Feedback & Reports

3 barbel to 8lbs and no chub today on a fast rising river, all caught again on the pellet feeder. Courtfield is a lovely fishery , Don very helpful and booking with Wye and Usk Foundation is so easy, highly recommended.

Fished the same swim as yesterday for 12 chub from 1lb to 4lbs and 4 barbel including 2 over 8lbs all on pellet feeder.

Fished the bottom of woods section for 8 chub to nearly 4lbs and 4 barbel to 8lbs, all on pellet feeder. River in flood many swims underwater but very happy with catch.

Had two very good days Fishing the Meadow. Almost 50 barbel caught to 10lbs and another of 9lbs 8oz. Plenty of chub with a few 4lbers. Many of the barbel were above 5lbs and there was a good scattering of year classes. The weather did hold and the river did rise but only about 6". Most were caught on pellets. I think all 3 of us went home very happy people. Fish were caught throughout the day.
P and A both had pb's for chub and barbel and couldn't thank Don enough for having a wonderful fishery.

GREAT DAYS FISHING FOR 3 RODS. R - 7 BARBEL, 8 CHUB. G - 5 BARBEL, 2 CHUB. R - 3 BARBEL. ALL CAUGHT ON PELLET FEEDER. MUST THANK DON FOR PUTTING US ON THE RIGHT SWIMS IN AFTERNOON [BEST BARBEL 9lb15oz, CHUB 5lb13oz] WILL FISH AGAIN AS SOON AS POSS.

Yet more rain the previous day meant I arrived to find a high and still rising river. I fished fairly close in and although action was slower than normal, I finished with 3 barbel, the best weighing in at 9lb 6oz, my best for over a year.
One drawback of fishing the near bank was also catching three eels which,although released safely, make a complete mess of your hooklinks.
All fish caught using elips pellets and a feeder.

River very coloured, 2 metres of extra water and still rising through the morning. Dispite this managed a couple of nice barbel, both around 7lbs. River started to fall a little in the afternoon, but the fish remained unimpressed and I finished with just the two bites. Could have been worse given the conditions!

My first trip to courtfeild, what a fantastic day I had. I looked for a swim with a bit of comfort to be honest after sitting in the mud and skating around on it all afternoon the day before. The first 5 casts produced 1 chub, 3 barbel and 1 lost. What a start. By 12 noon I had caught 10 barbel 5 chub. This can't continue i thought? By 3.45pm I was on 16 barbel, 6 chub, then it slowed down catching 1 more before I went at 8.45pm. The final score was 17 barbel to 8lbs and 6 chub to 5lbs 3oz, with a few lost to hook pulls snags etc ,all on pellet and boilie and open end feeder. Great to be able to speak to someone like Don who literally knows the river inside out,enjoyed the chat. Last thing I even managed to catch a barbel within seconds of a canoe going over the top of my bait with one of the chaps in the canoe playing a banjo. You never quite know whats going to happen with a days fishing on the wye!

Arrived at lunchtime and was very happy find Don near the entrance ready to point us in the right direction and give us some helpful tips. A surprisingly warm, partly sunny day and the river only rose 6 inches. 1 rod had 4 barbel (all 4-6lb) and 4 chub up to 4lb from the swim at the end of the path from Severn Trent parking bay. Other rod had 6 barbel from the swim at the end of the beat, 2 up from rod 1. All over 6lb including 2 at 7lb 10oz - one of which happened to be a first ever barbel for the angler. All caught with Ellipse pellet haired, 3-4oz feeders loaded with groundbait/hemp/pellet mix. A cracking day.

Arrived to find the river was only up about 1 metre. I settled in a swim in the meadow. I had to move 3 times to find the feeding barbel. I even had to tinker with the length of the rigs and pellet size. It was supposed to be dry, however we had heavy rain showers during the afternoon. This is sure to start the cycle of high water again. I think the barbel fed well when the river was up on the previous weekend and gourged themselves. The swims are getting quite muddy now and care needs to be taken. It will be great when the wooded area is fishable.
The end result was 4 beautiful 8lb barbel like pea's in a pod. I lost 3 more to hook pulls (very rare for this to happen. I had 3 chub between 2-3lb. The barbel were caught after lunch.