Feedback & Reports

The day started at 6.30am with clear blue skies and rising temperatures. The Orchard beat was characterised by deep glides interspersed with gravelly runs. The bait pool is currently inaccessible due to a fallen tree, but the beach below the wood offered immediate sport with five Chub and a Barbel.
As the sun rose higher and the temperature exceeded 25 degrees, we drove to the second car park and explored the first meadow, below the Orchard.
The upper section of the meadow offers shallows and gravel beaches. The lower section is made up several deeper pools with high banks. There are however four accessible swims, where fish can be netted if care is taken on the bank.
The Chub came steadily throughout the afternoon to meat and pellet feeder. During the evening we moved to the last pool in front of the Court. This produced Barbel to 6lb+.
Given the beat is over a mile in length and each of the three sections is bordered by overgrown boundaries it pays to use the car to access the three beats. A couple of hours reconnoitring on a prior occasion would be advisable, as the conditions will very much determine your choice of location. Traditional roaming is not really an option currently in the heat of the summer with ultra low water levels.
We will be back to catch that "double"

6 Barbel, 17 Chub, 1 Other

Good day at sugwas, 5 barbel from roughly 4 - 7lb, 15 good sized chub up to ~5lb and some smaller chublets. River low and clear and bright conditions throughout the day. Fish caught from 2 spots towards the upper end of the stretch which have produced before in low flow conditions. Feeder with pellet, boilie or corn all produced.

5 Barbel, 20 Chub

14 Chub

Firstly directions to venue are very vague , signage on the entrance gate would be very useful. we did not actually fish as we could only find one swim which could be accessed and that was too difficult for anglers of advancing years like ourselves!! we will defiantly not be coming back to Sugwas court.

Water levels very low, swims overgrown and difficult to access, far bank from Orchard upwards has been developed, there were anglers also fishing that side of the river.

15 Chub

Other - Dace

2 Barbel, 8 Chub, 2 Other

1 Barbel, 13 Chub, 1 Other

Water levels very low, swims overgrown and difficult to access, far bank from Orchard upwards has been developed, there were anglers also fishing that side of the river.

2 Barbel, 27 Chub, 1 Other

We booked the stretch the same morning having been refused access at Aramstone Fishery due to the rest of the River Wye being closed . We also booked Whitehouse fishery for the following day. We had previously fished Sugwas Court back in 2017 where we struggled to find good access to most pegs, apart from only a couple of places due to the bankside vegatation being completely overgrown . Unfortunately time has changed nothing and we experienced exactly the same scenario, dangerously steep overgrown banks , most completely hidden and inaccessible . The river was so low you could see the bottom all the way across , with more gravel than water, stagnant pools were covered with green algae on the Orchard stretch. There was no evidence on the bank of any other Anglers having recently fished the venue, and the entire beat looked un-touched. The track from the style leading to the upstream limit through the wood was again impossible to gain access to a clear fishing spot, overgrown and in one area the access track was dangerously steep then completely obstructed with a fallen tree. (See photos attached). Having spent a good 40 minutes walking the entire stretch we were at a loss as to what to do, so in desperation we again called the office and spoke with Shannon who was prepared to look at other options for what was left of our day , but stated she was unable to refund us our money paid to fish Sugwas Court and that we would need to pay again and send photos to support our findings in order to secure a refund once the office was open this week. We had already paid over £100 so decided to abandon fishing the Wye and drove 1 hour to Bewdley to the River Severn where we finally got two good pegs and was fishing for 14:00. This was quite costly in fuel with a 2 hour round trip back to Hereford where were staying. For the cost to fish here I personally would not waste my time travelling to this venue again , you will definately be disappointed.

6 Barbel, 25 Chub