Feedback & Reports

River was high and cloudy at first and was starting to clear around dinner time. Should have crossed the bridge to walk down stream as it appeared (from the nearside bank) that the far side had better casting opportunities for the amateur. Plenty of hatching flies when the sun came out, but I saw nothing rise at all.

Wonderful beat, good access and stunning scenery. Fished for 8 hours and only saw two fish rise so a quiet day but will definitely be back again. Oh, and pack your machette for the upper woodland area if you intend to venture upstream!

Nice day, no fish showing. Water a bit high and coloured.

River cloudy, sun was out but very windy! No fish caught or seen. Nice beat with lots of potential. Kingfishers seen and unfortunately a mink in lower weir pool. Fished 9am til 2pm. Will return - many thanks.

Half days fishing in bright sunny windy conditions just one take didn't land the fish very quiet no activity.

Heavy nymphs/bugs, eight good fish, lost quite a few flies by pushing my luck around the trees that had fallen in the river. Could do with some sort of path cutting in the wooded areas and some of the trees taken out of the river, but will be visiting again for sure when trout are in season.

8 Grayling

Overcast day with temperatures at 4c. All fish taken on pink shrimps and hair's ear.
The flood water over the last two winters are starting to undercut the banks on the bends and require stabilising.
Many thanks to Allison at the Wye and Usk.

7 Grayling

Water was very high and fast, snow on the ground and a spoiling wind. Worked hard to locate fish to no avail.

20 x grayling 6-18 inches, Pink Shrimp. After rain before and around dawn, the Lugg was rather higher at 1ft 4.5 inches than I would have liked ideally. The faster pools at the top end were quite turbulent, which makes it difficult to control the nymphs. However, I did feel like a change from the Wye and the Irfon and as I never got to fish Eyton at all last winter due to the prolonged floods, I was keen to give it a try now. Once on the river, the day became much brighter, if colder, with a big wind blowing. 19 of the grayling caught were small, mostly shoats of 10 and 11 inches. However, the last one of the day, taken at sunset after a protracted struggle while it was boring into the depths, finally came to the surface to reveal itself as a bull of a cock fish, 18 inches, thickset and dark pewter in colour. This made a perfect end to a lovely winter day's sport. Every one of the fish took a Pink Shrimp, although more life-like nymphs were offered. Salmon present on the beat and, I'm sorry to report, so were cormorants.

20 Grayling

A total blank. The Lugg at Mortimer's Cross was running very high on Saturday after heavy rains on Friday night. Although the flow was better on Sunday on the Eyton beat. There was a lot of debris in the water - logs, branches etc. We didn't have a single take all weekend.