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No fish caught or seen. River full of leaves making it impossible to fish in the afternoon.

A glorious autumn day but with the first hard frost the night before I suspected the going was going to be difficult and this proved to be the case. The situation was not helped by shed loads of leaves drifting down the river in great floes. Bright fluorescent Klinkhammers were needed to spot the fly amongst them and heavy gold-heads to reach the fish which were hugging the bottom. I managed to return one 12" WBT and one 10" grayling so all was not lost. I look forward to returning on warmer days when I know this beat really does produce the goods.

Arrived before dawn, River looked good, touch of colour and around one metre above normal level. Despite a touch of ground frost the Chub showed tentative interest with a few barbel following them. We caught five Chub between us ranging from three to four pound, all healthy fish, and
four Barbel ranging between five and seven pounds. All the barbel were in excellent condition and were all taken before midday. All fish fell to a pellet fished with the feeder on various pegs on the bottom meadow right up to the top of the beat. Neither of us had a single bite from midday until we gave up at around six o'clock.
Another lovely day on our favourite river, simply stunning scenery. We even got to watch a Barn owl hunting the river bank only feet from us amongst other wildlife. Many Thanks to The W & U foundation.

Short days fishing due to the conditions, level down 18" from last Sunday. River clear, very windy, bright and sunny.
Managed 2 very nice Barbel, both just over the 8lbs mark.

Tough day, river low and clear. Barbel not playing ball. A few pike on lures saved the day.

A beautiful day dawned, blue cloudless sky, light breeze, cold with ground frost. Arrived at 7.45, parked up at upper section of beat - only one peg adjacent to parking area. Walked to upper limit of beat but no further access to the river available. River was lower than expected with clear water. With three of us making up the group, decided to try the lower section which had more pegs available. Set up on adjacent pegs.
With no fish caught apart from B P’S (8oz) Trout, C H decided to venture downstream and with a little luck and a ''Don’t stop believing'' enthusiastic attitude, shortly netted the catch of the day, a 4lb 9oz Chubb using a rolling ledger, luncheon meat and a good portion of fishing know -‘HOW’– Jack Hargreaves would have been proud !
R E drew a blank. He is a draughtsman after all!!
Disappointingly no further catches to report but we couldn’t complain, just felt privileged again to be on the banks of this beautiful stretch of river in this wonderful part of the country enjoying the sunshine and spectacular scenery and not forgetting the company of the ever present magical wildlife.

Cold start, walked alot, fished alot, caught nil. Lovley beat, will be nice in Summer around islands.

After nearly a week of damp but not drenching weather, I took a risk that the Lugg would be at a fishable level. It wasn't, by a foot or two, unning fast, somewhat coloured and carrying a lot of leaves and debris. As if that wasn't enough the wind had come strongly round to the North and biting cold. I blanked after three hours effort. No discernable takes as the flotsam coming down plucked at the weighted hot-spot nymphs I tried. To think I even tied a couple of dries the night before! Oh for a 2oz lead and a bunch of lobworms! Still this Eyton water gives plenty of clues that it's a quality flyfishing beat when the conditions are friendly. Note to management: the 'stile' toward the bottom of the beat is derelict and impassable unless your atop a Grand National runner. The one at the top isn't much better and the path there to the end of the beat is overgrown and barely navigable. Don't visitors ever get to these extremities?

WUF note - Our volunteers will be addressing many access issues and overgrown undergrowth over the coming Winter months.

Fished the upper beat today, not the most prolific of sessions, I'm afraid the 4am start and the cold got the better of me. Still, a satisfactory return for me, 2x Grayling 14 and 16 ins + 1 o/s wbt of 12 ins. All to a Caddis. All safely returned.

What a shock to the system, really cold in the wind but river clear. Could see bottom around islands. Walked beat and set up just before railway piers. Complete blank for both of us. After booking this water take note of need to ring keeper and tell him you are coming, he is most helpful and confirmed we should not attempt the track to the lower car park with our vehicle in the current conditions. Walked down through wood as he suggested. Bit longer but it brings you out in the middle of the beat. Came back up the direct track from the lower cottage, doctor has suggested I take more exercise, in particular some uphill work - not sure he meant this steep but we took it slow and it was ok. Will certainly rebook in the future.

WUF note - There will be some slight alterations to the parking arrangements and map shortly for this beat to improve access and consideration for residents at the near by cottage.