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Stayed upstream - house very busy. Lovely balmy evening, river pretty low and banks very overgrown in places. Found the fish eventually on a ptn

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

2 Trout

1 Trout

The Lugg has not fished well this season (no, let me rephrase that, I have not done well on the Lugg this season). That said, I was expecting more from Lyepole; which invariably produces, even on those dog days of summer. Not much to report. My "other" was a specimen minnow; which picked the nymph off the bottom, as I was checking my phone to see how the golfer I had backed in The Open was getting on (placed at 200/1)
I agree with Oliver Birch, this beat needs a trim. You should take note of this observation, as it comes from a man who knows a thing or two about trimming; I have my hair cut twice a year, whether it needs cutting or not. You might also like to re-think the premium pricing for this beat as, with the Cottage occupied, as it invariably is, there is not a fat lot to go at downstream. I accept that it is the owner, and not Wye & Usk, that sets the ticket price but, the paucity of bookings this season suggests that I am not the only one who thinks this way
Stopped of at one of our club beats on the way home where, with the exception of the minnow, I duplicated my Lyepole catch

4 Trout, 2 Grayling, 1 Other

I only spent a hour at this beat. I found it to be very overgrown and no fish were caught.

8 x trout 6-10 inches, size 18 Williams Favourite. A day of small things with just a few fish looking up to midges. I only fished the morning. Some maintenance is due on this beat from the management come the winter - branches are meeting overhead in some places.

8 Trout

Arrived at the Lyepole beat to find the water slightly higher than normal and fairly chocolatey. Didn't see a single fish rise all day despite abundant fly life but had a decent day on silver and bronze beaded pheasant tail nymphs with a french nymph setup and a klink and dink. We had 10 Grayling and 6 Trout between us. Biggest being a Grayling approx 1lb. Very enjoyable day.

10 Grayling, 6 Trout

Arrived at the river to find it a little coloured but seemed fine to fish. Day was hot and humid after heavy rain on the Sunday. Started well with a nice trout on the 3rd cast and then continued with fish being taken slowly and steadily throughout the day. Ended up with 7 brown trout and 2 grayling all on French leader and PTNs. Some fly life seen but no fish rising.

7 Trout, 2 Grayling

3 Trout

The river was unfishable