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Very difficult - no styles for entry. Lots of barbed wire. Also 2 large fields to cross with 2ft. hay. Very tiring for the older man. No fish seen or caught

My first visit to this wild stream beat. A few fish were rising to a trickle of flies but fishing dry flies is hard on tree lined streams so adopted an approach that included flicking weighted nymphs into likely spots. Two nicely coloured (code for small) brown trout.

2 Trout

This beat was fished on Sat 13th May as part of the LAFA Wild Stream Fishing Day and a number of fish were caught.

Couple of hours early afternoon so only fished the lower half of this beat. Probably still a bit early for the upper Lugg beats.
Steady trickle of olives but nothing rising. Tried small GRHE and pheasant tail nymphs in deeper water and faster sections - but to no avail.
We cleared this beat a couple of years ago - well overgrown already so access tight without much spring growth yet.
Also a lot of barbed wire fence hopping needed to navigate this beat.

Parked at the house opposite the river. Very friendly owners, had a chat and invited to park on their drive.
Hadn't fished this beat before. Lower half I liked but hampered by a bull the size of a truck! He followed me up and down the beat making it hard/suicidal to exit the water on the right bank to navigate some very deep pools! Still I was on his manor!
Caught 6 wbt on a variety of dries - elk wing olive, bwo, wickham's fancy (I'm on a mission to try every fly in my box!!). 3 over 10", biggest 12".
The last third of the beat was very tight and littered with fallen trees. Got a bit frustrated after being spoilt downstream. Still the bull had disappeared so made a quick exit. Might just have broken the 800m record for a middle-aged man in waders!

6 Trout

very nice day testing terrain,jungle warfare, all fish caught on heavy nymphs (sadly)

8 Trout

No fish seen on an overcast evening.

I managed about 4 hours fishing before heavy rain ended the session. Overcast, warm and humid with the water very low and the fish spooky. 19 trout from about 6-10 inches all caught on dry flies, the majority on Parachute Adams flies. Very hard to avoid scaring fish in the slow/still pools with most success coming from casting into or next to the more broken water.

19 Trout

Very tricky and wild beat with some self induced confusion as to where to get to the river. Very tough casting in most places but a lovely potential for those more skilled than I. Caught one small trout to save the blank on a white heavy nymph. Once again not a single fish rising all morning and afternoon.
Water temperature must be much lower than normal this time of year. Will be a tricky beat when trees in full leave shortly.

1 Trout

WUF Wild fish day. One trout caught

1 Trout