Feedback & Reports

The combination of bright sun and low water level made this quite a challenging session. Occasional Medium Olives hatched as did one or two Large Dark Olives and very few rising fish observed all day.
Fishing a traditional "team of three" wet flies across and down and upstream "klink'n'dink" were the methods that produced fish, of which most were in the 20 -25 cms range.

7 Trout

Very warm (20-22C)and sunny with almost cloudless sky for most of day. Upstream breeze. River low and clear - water temp 14C. Light hatch of olives in late morning. Caught 5 on dry upwing Adams size 14. Best fish 1lb 6oz. Smaller, rather than larger fish moving. River needs refreshing. Hopefully the forecast rain will help, as the dry conditions not good for insect life.

5 Trout

Bright sun, upstream wind, Water level appears quite low.
Around 11am a small hatch of Olives, but no trout moving.
Fished a variety of dry patterns but nothing interested, not surprising as they would not move to the Olives !!
A lovely beat, once again I took a number of very nice photographs, but not of fish!

Fished until early afternoon. Water a bit low, and did not see any fish. Moved on to Aberedw.

Having seen nothing at Hergest, tried this beat for afternoon. Some good fish moving in the big pool 100 yards from the bottom, and they went for a Grey Duster and Iron Blue Dunn, but did not take.

Spent four hours fishing this streach. Plenty of fly life but no fish activity. This is a tough beat to wade.

2 fish.

2 Trout

Nothing caught.

Water was very discolored saw no fish even though there were plenty of flies, insects around. Talking with a local he commented how the fish had disappeared from these waters over the last few years. A little disappointing.

No fish caught or seen river was low, unable get to the top or bottom of Sugwas due to no styles at bottom end and no foot stool on the part by the orchard making very hard to climb over.
Accommodation - stopped at Cannon Bridge House, very nice cottage very clean and owner ver pleasant
I must say that l was disappointed after l booked the water to find that l was fishing the other side of the river.I find it unfair that you can only have the directions to where you are fishing after you have paid, bearing in mind l do not live in the area and travel over 80 miles for salmon fishing which l am new to.

WUF note - The beat description in the Passport and on the Website does clearly state 'Just over one mile of 'left bank' fishing a few miles above Hereford'.