Feedback & Reports

Starting in the woods at 6am the river looked promising and had a slight tinge of colour and good flow. Within ten minutes I had my first bite resulting in a barbel about 5lb. This was however, to be the only bite for several hours after and prompted a move to Legg Meadow. A few tentative chub bites and one large eel were the only results until packing up at 8pm. A very disappointing day. Canoe traffic was very heavy and although most were considerate, the continuous noise and disturbance was tiresome.

1 Barbel, 1 Other

What happened to the weather, even cooler in the morning. The barbel and chub didn't want to play ball. The river had cleared and was back down to a very low level.
Needless to say the barbel eventually came out to play. Nothing huge but to 8lbs 12oz. Everyone in the party caught a barbel so happy days. It was cold during the day and the barbel didn't show much interest until the evening. A great day and everyone enjoyed it and will return for sure.

10 Barbel, 6 Chub

Arrived at Courtfield to find the river looking fantastic.
Could not get a touch except foul hooking a small pike plus 1 eel.
After talking to the local guide Kenny, he thought it was the overnight temperature of 6 degrees which had put them down.
After some advice from a Kenny, I settled in a swim at 5pm.
2nd cast barbel. I ended up with 3 barbel to 7lb and 1 chub.
Great end to a very hard day.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Pike, 1 Other

What a change in weather conditions from the previous few weeks. Greeted by temperatures of 6c and 14c during the day meant that the barbel were not feeding as well as perhaps they should have.
The river had dropped 6 inches from Sunday. Clients caught throughout the day and had a great time. Plenty of canoes, however it doesn't make any difference or stop fish from feeding. A great day again on this beat.

7 Barbel, 3 Chub

A great catch of 17 barbel to 9lb 5oz and 6 chub to 4lb 9oz. All fell to pellet or boilie fished on a running lead. Back in September for another go!

17 Barbel, 6 Chub

River at normal summer level with a touch of colour from weekend rain. Fish fed throughout day and all fish caught on feeder fished pellet. All 11 barbel were in the 6 to 8lb bracket.
Very enjoyable fishing, great scenery. The only slight downside is that the road is so close and there is quite a lot of noise from passing traffic.

11 Barbel, 1 Chub

The river was falling from a flood. It was about 1ft above the summer level and a good colour. Had a fantastic day with a client catching throughout the day. 3 x 8lbers were about the largest and a 5lbs 6oz chub made it a day to remember.
Most of the barbel were 6lbs plus which is a great average size.

16 Barbel, 8 Chub

Barbel to 11lb. Chub to 6lb 12oz. All taken at the far bank on pellets. Over cast most of the day with odd showers.

16 Barbel, 4 Chub

6am to 8am in the morning rain, Lower Courtfield. Wye up a bit last 2 days and freshwater passing through. Spinning a small Mepps hoping for grilse moving upstream before water colours from the heavy rain. No salmonids seen or caught but 1 large chub of around 3 to 4lb and a pike around 7 or 8lb that gave a very good account of itself. Writing this at 2pm, heavy rain all morning. Wye here now coloured and up 6inches in last 3 hours, barbel prospects look excellent for coming week!

1 Chub, 1 Pike

Easy to get to swims. Fish at first peg on pellets in coloured water.

5 Barbel, 7 Chub, 6 Other