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Two chub on pellet feeder, one barbel 9.15 & lost another. Enjoyed the day, will be back. Many thanks to Don.

Hard days fishing with river up 3 feet but had 2 barbel one of 10lb exactly to lucky George and one myself about 8lb and one eel late afternoon. Thanks to Don for his help and info. Good service from the Wye & Usk Foundation.

5 Barbel, 3 to Pellets 2 to meat. Very good stamp of fish the biggest went 10lb 10 oz. Only the Meadow was fishable in the conditions. Very nice beat. Thanks to the baliff who came to chat, sorry missed your name.

WUF note - Courtfield bailiff is the owner, Don.

Not ideal conditions. The river was in flood and we had bright sunshine all day. No sign of any barbel. 2 dace and 1 eel. An expensive and disapointing day, which we had looked forward to for months. Nothing you can do about the weather unfortunatly. We did well here in the Summer so know the potential of this beat. We did find two other anglers fishing the beat later in the day and asked them to leave, explaining that we had booked this up months ago and had paid £80.00 for 4 anglers and unfortunatly two were unable to make it. They did leave, but perhaps some better signage is required? Good luck and better weather to all those lucky anglers fishing here in the coming months.

Further rain during the night for 4hrs didn't really effect the height of the river. Conditions were ideal, but nothing much came along until lunch time. 3 barbel were caught 5lbs 7lbs 6oz and 7lbs 12oz and one lost plus a few chub. The rain returned at 4pm and kept pouring until we left at 6.45pm. The swims were very slippery, so please take care. I think the frost and unsettled conditions are not conducive towards ideal fishing conditions.

Fishing was only possible in Legg Meadow. Level dropped during the day but overnight frost had an effect with only small fish and eels being caught. Not fantastic results but overall a really enjoyable trip. The swims are varied and although some are challenging there are enough to cater for everyone. We can see the potential here. Thanks to Don who had a chat to us every day and gave us useful tips and encouragement.

On Weds 3rd I had just one fish a 8.5 lb barbel on a bookie.
I also fished on 4th and again had just one fish, a 3lb chub on bread flake.
Conditions were difficult with high and fast flowing water but we all enjoyed it. The barbel were in fine condition but did have about a 3 inch groove on both sides just in front of the wrist of the tail. Looked like a healed wound. Could this have been from an otter.
Don the bailiff who came round was most pleasant to talk to and helpful. Would like to go again sometime in easier conditions.

Water level had fallen overnight but rose considerably again during the day. 2 barbel of 6lbs 3ozs and 8lbs 1oz caught late afternoon in the wood on flavoured meat again, along with dace and eels.

An extra 3 feet of water restricted fishing to Legg Meadow. A slow day with only 1 barbel of 5lb 6ozs caught along with several dace and eels. Again nothing on pellet.

First of 4 days at Courtfield on our first visit to the Wye, river up and coloured. 1 barbel of 8lb 6ozs, several dace/chublets and one chub of 5lbs 6ozs taken in the wood section on flavoured meat and maggots. 1 good fish lost. Nothing on pellet.