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18 barbel and 8 chub all on pellet. Only 2 fished this time as 2 of the party did not fancy the trek to the fishery, but to those that did the fishing were not disappointed. Very glad that this fishery has been opened to all.

19 barbel and several chub, taken on a mixture of pellets, meat and boilies. Conditions quite challenging and fish very localised as usual, but a good day's sport nonetheless.

Difficult to judge the venue in respect of swims as the water was high. There may well be more swims but I was disappointed to only find 1 fishable swim about 150 yards upstream. Still, had 3 nice Barbel on pellets during the day. Would have liked to stay longer but the skies opened up and I was worried about getting out of the steep field which became extremely wet and slippery.

Had the stretch to myself. Fished 4 swims catching chub in three of them, all 3lbs plus, 4 in total. Found the barbel at lunchtime and had a good afternoon /evening catching 8 barbel to 8lbs plus,despite it raining from 2pm until I left. Very muddy but a good result in the end.

This was our second visit to Sugwas and the knowledge gained from the first visit paid off. One rod caught 12 Chub and 4 Barbel and the second 6 Chub and 7 Barbel.
All the fish were taken on pellet and groundbait feeder using meat, cheese , pellet and boilies as hook baits.
Both rods spent the day roving between the orchard and the wooded area above the field.
Great beat and even the extreme wet weather didn't dampen the day.

5 Barbel on hallibut pellet

6 Barbel, best fish 9lb 14oz, others all in 4 - 8lb range, 6 Chub, best fish 5lb 5oz, others in 2.5lb to 4lb range, all taken on luncheon meat or strips of beef.

A difficult day for the two of us. One barbel each and six small chub. River level seemed fine about 4ft up. Water felt unusually cold for mid July. Will try again when things warm up! Thanks

Arrived to find the river was only up about 1 metre. I settled in a swim in the meadow. I had to move 3 times to find the feeding barbel. I even had to tinker with the length of the rigs and pellet size. It was supposed to be dry, however we had heavy rain showers during the afternoon. This is sure to start the cycle of high water again. I think the barbel fed well when the river was up on the previous weekend and gourged themselves. The swims are getting quite muddy now and care needs to be taken. It will be great when the wooded area is fishable.
The end result was 4 beautiful 8lb barbel like pea's in a pod. I lost 3 more to hook pulls (very rare for this to happen. I had 3 chub between 2-3lb. The barbel were caught after lunch.

Caught 1 chub 4lbs 2ozs and 1 eel 3lbs. River about 2/3ft up but not coloured. The bank on beat3 is high and difficult/dangerous coupled with grass and weed on the bank 3/4ft high so you could not see any access points. I think for £20 + £3 booking fee the bank should be at leased strimmed to create access and reduse risk. Poor value.