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Fished from 4.30am to 8.30am river very low and clear will fish much better after some rain.

1 Barbel, 1 Other

Brilliant day - good to have gone back to try what I learned the previous week. Only fished until 2pm and I'm sure the barbel would have come back on again at 4-ish as they so often do. The first barbel weighed 8oz - I thought it was a little eel at first - luckily mum and dad came along later. All the fish were immaculate. Lots of canoes but only one group got silly, parked up and started swimming and splashing about. The rest were fine. Thanks WUF.

3 Barbel, 15 Chub, 1 Other

First time on this water to find it running low and clear with bright sunshine above. Fished approx 9am to 7pm. Struggled to find fish most of the day if it had not been for the generosity of a fellow angler advising on how to fish a particular swim we would have had a poor return. Thankyou!
With the help of his advice caught two Chub to 3lb and 3 Barbel to 9lb in an hour.
Great venue obviously holding quality fish we will be back thanks W&U.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

M R - 4 chub - 2lb 12oz, 3lb, 3lb 8oz, 4lb 4oz, all on breadflake either trotted with stick float or rolled.
J S - 3 chub - 2lb 8oz, 3lb, 3lb 8oz, all to trotted flake.
P R - no fish. River seemed low, having never fished the river before, it is difficult for me to comment further.

7 Chub

Two people fished Courtfield Monday 22 June. Started at 08.30 in the wood section left at 20.00. First person had two Barbel and one Chub. Second person eleven Chub weighing between 3 to 5 lb. Very few canoeists. Enjoyed the day.

2 Barbel, 12 Chub

Very successful fishing, biggest fish of 13 lb barbell, some others 10lb+. Beautiful chub also. I will remember this day for a long time.

14 Barbel, 19 Chub

Arrived late afternoon due to long drive up from north to find an angler on the end peg in wooded section near road who'd been there since first thing and was bagging up. Seems to be where the barbel live because we couldn't get a bite, only managing a barbel and an eel between 3 of us.

1 Barbel, 1 Other

Occasionally the angling gods smile down on you and today was my day. An early start saw action from the second cast with a 4lb Chub. Then the Barbel moved in. Apart from a spell between 09:00 and 12:00 with no bites, I caught Barbel regularly all day, and what fish they were. I had 20 Barbel in total with 3 fish between 9lb and 9lb 13ozs. These were topped by my first Wye double that went 10lb exactly. Simple feeder and pellet tactics were all that was needed. If you ignored the taps from Chub, the Barbel bites were rod bending, bait runner screaming, unmissable takes. On days like this it seems ridiculously easy. It makes up for all the difficult days when the fish will not co operate. I have caught large numbers of Barbel before and I have had a handful of 9lb fish before, but to catch this many large Barbel in a day is exceptional fishing in anybody's book. What a fishery! Time to plan my next trip I think.

20 Barbel, 4 Chub

Lovely day. River low but otherwise good. Fished pellets and ground pellets all day. Stupidly left my tripod at home so fishing in the woods was less easy than it might have been. Lots of interest in Legg Meadow, mostly mid-stream. Started with an eel but then moved on to chub and, eventually, thanks to a generous tip from another angler, a barbel. Thanks WUF

1 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

After an early start set up in my favourite swim in the woods and after a slow start to the day I continued with persistent baiting of hemp,pellets,groundbait etc which paid off! Although believe it or not had to work hard for bites! Managed 8 barbel in total 5 of them being over 9lb...! Biggest fish of the day went 9lb 8oz and smallest went 8lb. All fish caught on hair rigged hooker pellets wrapped with paste. Always enjoy a return to the Coutfield as it is a beautiful place to be and has some cracking barbel fishing to offer.
Will be back later in the year after the doubles for sure!

8 Barbel, 2 Chub