Feedback & Reports

Fished here again on Sunday as a guest of Shaun. Also fished some of Richards beat upriver. Many thanks both to Shaun & Richard ! River quite low and clear. Started with the French leader and nymphs up at Bend pool, 5 oos trout and 1 grayling from here. Worked our way steadily down the beat, taking fish on nymphs, and occasionally dries when some were spotted rising. Did not fish the whole beat, stopped where Shaun has done some work improving the flow on the far side - this has worked well too ! as we took 5 good sized grayling and Shaun had a 2lb + trout here. Moving upriver to Richards beat - very impressed with the mix of water types here too, took more good sized grayling, and a few trout too. Finished off when poor light made detecting takes difficult. Another brilliant day on 2 fantastic beats, many thanks again guys. Total prob around 35 / 40 trout & grayling to 2lbs+.

35 Trout, 40 Grayling

Just 1 barbel between 6 anglers. Difficult beat few swims and in need of some TLC I would not recommend this to anyone.

1 Barbel

Fished the lower beat caught 4 Barbel upto 8 1/2lb & 11 Good Chub upto 4 1/2lb.

4 Barbel, 11 Chub

Fished for a few hours. 1 grayling (approx 1lb). Caught on a wet fly fished near the surface. Stunning beat, amazing weather. Will be back.

1 Grayling

Fished stretch few hundred yards below the island, caught all fish to pellet and groundbait feeder. 2 barbel around 7lb, 2 barbel around 6lb, 2 barbel around 5lb, 3 chub all around 3lb. Was a quiet first hour, then several fish in quick succession, a lull in the afternoon and finished off with a few in quick succession again. Fantastic day in beautiful surroundings; will definitely be back.

6 Barbel, 3 Chub

Marine halibut feeder and halibut pellet also crab boilie. Lovely stretch of river to fish many thanks!

2 Barbel

caught on a size 12 orange/yellow shrimp style fly in the little run

1 Salmon

A good day for both of us catching consistently throughout the day. The Chub came to trotted or feeder fished maggot. The Barbel did not feed as freely as they have previously on this beat for us, but took feeder fished pellets. River was low and clear with the sun shining for most of the day. All in all a very enjoyable day.

5 Barbel, 75 Chub

Just back from 7 days fishing. Having fished W&U waters on previous visits we decided to try two fisheries that we had not fished before. I chose Sugwas Court.
The first thing to point out were the poor conditions and low catches reported by various bailiffs throughout the lower Wye. Low water levels, clear water, cold easterly winds, high pressure, and low overnight temperatures. Not conducive to prolific catches and certainly no reflection on the venue.
I drove through the orchard and parked next to the river. Walking upstream we met the land owner (not a fisherman) who informed us that the area above the Bait Pool was heavily overgrown and had no open swims. We walked the beat and can confirm his observations. In reality only the Bait Pool is fishable; however waders are required to reach the exposed gravel bar and the fast flowing channel. A word of WARNING...the mud where the cattle come down to drink is very deep.
We then drove to the lower end of the fishery and walked the whole beat. There are more swims in this area but the very low water level limited the choice. The swims in the Mill, Pump, and Island Pools have fairly easy access but unfortunately, due to overhead growth forming a canopy over the swims, casting was difficult. This is evident by the number of feeders decorating the branches. A real shame especially as a couple of hours with long handled loppers would open up these swims.
Despite employing the knowledge gained by many years of Barbel fishing, various fishing methods, and a variety of baits we came away with dry nets.
Looking forward to the next trip to the Wye and praying for some long overdue rain.

Tough going today despite the sunshine....fish were very wary and few were rising. The river is very low. 6 small trout on a variety of size 18 dries. 14" Grayling on a weighted Killer Bug variant. Lots of handsome Dragonflies on the water.

6 Trout, 1 Grayling