Feedback & Reports

Perfect river and weather conditions meant the barbel were feeding well today. Fishing at the lower end of the beat I sat it out in one productive swim all day. Bites came steadily throughout the day on a variety of shapes, sizes and types of pellet combined with a 5oz feeder to hold bottom in the strong flow. The final tally was 10 barbel to 8lb 14oz. A good start to my 4 day end of season trip.

10 Barbel

The river looked perfect, just over a meter on with a good bit of colour. Fished swims throughout the beat bur struggled to find the fish. All fish caught were in absolutely pristine condition. We are still seeing too many cormorants on this river

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Final day so determined to stick it out for a barbel. River dropped again and clearing. Returned to one of the swims I had fished previously and fished a small feeder with hemp and pellets with no other feed. After about 1 1/2 hrs rod wrapped round and a 6lb+ barbel, object achieved and I'm well happy.
Moved a number of times again, but no other fish until 18.00 when I had a 2lb chub. Time to go home.
I really enjoyed my 3 days at Sugwas and hope to return later this year. The river looked in excellent condition, and I thought I'd have more, but that's fishing!

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 Trout

11 Trout, 7 Grayling

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19 x trout 10-15 inches, dry fly and spiders. We had a long wait to get started this year, but at last the Usk dropped to a level making fishing possible, with quite a nice colour to the river, even if the current was still strong. A warm rather dull day with a slow burning large dark olive hatch going on for quite a few hours from 10 o'clock on. Dark Moorgame was the favoured one from a team of spiders, while an Olive Jingler got 8 fish which were hitting duns on the surface. All done by 4 o'clock.

19 Trout

Three fish caught on worm with popup, other fish caught around me.

3 Trout

Lovely spring day with the river in good order despite the strong flow causing plenty of debris to whizz by. Had a barbel and a chub within an hour of starting then nothing till 5 o'clock then four fish in four casts. Finished with 4 barbel and 2 chub caught on halibut pellet with paste wrap. My fishing partner struggled, and paid the price for not starting in a swim he had identified as being the most likely to produce . Whilst he dallied another fisherman dropped into that peg and had a good day. He ended the day with a minnow and a grayling .

1 Grayling, 4 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other