Feedback & Reports

The river was quite low and clear. We were new to this beat so probably did not take best advantage of the conditions. We fished the upper stretch first, wading out to the pebble bar and then beyond into mid-stream (the water was not much more than knee high). This produced one very well-conditioned 3lb chub to me on trotted meat. Wading back through the bankside mud proved treacherous! We then moved to the lower part of the beat, carefully avoiding the bull with his harem of ladies. First cast for both of us produced a small barbel. I then experienced a number of unproductive sharp tugs and eventually a 2lb eel (miraculously lightly hooked in the V of the jaw), whilst my fishing partner got a few chub up to 4.5 lb. After 3 pm it went dead and the swims produced only a further 5lb chub to me at 6 pm. This is a pleasant fishery that we would fish again, but preferably with a bit more water. Be prepared for quite a hike along the riverbank if you want to explore the entire beat.

2 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

Travelled back home today so fished the afternoon only. Managed 2 barbel from the top field then it went very quiet so moved below the woods. This is the lowest I've seen the river when fishing Sugwas so it was very interesting to be able to see the bottom in pegs I've caught from in the past.
We catapulted out some pellets in a known swim and saw 1 barbel and some chub almost immediately, however after catching 1 chub it went quiet. We fished various swims for the afternoon then when packing up at 5pm I spotted a barbel again - after putting out some more pellets we saw 6 barbel in the swim with fish flashing constantly. We quickly set up again and gave it 30mins but couldn't coax one into taking the bait.
A hard but enjoyable day and I can confidently say that if we had been fishing until dark then we would have had a few barbel. I think the low water level put the fish off feeding this afternoon.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

D Fs first ever fishing trip started slow with the fish not showing any interest in any of the normal swims. I started to fear that D F s first ever trip was going to end with a blank, however around four, the fish turned on for a brief feed and D managed to catch his first ever barbel and chub. The best barbel was around 8 lb so a good fish for first outing. Wild life was great and the day very enjoyable, regardless of the less than perfect fishing conditions. I'm back next week to have a go myself rather than play gillie for the day. Crossed fingers.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

Quite a hard day, only one decent barbel of 6lb

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fishing very slow.

3 Chub

Boiling hot day, but the river was in good condition with a little colour and dropping by few inches. Barbel and chub fed regularly throughout the session, all caught in the fastest water on 10mm boilies.

9 Barbel, 4 Chub

First time on this stretch lovely piece of water. Fished upper beat above wood due to anglers on opposite bank just the way it goes! River in good nick but it did rise steadily through the day. Two barbel, the first pushing double figures the second around 6lb and a couple of chub all fish fighting fit and healthy all on pellet and feeder top day!

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

River still dropping with a bit of colour left in it, we baited up a number of swims and moved between them, started picking up the odd chub and barbel but s bit slow, I moved to the faster water and caught a couple of barbel and lots of chub late on.

5 Barbel, 12 Chub

River falling but still coloured. all fish to pellets/boilies

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

The river was in excellent condition all the Barbel were caught on pellets.

13 Barbel, 28 Chub