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Fishing was a bit slow! But weather was mild we fished one rod maggot feeder with not a single bite! The other rod switching from cheese paste and halibut flavour meat. Nothing on cheese paste but one missed bite on meat decided to fish both rods on meat and was rewarded with our first barbel of 2017, a beauty 9 lb to my son Christopher !

1 Barbel

No luck- water very cold at 40 deg F, not great conditions.

Arrived at sub zero temperatures. Walked the full stretch before settling on a swim in the meadow. Pike (8lbs) first cast - only fish of the day but what an atmospheric setting in the freezing mist.

1 Pike

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