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First time to this beat, easy to find and good parking close to river. Warm and sunny with low water so no salmon however 1 large brown trout around the 3lb mark and several smaller before lunch and then a salmon sized (well almost) grayling around 3pm. Again around the 3lb mark maybe larger. Smaller trout and grayling came to drys all afternoon. All released in good condition.
Lovely well looked after beat will be back for trout, salmon and monster grayling. Many thanks to beat owner and WUF.

Fished courtfield from 10am to 11pm. I W had 3 barbel between 5 & 8lb 2oz & 1 chub 4.5lb. All fish caught between 5 and 11 pm from Wood crib on meat and pellets. B H had 1 chub and a lovely river wye 10lb barbel. All fish caught on meat from Legg Meadow crib. Here's a nursery rhythm to remember when fishing courtfield, "if you go down in the woods today never mind the disguise it's terminal tackle you need". The place eats you alive but canoers can come in handy. Nice to speak to Don the owner as always. Check out the website Lower Wye Fishery, Wyebank and Courtfield.

Arrived with my friend at 7am and fished till 6pm. We tried halibut pellets,spice pellets,luncheon meat. We didn't catch any barbel. I caught just 1 chub. The hill is steep, but not very long and we didn't have any problem with that.
There is not much space for fishing. I would say just first 200 meters and even that is not good. I will never go back to this part of the river. I think you should not charge £15 but maybe £5 per day. My plan was, if we don't catch any barbel in few hours, we will move further, but where?!!Not happy with this.
At 5pm came two I think Polish speaking men. At 6pm came another two. I asked them if they going to fish over night. They said Yes. I think they were poachers. Because if there is no night fishing, why would they fished over night? Also they had cans of beers with them.

11 trout caught mostly 9" to 11". Beautiful beat well worth a visit.

Very straightforward booking process. I didn't arrive at the beat until half past four.
By the time I had walked the beat (avoiding a family of picnickers and swimmers) and decided that the inviting looking Corner Pool was unsafe to wade far enough out due to the height of the water and the uneven bedrock and boulder combination footing. I didn't start fishing the Lower Flats until almost six. I did enjoy this very beautiful and interesting beat though. Inspite of abundant hatches of various Olives and Sedge I was surprised by the lack of rising fish in the evening. I only managed to land one wbt of about 3/4 of a pound, caught on a quill body Olive dun imitation.
Thanks very much for a very pleasant evening's fishing, I'll be back next year.

1 x Grayling which was returned. Caught on a Grey Wulff.

Another fantastic beat on what was probably not the most productive day, as it was bright sunshine all day long, although not complaining! 15 Barbel to 9lb 8oz and 1 chub. We stayed at the Cottage of Content and had a great time, Thanks again W&UF!

First ever day Barbel fishing (generally go trout / salmon fishing) and the guys in the the fishing shop in Ross gave sound advice! 11 barbel landed and a few lost on swim fed hallibut pellet, to 8lbs with several over 5 lbs. Relentless canoes all day but didn't appear to affect the feeding fish so not a problem. Will be back, but doubt conditions will be so perfect every time

A beautiful day. Nil catch.

2 Barbel, 7and 9lb and one chub 4lb. The canoe problem is just so bad that its difficult to fish the water at all between 10am and 4pm.