Feedback & Reports

Arrived at this very picturesque beat with great anticipation and pent up enthusiasm to try a new river. Warm and sunny conditions with lots of fly life on the river throughout the day including a constant but limited mayfly hatch - sadly no fish of any size rising to them! Several takes on small grey wolf and mayfly patterns but only one fish landed on a pheasant tail nymph late on in the pool below the upper weir. Due to extensive nettle and thistle growth unable to reach the lower weir. We agree with the previous comments about the new barbed wire fence but it does stop the bullocks from interfering with your back cast!!
Great days fishing, hard work for a very limited reward and sadly we left wondering if there were any fish in this stretch of the river other than small fry - there probably are but our lack of ability/river craft was no doubt the reason why we failed to land more!!!

1 Trout

Dry fly using imitation mayfly for trout. Black nymph wet fly for grayling. River conditions clear for two hours until heavy rain coloured water and fish stopped feeding. First visit to the water, very impressed with the venue and will visit again. very easy access and comfortable banks.

8 Trout, 4 Grayling

I have many fond memories of this beat. sadly, the new fencing has changed everything. It looks pretty permanent, so I doubt that I will visit this lovely sketch of the river Lugg again.

1 grayling on dry fly

1 Grayling

Lovely river water very clear didn't see or frighten any trout caught 3 out of season grayling on size 16 nymphs duo method under dryfly

3 Grayling

Stiff wind hindered presentation. All fish caught on nymphs, no noticeable rise all day. 7 grayling and one small brown trout. The owner has put a barbed wire fence around the whole bank, presumably to stop the cattle eroding the bank; however this does interfere with casting, especially if you are crouched down.

1 Trout, 7 Grayling

The river was in beautiful condition with a good level and colour. No sign of any trout all day with very little hatching and nothing at all rising but a steady stream of small oos grayling falling to various nymphs made the day an enjoyable one.
A new fence has been erected to keep the cattle away from the river but a lack of styles does make some swims a little difficult to access. That said this is a lovely beat and a wonderfull place to fish.

5 Grayling

Today I made the long return trip from Dorset for my first ever day on a Wye/Usk foundation river. With hindsight I should have perhaps curbed my impatience to get on the water(I'm a relative novice at river fly fishing) and waited for better conditions because the River Lugg was pushing through at quite a lick and was the colour of chocolate. I walked the beat which was very pleasant and could see the opportunities it might offer under more benign conditions. With a selection of weighted nymphs I searched out a few eddies and patches of slacker water but was not overly optimistic of connecting with anything given the combination of opaque water and my own shortcomings. My lack of optimism proved well founded and I was not at all surprised to register a big fat zip! However, undiscouraged I will be back to try this and other beats in more favourable conditions. I did very much enjoy the tranquillity of such a pleasant pastoral setting.

We gave it a couple of hours before the 40 mph winds persuaded us to repair to a local hostelry. On the rare occasions our upstream nymphs landed in the right place they significantly failed to induce any detectable fishy action. Lovely bit of water on a balmy summer evening I suspect!

A few olives about but nothing rising so lightly weighted nymphs seemed best. All trout were small fellows from the shallower runs. Tried going heavier and deeper to look for something bigger but to no avail.

5 Trout