Feedback & Reports

Water level was very low, fish were active in the morning and at dusk, the strong wind and the sun didn't help. I lost few fish in the snags, but managed to catch a bonus... eels, of proper size on luncheon meat! Very nice beat but vegetation makes swims very narrow, at low level of Wye it can be a problem.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub, 3 Other

My first session on this beat. I opted to fish between boat pool and the 'No fishing' area. First cast straight in the tree...second cast...I lassoed an eel...:-S... Throughout the morning I had 4 Chub (and lost one) to 4lb 2oz. Then at 3pm fishing a 3ft clear area, I had a massive slack line, and connected to a Barbel! Played it for 10 mins, unwrapping it from various boulders, only for the hook to pull at the net :(. After the red mist had settled, at around 5:30pm I hooked another barbel. Good scrap, weighed 7lb :) ...I also fished on the Thursday...

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

River very low but fishing early and late still great.

20 Barbel, 37 Chub

Second day of our trip on a low river. After a good ending the previous evening we were up at dawn hoping for more action. The fish thought otherwise and by lunch only three barbel had been caught. The afternoon promised to be largely overcast so heavy baiting was followed by a long lunch break. It worked, with a further 15 barbel and seven chub added before dusk. Biggest barbel was 8lbs 2ozs and biggest chub a very large but empty fish of 4lbs 14ozs. A great couple of days on a lovely venue. The farmer stopped for a chat and was very friendly and informative, being an angler himself. Lots of salmon were leaping out but no salmon anglers were about to take advantage.

18 Barbel, 7 Chub

Superb stretch with easy access and many fishable areas! Sadly we picked the wrong day with BG scoring 2 chub, and myself a blank. However we will definitely try the Creel again and would heartily recommmend this beat.

2 Chub

Lovely days fishing. Nothing caught but it was a great experience just being there.

Great to be back on this well maintained but small stretch again and a good days fishing. Fished four hours early morning and four in the afternoon/early evening. Usual variety of baits used and caught on all. Many thanks.

4 Barbel, 12 Chub

Our third great trip to Courtfield in as many weeks. 12 barbel, biggest 8lb 13oz and 6 decent chub to pellet fished on running leads. Started at 4 pm and fished until dark as this seems to be when the Wye fish get stuck in to their dinner! Great beat, great fishing! Back at the end of the month.
WUF Note: Just a reminder that all fishing via the Passport is permitted from dawn until 1 hour after sunset. Please see [url=http://sunsettimes.co.uk/]here[/url] for sunset times in the UK.

12 Barbel, 6 Chub

Only fished a morning session and made for my favourite spot at the end of the fishery. This used to be Barbel alley but today it was Chub channel. I had a 3lb Chub 1st cast and many more followed with the Chub hitting the pellet as soon as the feeder hit the water. Great fishing if you were after Chub as they were of a good average size, mostly between 3 and 4lbs and I had two fish approaching 5lbs. Eventually two Barbel managed to move quick enough to grab my bait with the largest just over 7lbs. I only had my Barbel gear with me and was not able to make the best of the Chub fishing. A large waggler fished shallow down the far bank would have had a field day!

2 Barbel, 16 Chub

Strong upstream wind most of the day meant bite detection difficult! Only two chub around the 4lbs mark plus an eel was all I had to show for my efforts, packed up at 6pm due to long drive back home so I missed the best time of the day. Last year fished the same swim and caught 7 barbel and 5 chub..work it out?

2 Chub