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Great fun - mostly smaller fish (6 inches) but the best trout was about 12 inches. All taken on dry flies in faster water or near the weed beds halfway down the beat. Will be back again!

7 Trout, 9 Grayling

2 Trout

First time at fly fishing. Chose this beat as I knew from a previous winter grayling session that there were some good clear areas where I could have unimpeded casting. There were a few fish rising to Mayflies and despite my ineptness I managed to catch a brown trout of about 8 inches on a Mayfly imitation. A few others had a good look but didn’t take it down. Looking forward to the next trip.

1 Trout

Beautiful day on a lovely stretch of water. Bright sunshine and a prolific hatch throughout the day. All fish caught on the dry and varied in size from 6" to 10".

1 Trout, 11 Grayling

4 Grayling

3 Grayling

4 Trout

The river was still up a bit following the weekends rain (0.64) on the Byton gauge but there were still some decent swims for trotting maggots. Three small grayling and an out of season brown trout were caught. An enjoyable day on a nice beat even if I didn't manage to catch one of the bigger grayling. Hoping to get one more trip in before the trotting season ends.

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

A good day to be out, best grayling was 2lb and lost another of similar size at the net. Good parking and easy walk to river. All I would say is much of the river is un-fishable due to overgrown banks and fallen trees. A few swims that are OK for trotting at the bottom end but the entire top half was impossible to fish.

1 Trout, 5 Grayling, 2 Other

Very nice peaceful beat set amongst farmland. Much of the bank is pretty inaccessible due to vegetation and fallen trees, but this does create quite a wild feel to the stretch, and given that it is quite a long bit of river with access along both sides I found enough areas to keep me occupied through the day. Parking well sign posted in farmyard and was on a hard concreted area. Walk to the river was easy across pretty flat fields. River level was still dropping and perhaps was carrying a little more colour than I had hoped for, although unsure how clear it gets in the winter as was my first time on the Lugg. Managed 3 grayling on trotted maggots, and several bumped off as well, but they didn't seem to be 'having it'. Biggest went 1lb 5oz. Would be interested to return when the river is a little lower and clearer.

3 Grayling