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River surprisingly low and cold overcast conditions made for hard fishing. The single barbel was about 5 to 6 lbs and in excellent condition caught on smallish hair rigged halibut pellet off the rocky shoal in the downstream section.
We chose Sugwas because of the ability to get a vehicle close to the bank section above the orchard. However it proved impossible to fish in this area with generally very steep high banks and the path through the top wooded section is impassible to traverse even without carrying fishing gear.

1 Barbel

Fishing was generally tough with sunny weather and low water conditions. On the last hour got a few barbel and chub by the bridge. Before that I walked the very long stretch left and right and was disappointed to find very few swims prepared for such a long beat. They weren't great either, also twisted my ankle walking along the bank (as someone else posted here) so be careful there! After walking upstream I found a chub shoal by the island in the fast shallow water and got a good few there. All fish to pellet and feeder tactics.

3 Barbel, 12 Chub

fished in the wooded area towards the lower end of the beat a quiet day for me but my only bite of the day came at dusk and resulted in a superb barbel of10 lbs 6 oz AP fared better with 7 barbel up to 9 lbs 12oz and 2 chub

8 Barbel, 2 Chub

We all used feeders and pellets for hook bait. I had high expectations of this venue but sadly I was a little disappointed. Absolutely no swims had been cut out for fishing, we walked the whole stretch and still didn't know where to fish because of lack of swims, unlike the opposite bank where locals had proper cut out swims to fish and at a fraction of the price. Having said all that we did all catch chub and barbel in the areas we ended up fishing which was on the concrete near where you park and on the beach.

13 Barbel, 14 Chub

River in good condition but low and clear. Occasionaly bright conditions made it difficult. Managed to catch a number of chub and 1 barbel by moving around from swim to swim. Overall a very pleasant days fishing - will be back!!

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

Great streatch of river with a lot of potential. Access very good all the way along.

2 Barbel, 6 Chub

A new fishery to the 3 of us. We were advised to fish the slower water at the top of the beat. It did not look particularly inviting. We struggled to find fish.
Ledgered Pellet found the fish that were caught.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fished 10.00 to 19.30.
Found the much discussed walk fine due to dry conditions, would be very treacherous if wet. Need a certain level of fitness but fine for two active middle aged blokes. Travelled light as advised and this is a must.
Fished in the wood as this looks most likely for barbel. The fish fed steadily all day from the very first cast and between the two of us we ended up with 20 barbel and 9 chub. Lost 2 or 3 too. Barbel went up to about 8.75lb and all were incredibly strong and fit. Chub up to 4ish, nothing of any real size. Some swims very snaggy, especially the swim with the biggest rock on the bank. Lost about 6 or 7 feeders so take plenty. The best swim was about 20 yards downstream of the huge rocks, and this produced 12 of the 20 barbel. All bar one of the chub came 20 yards downstream of there. Fish taken on various pellets, didnt seem to matter too much as they often seemed to respond to the sound of the feeder going in.
Packed up at 19.30 but the fishing had surprisingly been at it quietest during the last 2 or 3 hours.
Only 2 pairs of canoes which was a great bonus, and both were very respectful.
Overall we had a fantastic days fishing and I appreciated the contact from the Foundation offering to move our booking if we thought the terrain would be too much.
lovely stretch.

20 Barbel, 9 Chub

3 of the barbel came at dusk, quite slow all day but came alive as soon as the sun went down. All fish on pellet. Nice stretch of river, fished the faster water in the woods. Biggest barbel was 7lb 11oz.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

Excellently manicured banks for comfortable coarse fishing. Unfortunately only one 2lb chub was caught. The weather was very misty and temperature dropped to 4 degrees centigrade mid morning. Access to the beat extremely difficult even in dry conditions driving along the edge of the field. An off road 4x4 vehicle would be best .
The bait used was halibut pellets.

1 Chub