Feedback & Reports

Hot, sunny, low flow and crystal clear water which combined to make the fish very nervous. I saw a few fish, two rejected my offerings and swam off, others were just spooked by their own shadows. So a blank. However the dippers and a frog made for excellent entertainment.
Two items of note: there is a barbed wire fence across the river just above the bridge. It is underwater so beware when the river has a better flow. There is a live electric fence across the river further upstream, it is easy to wriggle under it but it is definitely attached to a power supply.

Charles caught his second fish in 2 days (not George sadly, but thanks he appreciated the veteran comment!) - a 20lb fish from the Cafn, again on a trout rod.

1 Salmon

Another lovely day on this beautiful beat. Harder going than two weeks ago - very low water and quite a lot of leaf-fall. Three 10-12" grayling on the dry brought to hand. Only one trout rise all day.

3 Grayling

I started on the float between two croys without any luck. Swapped to the feeder and had a barbel 1st cast on pellet, then a 5.13lb chub on meat.
By now my son had 4 barbel. He went onto to finish with 11 and a chub, not bad for his first visit to the Wye. I had to settle for 3 barbel and 3 chub. All the barbel were small, not surprising given the depth of water we were fishing in. Had a nice chat as always with Don.

14 Barbel, 4 Chub

Tough day but we managed a few. This was the last of five trips I had booked on Courtfield this year, but I might try and squeeze another in towards the end of October if we get mild weather. A good year though all things considered with plenty of big barbel and chub caught despite less than ideal conditions for a lot of the Summer. Great beat, a lovely bit of river. I will return!

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

10 x grayling 6-15 inches, needed for DNA sample survey. Grey Duster and Elk Hair Sedge. Cold morning, low water, very hot and bright later. It's funny how, when you absolutely have to have fish for a survey, how elusive they become and how hard you must work to get them.

10 Grayling

Not being a coarse fisherman I believe what I caught was a chub. I also caught a roach of about 1 pound, both fish were caught on a size 10 stoats tail double.

1 Chub, 1 Other

7 fish from 6-12 inches, on tiny black and olive klinkhammers and a size 16 gold head hares ear.

7 Trout

Fished through to 3am, 4 Sewin on black and silver tubes and snakes. Average 2lbs.

4 Sea Trout

Fished from dawn til dusk. River level was low but water was clear. Sunny hot conditions made fishing difficult. Caught chub to 5lb but the day was topped off with a 9lb barbel..nice small beat only 2 swims were fishable. A lot of snags so lost a few feeders but overall enjoyed the day. 3 car park spaces right next to the swim.

1 Barbel, 7 Chub