Feedback & Reports

The river was very low and slow not helped by a strong upstream wind. I searched out the faster deeper runs and found Trout in most of them.
4 nice Grayling to 18 inches came from the deeper pools.
All the fish caught on weighted nymphs on French leader including my best ever river Trout of 20 inches.

12 Trout, 4 Grayling

7 chub and 1 barbel all to luncheon meat on hook and halibut mix in feeder. Chub between 4 and 6lbs the barbel 8-9lb. Lovely place to fish.

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

My first ever Salmon, about 8lbs silver very good condition. A big thank you to the ghillie Mick who was spot on with the fly, way to fish the pool and tackle set up.
Some very nice fly water and pools. The section is very well looked after by Mick. A number of Salmon showed on the section.

1 Salmon, 1 Chub

Another nice day at Sugwas Court. Two of us fished one swim and shared one rod for the majority of the session as it was a tight one but we knew the fish would be there.
Fished double 10mm elips pellets, size 8 hook and 1.25 oz lead, 10lb line. Very basic set up. No feeders today, feeding pellet with the catapult. The fish came steady through the day with the odd longer wait for a bite. Best barbel weighed 8lb12oz.
One of my favourite beats. Heard a cuckoo today for the first time in a couple of years too.

9 Barbel, 2 Chub

Slow during the day, and tried several swims by the island, but eventually had 3 chub to 3lb free lining luncheon in weed downstream from faster water at top of the beat. Late evening the barbel came on to pellet. Size was good at 6lb and 7lb 8oz.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

Another great day on Holme Lacey 3. Started at 4am at the lower end of the beat, picked up fish straight away on pellet feeder. Then waded out into the middle of the river to make casting a little easier. Weather made things much better - cloud and rain helped bring the barbel out of their cover a little bit more and encouraged them to feed. Brightened up in the afternoon and changed to a speci waggler and bites kept coming with constant feeding. Ended up fishing 3 rod lengths from the far bank free lining banded 8mm pellet a chub a chuck. Barbel to 7lb and chub all around 4lb. Beat looks lovely and is very well maintained by Colin.

25 Barbel, 45 Chub

All the usual ingredients contributing to another very enjoyable day. Started off with a bit of jungle warfare to get to my favourite swim. The nettles gave way in the end!
Fishing was slow but punctuated with just enough action to make it worthwhile. Started off with a 5lbish Barbel early doors but all was quiet for a couple of hours after this. A decent Chub on sweetcorn first cast after switching baits got me all excited for a while. Quiet again for a couple of hours then a lovely Barbel around the 8lb mark woke me up. Rather bizarrely I then reeled in an eel around the 1 1/2lb mark which had been lassoed by my hook length. To thank me for untangling it the blighter clamped his teeth firmly round my index finger drawing blood in the process. Feisty little so and so. Moved swims a couple of times and caught one more Chub.
Sadly had to pack up at teatime and would have loved to have fished on. No better place to be on a summer's evening in my opinion.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

Slow during the day, and tried several swims by the island, but eventually had 3 chub to 3lb free lining luncheon in weed downstream from faster water at top of the beat. Late evening the barbel came on to pellet. Size was good at 6lb and 7lb 8oz.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

Went out for a couple of hours in the early eve. Caught two wbt, 6 - 8ins, on a blue klinkhammer. Fished upstream of the bridge starting at the farm. It is nothing like as featureless as the description leads you to believe - a series of rather entrancing pools. The river was low, there were a few rising fish and casting isn't easy! Surprisingly there were still a few mayflies coming off.

2 Trout

Coedithel 3 fish 25,27 &28th June