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Very cold. No fish caught. Our thanks to Don for his help and advice.

Very cold day. Unfortunately no fish Barbel or Pike.

Unfortunately no fish caught on a bitterly cold day coupled with intermitant snow showers. Looks like a place to return to in the warmer months!

Nothing.

Low water temperatures meant no Barbel - occassional fish reported from anglers but we never encounterd them. Very late evening chub and an 8lb pike was the sum of two days fishing. Lots of lost feeders and ledgers in the boulders. Sunday 10th saw another decline in the weather. Nothing caught.

1 Chub, 1 Pike

Water still very cold, did see my first fish of the year but none caught.

Fishing was slow, only one barbel to the two of us on pellet. We have fished here several times before and will be back again in better weather. Thanks to Don for his advice and help.

1 Barbel

Fished Legg Meadow section Mon 4th March to Thurs 7th (inc). It was cold on arrival but Don had confirmed that a couple of barbel had come out over weekend, so I decided to go for barbel and leave the pike rod behind.
On Monday I had a couple of chub and two barbel of 6lbs 1oz and 8lbs 9oz. A very heavy frost on Monday night killed the sport on Tuesday and Weds only produced a single chub of about 4lb that had to be netted promptly to avoid a following mid double pike! Weds night was mild and wet making the high banks treacherous but I found a safe pitch and hunkered down. Had 3 barbel to 8lbs 6oz in a short feeding spell mid afternoon and a single chub as the light faded. Small pellet hookbaits behind a feeder was the tactic.
Not my most productive sessions at Courtfield but given the poor conditions I was very satisfied with result and its always a pleasure to fish this lovely stretch of river and to meet the ever helpful Don.

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

No fish on fly for Salmon. A beautiful stretch of water. The top section is really only suitable for spinning. The flow picks up speed at the ferry pool and is good for fly all the way to the bottom of the beat. I swapped notes and had a good chat with with O B. Some canoeists arrived early afternoon. Their leader was very polite and held them back until I had finished fishing one stretch. I met Don Macer-Wright the owner who was very helpful and invited me to fish the next beat down river. As always, a great service provided by the Wye & Usk Foundation.

Water running at a nice height. Very cold morning but temperature picked up in afternoon with the sun. Spun the stretch from iron steps down in the morning. The only action was a decent sized (10lb approx) very well mended kelt. Tried the fly on Wyebank in the afternoon but nothing to report.