Feedback & Reports

A wonderful day spent in this magical little valley. Walking along the track to start at the bottom of the beat, the lack of any noise - aside from my footfall - was incredible.
Indeed, the only sounds I heard all day were the occasional kronking call of a pair of ravens echoing off the valley sides, the chiding song of numerous wrens (seemingly mocking some of my more wayward casts) and the soft cursing of the angler, as I made a hash of another approach to a particularly fishy looking run.
That said, a steady number of Grayling came to hand throughout the day, plus an acrobatic 14inch oos Trout. Czech nymphs accounted for all fish, despite half an hour covering a small pod of rising fish in the afternoon hatch.
The majority of the Grayling were in the 12-14 inch bracket, but I am still kicking myself at the loss of a fish well over 2lb that I played for over five minutes, and almost netted twice, before it slipped the hook. I thought I had hooked the bottom to begin with...but then it began to move!
Lyepole really is a stunning beat and never fails to put a smile on the face - thanks WUF.

1 Trout, 11 Grayling

Beautiful autumn morning, 4 grayling to a very pleasing 14inches on a gold bead nymph. Perfect.

4 Grayling

2 Grayling

Weird day, plenty of fly on water other than small grayling nothing coming to it. All grayling between 9-12 inches and oos trout 9-14 inches. I spotted something of size so flicked my nymph upstream then bang I struck into a very large brown trout that tore fifty yards upstream and with one huge leap spat my hook..this fish was big and I mean proper big... over 4lb big. After fishing the wild streams for years and landing trout to 16 inches this beast almost gave me a Sean coronary, brief encounter but explosive.

3 Trout, 5 Grayling

12 grayling 9 over 10 inches. All on nymphs, below the bridge. Caught my best grayling about 2 pounds. Good day

12 Grayling

Caught lots of very small grayling on tiny grey duster but nothing to bend the rod. I will be returning soon to try the nymphs. Lane is very narrow I had to reverse twice on the way down & three times on the way up. The locals treat it like a race track.

Lovely afternoon. Was on the river from 12:00 to 15:30. All fish taken on nymphs. Hit a shoal of grayling - brilliant fun. Lovely little river. Brilliant fun.

1 Trout, 7 Grayling

1 Grayling

Clear and sunny conditions all day. Fishing was slow going for most of the day. Caught one 1lb grayling on a pink shrimp in the pool adjacent to the road leading toward the bridge.

1 Grayling

I had to work harder for my fish today on a low and clear river. The cold start to the day, coupled with the beat having been fished the previous day, may also have been factors. I picked up one or two fish from most of the runs I fished; but none of the 5 and 6 fish from the same run that I associate with Lyepole at this time of year. I also found that, a lot of the time, I had to cover a fish upwards of a dozen times before getting a response. As with my previous trip, everything on the same nymph - a Tungsten Endrick Spider. Today's count will be more accurate than previous counts; for some reason, the Grayling figure stayed in my head and, with 4 of the trout coming in the last 15 minutes, even a dunderhead like me could work that one out.
An autumn day at Lyepole, and all's well with the world ...

6 Trout, 17 Grayling