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4lb and 1lb on luncheon meat. Very hard fishing all day.

2 Barbel

This was my second visit to Courtfield. Felt really confident as I know this is a prolific beat but the fishing was not going to plan. Only managed a chub but it was a belter at 5lb. Tried a variation of baits - maggots, pellets and meat etc. Not much happening with the other anglers too. There were 5 of us altogether and there was only a handful of fish. The river was very low and clear with not much flow. Still, I enjoyed the visit as always and the weather was fantastic! See you in the spring.

1 Chub

Water was low and clear and it was significantly cooler than of late. The 2 barbel came at about 12.0.clock at 9lb 9oz and 14.00 at 8lb exactly. The chub of 4 04 was later in the afternoon.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Due to conditions it was understandably slow until the last hour and a half when Stu had a 6.00 barbel followed by a 10.01 pb and I had a 9.01 just before packing up.
Good to meet up with Don on the bank who was as helpful as always.

3 Barbel

River very low and clear and night temperatures near below 5c meant that we expected to struggle and we did. Only fish landed was an average chub but one barbel lost demonstrated that they could be tempted, so we will return tomorrow for another try. Lack of fish action didn't detract from our enjoyment of this lovely stretch though.

1 Chub

Another cold start, started fishing at around 7am in the legg meadow end but failed to get any action on this bright and sunny day until 6:45PM, when I had a barbel of 10lb 2oz. Quickly followed by a chub of around 3lb, then quiet for the remainder of the session. Tried rolling baits during the day but to no avail. I saw maybe as many as 12 salmon jumping throughout the day.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Good days fishing in difficult conditions. River low and clear. Most fish came late in the day. No large barbel all about 6lbs.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

Very cold start and the water level a lot lower than last week. I fished a couple of swims along legg meadow. After a quiet day, I eventually managed to get a 7lb 7oz Barbel at around 5:30PM and then another of 10lb 1oz (wye pb) at 6:30PM, both caught on tuna boilies and Halibut pellets

2 Barbel

Fished on the bottom with different baits, tried halibut pellets, sweetcorn, luncheon meat. Caught nothing. It was a bright clear day, river was low. Enjoyed the scenery.I will come back when it gets warmer. The only thing I didn't like was going on the website finding it cost £20 a day, which was fine. Only to find a £2.50 booking fee!. I would rather them say it cost £22.50 at the start.
(WUF note: the booking fee covers any number of bookings if made on the same day, and also covers the cost of credit cards and staff)

Fished downstream of the iron steps. The river was low and clear. Lost two barbel on the rocks plus plenty of tackle. Mainly small chub with two decent fish amongst them, all caught on maggot feeder.

1 Trout, 15 Chub