3 x grayling, 2 at 10-11 inches, one at 15 inches, plus lots of little grayling parr. A dull grey day, with the water clear, but still a big current coming down the Lugg. I struggled I'm afraid, until one decent fish turned up to a Pink Shrimp late afternoon.

3 Grayling

Still and cloudy in the morning. Two grayling taken in the broken water below the Edw pool in a short flurry of activity around 11.30am. Everything went quiet after that so at about 2.30 I took a short break to boil the kettle. To my surprise I saw a few fish start to move as I made tea so I headed down the beat and took three more grayling and two out of season trout as the light faded. All the fish were in lovely condition; the best grayling about a pound and a half, the best of the trout around a pound. The grayling all took a pink shrimp pattern fished deep. I last fished this beat back at Easter when it was bitterly cold - it was a chilly enough December day today, but felt quite balmy in comparison!

2 Trout, 5 Grayling

Based on the description of the water, (deeper lower sections etc), my son and I booked for a days piking. The parking was easy to find but I would not attempt the entrance to the middle section in the orchard unless you have a 4x4 as even though it was dry at the time the track has been churned up by tractors. As to the fishing, sufficient to say that it is not a pike water. There are very few deeper areas and the lower section below the wood is just a straight glide. There is one decent peg opposite the orchard car park but, in our opinion, that just about sums the fishery up as a pike venue. At £20 a ticket we made a very expensive mistake!

Good conditions, fished well, no pike.

Fished feeder and pellet without a bite. River very low and clear. Also tried trotting single maggot again no bites. Lovely looking beat but suspect the fish have all moved into deeper water. The £5 farmers taxi down to the river is a must and money we'll spent! Nice day, also spotted a wild mink at the bottom peg under the fallen willow tree.

7 x grayling 15-16 inches, 19 x out of season trout 7-14 inches, long trotting. The river still cold and clear, dropping slowly about 1 inch per day. As at Ty Newydd a couple of days ago, it seemed to be necessary to wade through large numbers of pushy, pugnacious out of season trout before being able to work the much shyer grayling. But the grayling here were worth waiting for: lovely fish at 15 and 16 inches.

7 Grayling

I have been lucky with the weather on both my visits to Abernant with today being mild, overcast and windless.I started at the spot that produced the fish on my previous visit but only managed a couple of Grayling in the first hour. I then moved down to the shallow gravels and found lots of taking fish despite the shallow water.
I did not find any of the larger fish with the largest of the Grayling about 1lb 4ozs and had about 15 out of season trout. This beat seems to contain a very healthy stock of fish. Very enjoyable day. NB, this was all on trotted maggot, I tried some bread for a while to try and attract a chub but with no success.I also had a tiny Grayling attach itself at my feet while I was fiddling with my reel.

15 Trout, 23 Grayling

This was my first visit to the Lugg and I would certainly return. The river was at a nice height and carrying just a little colour. I fished with Czech nymphs and caught fish in several places. Most were around the half pound mark with one well over a pound and possibly close to two pounds, I also caught some very small three inch long grayling. The bottom section is very fishable and this is where I caught most fish. The top section was very different. It is extremely overgrown with trees across the river and bankside access nearly impossible, I could have done with a machete and a chain saw! There were three goosanders in the river and I also saw a salmon jump. A great days Fishing!

4 Trout, 13 Grayling