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7 barbel to 8lbs 7ozs caught on pellet + 1 perch 2lbs 4ozs
Another enjoyable day at Sugwas Court

7 Barbel, 1 Other

Fished below the footbridge and managed a few fish. The scenery and the birdlife are nearly as good as the fishing. Fabulous stretch.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

One coloured hen approx 8lbs and one stunning cock fish of 44 inches(approx 30lbs). Both taken at dusk on a size 8 Inverness Black Shrimp. Three more lost and many fish seen moving through.

2 Salmon

7LB Cock (5pm) & 6LB Hen (6pm), both coloured fish, Yellow & Black 1/2" tube.

2 Salmon

1st time at this venue, really enjoyable day. Started, in the morning, in the 1st swim by the car park. Had 3 barbel best of 9lb 4oz. Once that area went quiet moved below the wood and tried a couple of swims in the middle area. Finally caught the 4th barbel in the last hour.
Great venue, on the list for another visit.

4 Barbel

Arrived at 8 a.m. river perfect height 0.75 m and falling slowly but carrying too much colour at first. Both rods fished hard on Upper and Lower Rock. Had a hard take from a feisty 3/4 lb brownie which had me fooled for more than a couple of seconds in the current.
Went below the bridge and landed a 12lb cock fish in full tartan (Cameron of Loch Eil pattern!) on a very large Feeler Cascade tube. Swam off strongly to fulfil his destiny. Had another good pull by cables but didn't stay on.
Marked a showing fish for L.T. fishing on Garry Evans opposite bank. It promptly took his Flying C and set off on an angry run downstream followed by a leap out of the water. It was at least in the high teens but unfortunately came off.
Lovely sport on a glorious Autumn day. Prospects excellent for tomorrow's rods.

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

15 grayling, all but one 12-16". 10 on dries grey duster size 16, others on nymph with a bit of red in in it. Lot of fish in the head of the runs. Be careful of those boulders they are slippy. Great day.

15 Grayling

A very comfortable and relatively snag free beat. The river doesn't offer wide scenic variations from one end to the other but does provide plenty of easily accessible swims to chose from if that is what you're after. We chose to park by the cattle grid and walked 15 minutes along the river to the top of the beat. The water was up a bit with the recent rain and a touch of colour gave us plenty hope for the day ahead.
A 5lb barbel was taken in the first 10 mins of the first bait going in. It was caught close in along the inside edge so this is where we focused our attention for most of the morning especially as weed was a problem if casting more than a third of the way over to the other side. Bright sunshine and light winds made for a pleasant day to be out but wasn't great for the fishing. All went quiet until the afternoon but we kept busy by taking plenty of smaller fish on mini baits. As the sun dropped lower we staggered the rods across the river and despite the weed doing its best to dislodge the line as soon as it went in, we managed another couple of barbel to 8lb mid river. If we had persisted with longer casts throughout the day we may well have managed a few more. Another great day and a few more lessons learnt!
Thanks to the WUF.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub, 10 Other

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12 Barbel, 12 Chub

With river fining down caught 5 barbel to 9lb 7oz and 5 chub to 4lb on meat and pellet. Very swimmy though, and escalating bright sunshine slowed the fishing. Also had a huge dace trotting.

5 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other