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River was low, bright sunny day but hey, how often do you get a chance to fish such a desirable river with a great reputation. My previous visit to Courtfield had resulted in a blank! Fished the woods section from the start (5 different swims), got yakking with the land owner who gave some sound advice, not least, stay until dusk and you will reap the rewards. Tried a few methods and baits, in the end halibut pellet with scalded pellet and hemp ground bait in a feeder paid off. A 3ft twitch kicked the rod into life at 6pm, resulting in a fun perfect "bar of gold" coming in at 9lb 6oz. 10 mins later and a 7lbish, I didn't bother weighing it as I wanted to cram as much action in as possible in the fading light. Headed back to Brum a happy fella! Beautiful scenery, truly un-paralleled! Thanks WUF....and the landowner!

2 Barbel, 2 Other

Caught 2 barbel, one was 9lb 7oz caught around 10:30am and the other 7lb 8oz caught at dusk. I also lost 2 at the end of the day. I'll be using more abrasive resistant 15lb mainline the next time I visit! Fish caught using pellet and boilies.

2 Barbel

1 x 9lb barbel to luncheon meat. 1 x minnow to maggot - stopped using maggot!

1 Barbel, 1 Other

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6 Barbel

x6 barbel caught up to 7.5lb

6 Barbel

Hard fishing - river rose overnight.

1 Chub

After a eventful drive we finally found the beat. The beat is stunning but due to the rain walking to and getting down to the swims was difficult. If I return in the future I will make sure I have some rope to help myself out. Started fishing down at the boat pool but had nothing except losing the top of my rod into the river, if anyone lands it I would be grateful for its return. I later moved to the meadow where during a spell of brilliant sunshine I took 2 barbel 5.10 and a couple of chub just under 4 . Later in the day had a stunning fish of 9.8 which completed a wonderful day. Fish come on pellet and feeder rig. Fished into dark but had no more fish. If parking half way down the beat be careful because the cars on the road were really motoring and get close to where you park.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Peter caught 1 barbel 11-2

1 Barbel

A challenging day, with the river still running low & clear & with a change in weather conditions. Adapted a pro-active approach to the day, moving swims many times & trying a variety of baits (halibut pellets of various sizes & a range of fish meal based boilies & meat) & sticking with the normally productive methods of the feeder or PVA bags. We eventually found a few fish feeding, taking a couple from one swim at the downstream end of the woods early afternoon & a third, a couple of hundred yards further upstream just before dusk, an enjoyable & fulfilling day on the Wye as always.

3 Barbel

Fishing conditions not perfect with very little fish activity throughout daylight hours. Majority of fish caught as light began to fade into evening. Fished feeder tactics using boilies and pellets as hook bait.

8 Barbel, 7 Chub