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An excellent day at Wyebank & Courtfield. Met with Don at the start of the day who recommended the faster water through Wyebank to begin the day. A beautiful stretch of water, but no action before lunch.
That is if you don’t include not only having my fishing disrupted by several canoes, but by actually being hit by two of them! In both instances they were obviously novice canoeists and took no action other than to continue inexorably towards me, hitting me at some speed once broadside on, with the full force of the current behind them. In both instances I managed to avoid injury, or damage to my equipment, although I suspect this was more by luck than anything else. It is only because I am reasonably young and fit that I was able to avoid a serious accident.
In the afternoon I moved up to Boat Pool, and on Don’s advice I fished down until about 20 yards past the willow and hooked my first Wye Salmon...... a beaufiful silver kelt of about 35inches. Having whooped with joy as she went safely back. I went back for a second run through the pool and got a second fish just before the willow this time, about 32 inches - again safely returned after another great (and very aerial) fight! Fly was a black Snaelda on a sink 5 tip. If Wye kelts put up this kind of scrap I shall look forward to my first encounter with a springer. Beautiful water with lots of fish in it and helpful advice/encouragement.

4 rainbow trout caught on worm.

First time to Goodrich Court and what a day! Conditions were overcast with a cool wind. No sign of movement for the whole day, however we managed to take 2x12lb and 2x8lb fish all fresh runners and in great condition from the "The V" and "The Corner Tree". 1 to the fly and 3 to the spinner. An excellent day and as always great guidance from the WUF team. Thanks.

Good flow of water, no fish seen or rises, quite a chilly day & probably too early in the season, a pleasant blank.

Only managed to fish for a couple of hours but it was enough to explore this lovely beat. There was a steady feed of Large Dark Olives all day but the cold downstream wind kept the main hatch at bay.
I caught 6 brown trout the best fish was a 18 inch cracker that took a olive green Pheasant Tail Nymph fished into the head of one of the pools. Of rising fish I saw only one but it was rising steadily in the slack margins under a tree. Although I tempted it to take an Olive Emerger after a spirited and very acrobatic fight it managed to slip the hook before I netted it. All in all a great beat and an enjoyable days fishing. The best fish of the day can be seen on my facebook page. Frank Williams.

J. C. had a great day catching salmon at Courtfield from the boat pool down to top end of ferry pool including 5 well mended, and some exceptional, kelts to 15lbs and a fabulous 40" cock salmon with very high condition factor, super deep and thick girth " a 'pig' as wide as a board" est 27lbs from charts.

No trout caught. A few grayling rising.

Great beat. Fished it last Friday. The owner has had wooden steps cut to take you from where you should park down to the river. The area near there is pretty much all good. It was around 10C so bearable. I took a trout on spider pattern before switching to dries when the rise started at around 11.30. Caught 4 more on dries (and my partner caught two more on dries) between then and 3.30pm (ish) when the rise primarily to dark olives stopped. There was also a short flush hatch (of March Browns I believe) at around 12.30. I say this because the same thing happened the next day on a different beat and time I knew it was March Browns. All 7 trout (1/2 to 3/4 lb) returned. Great day fishing thank you.

11 trout all returned (4 takeable) on Usk Purple, Donegal Blue, March Brown

Had an hour throwing a spinner around this chilly evening. Several fish jumping and 2 beautiful fresh looking fish porpoising at least once every 2/3 minutes - couldn't interest them in a flying C.