Feedback & Reports

Tough conditions today, river still very low. Had to work hard for the chub / I caught touch ledgering pellet; nice fish up to 4lbs. Fished the upper part of Sugwas. Access for the car is good, but unfortunately, whilst the fishery is very picturesque, there were barely any swims to fish. I walked up through the wood, but there were trees fallen across the path and the path itself was very dodgy in places. Glad we fished there, but wouldn’t hurry back.

2 Chub

River still low but in lovely condition
Fish caught on feeder,pellet and meat in a nice steady low as most of beat to shallow
I must say been to a few Wye and usk beats over the last year or so and never before have the beats been in such state.On this beat alone,there was two of us and over the entire beat,which is quite long there was really only 3/4 pegs to fish
There was trees fallen into pegs not cleared ,over grown brambles everywhere
The bottom part of the river you couldn’t even get to,it was all fenced off and you couldn’t even get to it so it wasn’t for the lack of trying
This beat not a shadow of what it was like in years gone by
I love wild fishing but some of the beats now are beyond a joke

2 Barbel, 10 Chub

Fished in the morning only and roamed the whole stretch trying to find the fish. Challenging conditions but a lovely beat.

2 Chub

Great sport on this beat, access provided a small challenge but the rewards were there. Fish all came from faster moving water sections. Had a BP Barbel at 10lbs 1oz and a chub at 5lbs 9oz. A few other barbel missed.

4 Barbel, 10 Chub

3 Barbel, 35 Chub

7 Barbel, 9 Chub

Lovely fishery but lack of rain telling on the river. Little signs of fish of any species, the mostly bright conditions just added to the challenge. Even the falling light levels at the end of the day did nothing to bolster our efforts and in the end my daughter and I had no fish gracing our net but we left with lovely memories of a pleasant picnic by the river!

Sugwas very different to when I first visited probably 15 years ago. Then access to the river was quite easy , now it’s very poor. ‘Others’ were dace. Unfortunately not a place that I will return to.

4 Chub, 30 Other

3 Barbel, 10 Chub

1 Barbel, 7 Chub