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ID:12363 

K. P. from Bristol

Sunday 25 August 2013 (10 years ago)

Area:Lower Wye

Beat:Courtfield

Fishing:Coarse

No. of Anglers:2

After guiding S and N yesterday they tried on their own. They said the canoe traffic was even worst during the day. Again the fish were caught early and late. At one point during the day they had 5 people diving in and swimming around in the swim. To be fair one chap had lost his camera over the side. They didn't find it! I suggested they asked the divers to bring back a few feeders. There must be 100's down there. No wonder they didn't catch for a while after this. Still 9 barbel a couple of 8lbs and a beauty of 10lbs 4oz all weighed of course. Not sure how many chub they caught but there must have been some. Nothing like the beauty of 5lbs 12oz the previous day.
Over the 2 day period they only lost 3 feeders. I know when I first fished the swim I lost 10 in one day. Thats why local knowledge is helpful. This was their first visit to the Wye and certainly not the last.

9 Barbel

ID:12362 

K. P. from Bristol

Saturday 24 August 2013 (10 years ago)

Area:Lower Wye

Beat:Courtfield

Fishing:Coarse

No. of Anglers:2

Guided N and S and what a fantastic day they had. The fish fed at intervals during the day. Being Bank Holiday weekend meant the canoe traffic was busy. Several fell out of the canoes into our swim. At times it seemed more like a public swimming pool rather than a fast flowing river.
The fish came on the feed towards late afternoon and evening. The largest chub was one of 5lbs 12oz and best barbel was 9lbs 3oz. Several 8lbers were caught. All the larger fish were weighed and not guessed. They were smiling just a little! Thanks W&UF and Don.

14 Barbel, 18 Chub

ID:12318 

R. K. from Burnham on sea

Friday 23 August 2013 (10 years ago)

Area:Lower Wye

Beat:Courtfield

Fishing:Coarse

No. of Anglers:1

A good day had in beautiful surroundings.

ID:12320 

T. G. from Leeds

Thursday 22 August 2013 (10 years ago)

Area:Lower Wye

Beat:Courtfield

Fishing:Coarse

No. of Anglers:3

Having read the description on the website of the detailed peg information we arrived at the fishery excited, optimistic and expecting to find at least 3 nice pegs reasonably comfortable and safe to fish from. Unfortunately this was not the case. The access route to the river between the Pumping Station fence up to the WUF fence end at the 2nd parking area was quite overgrown and almost impossible to pull a trolley or fishing barrow through.
The river was quite low and in most of the pegs 6ft below the edge of the bank making it almost impossible to net fish from. The other pegs remaining were quite steep to get down into and clearly no provision or attempt had been made to provide safe access, either through cutting steps into the bank or to even provide a level area at the bottom to even position a fishing chair.
Due to the fact that we had some rain over night the banks were extremely slippy and dangerous, even the fittest and most agile of anglers would think twice about taking a chance on approaching some of these pegs.
We took a look on foot without our gear at the area below the fence into the wood stretch which to be honest looked fantastic. The only problem was the tracks and pathways leading down to the river were treacherously steep and again very slippy. Even the fittest of people would find these tracks a challenge, my father in law actually stated "It doesn't mention on the website that you have to possess the ability of a mountain goat to fish this stretch"!. Never a truer word spoken. For anyone who who is thinking about booking onto the Courtfield stretch they should seriously consider travelling extremely light and be prepared for the worst!
As regarding the fishing, it was a very hot day, bright and sunny and we experienced " armada's of canoes every 5 minutes throughout the day. To be fair most were courteous and tried to get past creating a minimum of disturbance but it became very annoying having to constantly bring in your lines. My Father in law 75 years of age fished the first accessible peg from the Pumping Station due it being the safest of them all.
Even this caused us all some concern and we took the precaution of fastening a rope on the top of the bank to assist him in getting down into it. He caught a 7lb Barbel on a 8mm Halibut pellet which he was delighted with, unfortunately he had no other bites. My mate fished the peg next to this and had two nice Barbel up to 7lb and lost a nice fish due to line rubbing on rocks. I fished the Bay peg which states on the website can be fished by 2 Anglers, I would disagree with this. Access down into the peg isn't too bad but again once you get to the bottom there is no safe place to position a chair and it is very precarious to fish from due to the slippy banks.
I had two nice Barbel up to 7lb again and a nice Chub about 3lb. I hooked two others but again parted company with them as my 10lb hooklink was rubbed against rocks.
All in all a lovely day in stunning scenery but there are far better more comfortable places to fish than this, particularly where safety is concerned. We all enjoyed it but for £20 per day we felt that we didn't receive value for our money it is highly unlikely we would return to this venue.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

ID:12284 

P. S. from Bristol

Thursday 22 August 2013 (10 years ago)

Area:Lower Wye

Beat:Courtfield

Fishing:Coarse

No. of Anglers:1

Fished from 6.30am till 5pm, barbel to 10lb, chub to 7lb then ran out of bait! Bites all day! Incredible days fishing!

11 Barbel, 8 Chub

ID:12285 

S. G. from London

Wednesday 21 August 2013 (10 years ago)

Area:Lower Wye

Beat:Courtfield

Fishing:Coarse

No. of Anglers:2

Very short morning session on a river in perfect condition. Canoe traffic heavy but snagged a barbel of exactly 10lb from between them.

1 Barbel

ID:12384 

M. W. from Cheddar

Tuesday 20 August 2013 (10 years ago)

Area:Lower Wye

Beat:Courtfield

Fishing:Coarse

No. of Anglers:2

Fished both the woods and field. Groundbait feeder pellet hookbait. Had 4 barbel and 7 chub. River was dropping, nice colour.

4 Barbel, 7 Chub

ID:12273 

A. L. & J. A. from Northampton

Tuesday 20 August 2013 (10 years ago)

Area:Lower Wye

Beat:Courtfield

Fishing:Coarse

No. of Anglers:2

Disaster struck before a line was cast as AL lost his rod into the Wye. With rod resting against rod rest AL went to the top of the bank to sort out other kit and came back minutes later to find rod rest in water and rod gone! Despite frantic dragging of the river no rod was retrieved. If anyone pulls it out its a Daiwa Proteous Barbel 2134TT 1.75TC(I think) with Cardinal reel attached. Spare rod was used but nothing was caught. JA managed 4 eels on the feeder, on meat and pellet. River was fining down and a lot of canoeists went by.

4 Other

ID:12244 

K. P. from Bristol

Monday 19 August 2013 (10 years ago)

Area:Lower Wye

Beat:Courtfield

Fishing:Coarse

No. of Anglers:1

Guided for the day on the beat. Great days fishing again. It looked like the river had been up a 1m or so but had dropped back and was about 30cm up with good colour. Fished in the wooded section.
Fish fed throughout the day. Had two 8lbers with the larger one being 8lbs 15oz. Largest chub was 4lbs 6oz a new pb for customer. He hadn't caught a barbel before but now he is a converted Wye barbel fisherman. Thanks to the W&U Foundation.

9 Barbel, 9 Chub

ID:12214 

P. S. from bristol

Sunday 18 August 2013 (10 years ago)

Area:Lower Wye

Beat:Courtfield

Fishing:Coarse

No. of Anglers:2

Mesh feeder halibut pellets fished 3pm till 9pm

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

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