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A tough day on Courtfield with only one of us catching. The first couple of hours of the day were spent in the Meadow for no result. A move to the woods produced a barbel of 7lb 6oz at lunchtime and another of 9lb 10oz just on dusk.

In addition to SE from Waterlooville's report.
He left just before dusk and I fished on until the last minute. Just as I reached for my rod to reel in and pack up the tip pulled round resulting in a 3lbs 9ozs chub. My only bite of the day.

1 Chub

We arrived on a very wet day, river was very low. We fished in the woods until Don came and told us we were fishing the wrong place My partner moved to where Don said and had 2 chub around 4lbs. I stayed in the wood due to restricted mobility, lots of line bites and nothing until 6pm when the reel just went off. I am glad the baitrunner was engaged, 10 minutes later I landed a immaculate 8.5 to 9lbs Barbel. Very hard day, fish very elusive. The access to most pegs is hard, travel light mostly on wet conditions.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Despite recent rain ,river low and clear. Weed a problem coming downstream. No barbel just 3 chub between 2 of us. All chub came late afternoon and evening to luncheon meat.
Rain on and off all day.

Word of caution regarding parking, the field becomes very slippery and could cause problems for non 4WD vehicles. Just managed to get ours out.

3 Chub

Barbel 6-7lbs, lovely condition. Chub 3-4lbs, very quiet due to NE wind, still, always a beautiful spot to fish.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

A new day, a new beat, renewed confidence - only part of which evaporated when the boot was opened on a sodden mountain of mud-caked gear. More of it dissolved when it started raining again on the slither to the river bank. Puzzled that the Wye showed no reaction to all this rain, with a lack of pace and colour negative to barbel fishing. As on Sunday just a few chub, until a single barbel yanked the rod round and fought a worthy battle to mitigate the misery of two days of monsoon fishing.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

Didn't arrive until mid-afternoon so missed the worst of the rain. Fished last two hours of the day in Fallen Tree swim and had a 5lbs 15ozs barbel on dusk. Looked comfortably bigger than a barbel of comparable weight so was surprised by reading on my scales. Nice to get one in such a short session.

1 Barbel

We enjoyed our day and meeting the two Salmon anglers on the beat. Plenty of room and options and easy to drive to the hut in a 4x4. Bites were finicky however as soon as we moved to touch ledgering we started to hit the fish after 4pm when the bites switched on. Fish caught on double hair rigged pellet and swimfeeder tactics. Great historic beat and fantastic service from the friendly Wye and Usk staff, worth every penny! Saw one salmon leap and you will see Kingfishers all along the stretch. Had a nice pint of beer in the Moon 5 mins away on the way home.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

First ever visit to the River Wye and really enjoyed it, despite heavy rain for all of the day. The conditions made the fishing tricky with plenty of debris being washed through and picking up the lines but caught two cracking chub of 4lbs and 4 1/2lbs and will definitely be back for another go.

2 Chub

Nice short stretch with good parking. Caught 4 Chub to about 3lb and lost another at the net but the Barbel didn't seem to be around.

4 Chub