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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

All chub under a 1lb apart from 3 good ones 3 1/2 + . All caught on float using meat and corn loose feeding hemp and small pellets. Had to find a way into the river and wade to suitable spots to trot a float. Very poor access to river no real swim's, needs some clearance which would make it a very nice beat. I was just a bit disappointed I couldn't explore more of the stretch due to the overgrown bank's.

30 Chub

2 Chub

Very disappointed with the upstream section of this beat. Access to the river was totally obstructed by vegetation with no clearing to have been done. This in addition to near vertical banks made getting down to the water extremely difficult. I do think that the land owners do hold some responsibility to make sure their fishery has reasonable access considering the price for a days fishing.
The river was very low of course and only managed to catch a couple of small chub with no sign of barbel...both were caught on small cubes of bacon grill on swim feeder tactics.
The downstream of the beat may have better access but based on what the upper beat was like I personally could not recommend this particular fishery.

2 Chub

2 Chub