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A very cold day, resulting in no bites and no fish which was disappointing as this was the final outing to this river this season.

A cold and foggy morning made the drive to the fishery challenging but good written directions made the trip easy. The river looked perfect for a fish even though the thermometer told me the air temperature was minus 2.
The banks where steep as described and slippery in the ice and wetness. This is a proper roaming beat with a new hour an hour there. Both fish took deadbaits close in. Good scrapping wild fish. One of nine pounds one of fourteen.
I will visit again in the spring with an eye on the salmon that were making there presence known mid river in a couple of pools.....

2 Pike

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A very hard frost and a cold day made fishing very difficult, switched between maggot feeder and pellet feeder for bites

1 Trout, 1 Chub

Arrived around 8.30am with the temperature at -1, river looked lovely as usual but had a total blank. Fished til 3.30pm and not a bite.

After a spell of warm weather I decided to take my son Christopher to Courtfield his first time on the wonderful river Wye. And what a day not only his first barbel but a double 10 lb 12oz followed by a 4lb chub both on halibut flavoured meat . I only managed one small chub! I have fished Courtfield many times and had lots of barbel but never a double! All the more impressive my son is only 7 brilliant day, brilliant fishing

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

I found the river to be high and fast and chose to fish close in to the bank dropping my line close to an over-hanging tree.I was rewarded by landing two chub, each approx 3-4lb. The first on legered meat, the second on cheese. Fish were rising and jumping throughout the day and I was accompanied by a robin who opted to share a sandwich with me. I love this river and think it is definitely worth the 320 mile round trip just for the pleasure of viewing it, I'll be back again over the holidays.

2 Chub

River was pretty low. With the water being gin clear and barely any flow I thought the conditions would be good for Pike, but I didn't get a bite all day. Fishing sea deadbaits. Trotted suspended bait for most of the time as the flow was such a low pace and I covered a lot of water.
Only fish I saw was a salmon that jumped clear out of the water. Really struggling for Pike so far this season. Last year I did well, but this year they don't seem to be feeding that well yet.

Difficult conditions resulted in a blank unfortunately. freezing in the morning giving way to bright sunny conditions not ideal. However a lovely days fishing enjoyed by both of us. We will be back! many thanks Wye and Usk.

A good day if not a little cold but a couple of pike caught to 14.08. first thing and during the last hour.

2 Pike