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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

CP and BS from London fished the beat, 11.30am-4.00pm. Water very clear and river level good; not affected by recent rains. Scattered clouds and occasional rain. Fish seen and rising throughout the day, fished a combination of small dry flies upstream and nymphs down and across; 2 brown trout caught and released.

2 Trout

River low even after the day or so of rain previously. Also quite sunny, so the trout saw me well in advance of me casting a fly. However, two small trout approx. 6 inches to dry elk hair and one to goldhead ptn below. The odd fish rising in difficult to access places. Good fun testing my casting skills though! However, negotiating the numerous barriers across the river (fallen trees and cattle fences) beat me in the end and I left for home before getting to the end of the beat. Lovely place to spend a few hours though and on a day with a bit more water / less bright it would be worth a return visit!

3 Trout