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Barbel up to 8.5 lbs . Great day again at Sugwas even though the fishing was slow. All fish caught on pellets around 5 pm opposite the houses

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Conditions against us, boiling hot, river very low and clear. We fished too end of beat, in the woods, two other anglers fished lower down river, at the start of the woods, they also blanked, no bites whatsoever. The guide who looks after this beat is very helpful and lots of advice. Will go back when we have had some rain or gets cooler, great stretch of river and some good pegs, easy access to bankside, a good walk through woods to top end

four anglers on the water all blanked apart from some eels.
Very difficulty place to find and if it wasn't for a very helpful river keeper would have still been looking!
a lot of the stretch is unfishable due to high banks with few only a few swims cut out.
Quite a lot of slowish water probably better in the winter with a lot more water

4 Barbel, 7 Chub

10 x trout 6-9 inches, Parachute Adams. Another early morning visit, before the heat of the day. I'm afraid I have to report that the owner of the right bank garden opposite our single left bank fishing at the top of the beat , always to some extent territorial in his attitude over the last 10 years, has become more so than ever. This morning I had to spend five minutes parrying angry accusations that his garden had been invaded and garden furniture moved around. If you decide to fish this bit (the last pool to the Beat Stop sign), could I ask you please to be very careful to stay in the left bank half of the river and scrupulously respect his property rights as you fish. One never comes well out of a disagreement with a neighbour and I wouldn't to provide any ammunition for his use. If you want to avoid unpleasantness, you might consider skipping the last pool.

10 Trout

Finally worked out how to get at the barbel and avoid the chub

24 Barbel, 8 Chub

6 Barbel

4 Chub

No fish caught, very hot and the water level extremely low

Just three hours on the water, 6:00am to 9:00am, due to other commitments but it was a surprisingly good three hours despite the continuing low water.
Second cast at the lowest end of the beat over fast water and the first trout. Not one to boast about at around 6-8oz but still encouraging. Moved up river and despite the galloping heifers making the ground shake I was into my second near the head of the long pool. This one just over the 1lb mark.
A little further on and after thrashing my way through the undergrowth making so much noise I thought the fish would have scampered all the way to Crickhowell but was just able to cast over a willow branch and into the next small deep pool and almost immediately bang - a good fish was on. I was using a 10ft #4 rod with a 3lb leader and this guy just wanted to get into the willow roots. Really thought I was going to lose him when he changed tactics and made a dash for deeper water. Took several minutes before I got a glimpse of him and I had to jump into knee deep water without waders to keep him from dashing back to the roots. A lovely spotty brownie of around 2lbs. I have to admit I thought it was going to be a little bigger by the way he pulled but not at all disappointed.
So fish can be caught with crystal clear, low water after all. Well pleased after all the blanks so far this year!

3 Trout