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Fished for around 3 hours on bank holiday Monday, a pleasant warm day with sunshine and high cloud. Fished nymphs, both heavy and light depending on depth of water but saw nothing and caught nothing having covered most of the lower and middle sections. The water was carrying a bit of color presumably from previous days rain, but saw no sign of any fish in any of the pools I came across and not a single rise.

The day before was warm and may well have been the ideal early season conditions. On my visit the wind had a bit of a chill to it so hatches were thin on the ground. Only saw two upwings lift off the water during the warmest part of the day. Did see a couple of fish rise to something at the surface. Tried emergers but only had one splash at the fly. Gave nymphs a try and had one follow that I saw. It was good to be out and I'll certainly return.

First time on this beat. Had one take all day and missed it by a mile. Lovely stretch of water, very strong flow, a little coloured, seen one fish rise all day even though March Browns were coming off.

Nice days fishing, water gin clear. Fishing with my brother who had one fish nudging 2lbs and another being the biggest grayling I've ever seen which must have been 3lbs.
All fish caught on bead headed nymphs. Great location, surrounded by lovely countryside, will return!

7 Grayling

Lost a couple more but the one grayling I caught on heavy GRHE was about 1lb 8oz so well worth it. Shame it had cormorant damage but was healthy enough.

1 Grayling

This was my first visit to the Lugg and I would certainly return. The river was at a nice height and carrying just a little colour. I fished with Czech nymphs and caught fish in several places. Most were around the half pound mark with one well over a pound and possibly close to two pounds, I also caught some very small three inch long grayling. The bottom section is very fishable and this is where I caught most fish. The top section was very different. It is extremely overgrown with trees across the river and bankside access nearly impossible, I could have done with a machete and a chain saw! There were three goosanders in the river and I also saw a salmon jump. A great days Fishing!

4 Trout, 13 Grayling

How often does it happen that you catch a decent fish in the first few casts and think that you are in for a good day!
Third cast, a nice 13 inch Lugg Grayling then had to wait another hour and a half before the next fish which was much smaller.
Ended the day with 3 Grayling, two being very small, all taken in faster water on a pink shrimp. I couldn't find the pods of fish. A big Otter seen fishing just below the top wier. A lovely clear, and crisp day on the Lugg, river clear but running quite fast.

3 Grayling

Overnight rain caused the river to rise and WUF kindly allowed a wash off.

In spite of a couple of days of appalling weather, on arrival the water was quite clear and only a little above average. Caught 2 grayling on a size16 gold head before very heavy rain drove us in for an early lunch. Thereafter the water rose rapidly changed to chocolate and carried lots of detritus; we accepted the reality and gave up. Nevertheless it was easy to see the wonderful prospects at Eyton and we will return.

2 Grayling

The weather was awful - windy, raining and very dull, but the river was low and very clear so the fishing was limited to the deeper pools. Hard work, particularly in the top section where access is almost impossible due to fallen trees.

6 Grayling