Feedback & Reports

Another wonderful day on this beat although the fishing was quite slow, we shared a catch of 11 barbel and 4 chub to feedered pellets, boilies and sweetcorn. A word of warning for anyone fishing this beat- the bank has collapsed in the swim nearest the tree line rendering it dificult to access safely.

Aprox. 4 small brownies 9 - 11inch. Weather very wet driving rain until mid afternoon sun came out, rather pleasant. Caught on size 14 beaded hairs ear.

Good start, ended badly. River pushing hard but fishable early on. A 7lb 6oz barbel and two around 5lb from a crease swim below hut after switching from pellet to garlic Spam. River then started to come up fast and kept rising, wrecking that swim and most others. Not another touch. At leaving time, solved dangers of dreaded exit gate (point the car up the steep ramp at an oblique angle and wait until its dark enough to pick up headlights) but found another. Someone had refastened the makeshift loop of barbed wire on the gate so tightly (must have used gloves and pliers) as to make closure almost permanent. Ten minutes of bloody struggle and a gashed thumb later,I remembered the forceps in the tackle bag and escaped a predicament caused by what seemed to me a pointed and mean-spirited action, since it was clear an angler remained on site.

Parked in Orchard, fished swim by car. 5 barbel to about 8lb, all caught between 10am and 4pm on pellet & meat. River was well up but fished very well.

No fish caught. Water high and very coloured.

First of 4 days at Courtfield on our first visit to the Wye, river up and coloured. 1 barbel of 8lb 6ozs, several dace/chublets and one chub of 5lbs 6ozs taken in the wood section on flavoured meat and maggots. 1 good fish lost. Nothing on pellet.

River higher than last time I was here. Fish harder to find 2 Rods managed 5 Barbel & 2 Chub on a rising river. Pellet feeder accounting for the fish.

Nil catch, no salmon seen. Water holding a tinge of colour
Looked good.

Two rods caught 5 barbel to 7.5 lbs and 6 chub to 4lbs on a variety of baits, meat, pellet, sweetcorn.

Only fished a morning session and was rewarded with 3 barbel around the 6/7 pound mark. Pellet feeder did the job. Lovely stretch of river.