Feedback & Reports

River was fairly high and coloured, as a result there was a lot of debris. Fished from the right hand bank, just below the bridge with luncheon meat on a running ledger. All Barbel, bar one, were 5lb+ with one pushing 9lb. Largest Chub 3lb+.
Great service from the WUF thankyou for a great day!

15 Barbel, 10 Chub

Fished The Creel stretch for the first time, but it won't be the last! A delightful stretch of river in a beautiful setting. Fishing was hard work due to huge rafts of floating weed coming down the river. But after finding an area where I could present a bait I was rewarded with 9 barbel and 3 chub. Looking forward to a return visit.

9 Barbel, 3 Chub

Tough day with an increase in water level and pace washing a lot of weed and debris down river. Conditions forced us to fish the meadow stretch and we managed a few fish to pellet fished on running leads. Biggest barbel was about 8lb, chub were about 2lb. We were due a not so good day as previous recent visits to Courtfield have been great. Back late August for another try!

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Nearly 200lb of chub and barbel were caught by friends who bad their turn to fish this amazing beat. A clear must fish beat if you are visiting the Wye.

River was low and clear and fishing was hard. All anglers fished lower end of beat. Fish caught on boilies & pellet. Barbel were between 4 & 8 1/2 pound and came out of one swim.

7 Barbel, 9 Chub

A fairly good day. The lads battled into the wood, they were not impressed with the dangerous nature of the wood and disappointment with the fields below and inaccessibility of the river. Upper pools produced later in the day. Again another beat where work is needed to improve the fishing experience or reduce the cost of the ticket. The boys had to contend with people walking the beat and pestering them for information too.

10 Barbel, 18 Chub

Water very low and clear, but during the day it did rise 4". Fished the middle of the beat, just to the right of the gravel bank. Second rod fished the off the gravel bank but nothing caught all day. The Chub were all caught on pellets, all over 3lb the biggest was 4lb 7oz. My PB, lost 1 big barbel, but landed a 7lb 9oz late on. Long walk if you don't use the farmers taxi, well worth the fiver each way. Good stretch of the Wye, well looked after and quite a few pegs to choose from.

1 Barbel, 9 Chub

River low and fairly clear, had a bit of trouble finding the right gate to go trough from the farm yard but got there in the end! Fished in fits and starts all day dying off as evening approached? Its a long drop to the water from the bank so a long landing net pole is needed if staying on dry land, our 10 foot handles being just long enough. Most bites to pellet feeder, quite a few anglers on the opposite bank, still a great day on the Wye, many thanks WUF.

13 Barbel, 12 Chub

All fish came to feeder and pellets of various flavours with crab or cheesy garlic favourites!!! River had very little flow and the big clumps of weed coming through made fishing awkward at times. It was still another lovely days fishing on the Wye. Biggest barbel was over 7lb and the biggest chub over 4lb.

5 Barbel, 22 Chub

River was just rising a little (not too much). The water temperature had dropped too. That's the excuses over. Still had a great day - 5 barbel to 9lbs 10z plus 4 others. Didn't get there as early as required as the Severn Bridge was closed due to wind. Left early too. The weed was coming down as you would expect with the river rise but not a problem.

5 Barbel, 2 Chub