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Nil return - Had a couple of pulls but nothing caught.

Fished the croys at the top end of the beat, fished all day without a bite between us. Another angler fishing also failed to catch and left early. River was at a reasonable level though very clear which did not help, perhaps we should have moved about to see if we could locate them. Stayed until dusk very dissapointing but a loveley place. Decided to fish somewere else the following day instead.

A generally slow day with the river low and relativley clear. A slow stream of fish coming to halibut pellet, throughout the day a total of 9 Barbel taken between 2 rods.
All in all a great day out, thank you.

River low and clear. One small grayling and two even smaller trout.

Two trout caught, one a suitable size for a goldfish bowl, the other 12", both returned. The water was slightly murky and cold.

River low & clear so decided to floatfish for the early part of the day. Both rods caught loads of dace plus the odd chub to 4lb. Tried the pellet feeder towards evening with no success. Lovely stretch and would return for the dace fishing alone.

Brilliant beat and although the water was gin clear and running very low, my rod was bent over all day. Landed 15- 20 trout all above 9 inches, four above 12 inches. All were taken on CDC Olive patterns, had at least a dozen slip the barbless hooks also.

Fished the peg almost opposite the fishermans hut on the crib. It looked fantastic but was very clear and the level appeared to be below normal as the bay on the opposite bank (point of the small island) was only a few inches deep. Sat for probably 4 hours without a bite using every method and bait I had with me including halibut, elips pellets, boilies, luncheon meat in all sizes. Feeding hemp and barbel bomb (hinders) through a feeder. Was really disappointed so decided to move downstream to a peg on a concrete and stone ledge under a big tree. Having sat there for another 2hrs I eventually had 2 barbel about 5lb on 8mm pellets. All in all a disappointing days fishing but loved the location and views. My two mates managed to catch 4 chub and 2 barbel between them. One of the barbel was over 8lb but again not a very impressive day considering all 3 of us are experienced Barbel anglers. We put it down to the condition of the river level. But will be back to give it another go.

A good days fishing was eventually had by all 4 rods. Had to move around the stretch a bit to find the barbel & chubb. Not a prolific haul of fish but an enjoyable day none the less. Variety of baits used but pellet seemed to produce the fish.

First of 4 days on Courtfield. Loveley stretch with plentry of variation and pegs to fish from. The ownwer, Don, met us shortly after we arrived and gave a really useful introduction to the top half of the fishery pointing out many of the fish holding features etc. really nice guy and his knowledge of the stretch ceratinly paid dividends over the 4 days.
Fishing itself was really hard going with only 1 barbel and 2 chub caught between us. We tried a variety of area & swims during the day but all fish were caught during afternoon/evening and all on groundbait/pellet approach