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Always enjoy my infrequent trips to the Wye and my first visit on this water was no exception. Its a bit daunting after negotiating the steep walk down to the river and then becoming like a mountain goat to climb down to the waters edge. As I was on my own and never saw another person all day it was very wise to be extremely careful. My first choice swim in the first part of the stretch quickly produced a couple of medium sized chub and a lost barbel but despite many changes of gear the swim just died. I moved up the first field into steady water and here found some barbel willing to feed and took 6 fish up to 7.2.0. Thought I was going to bag up but then this swim also switched off. Should have moved again but I was worn out with all the climbing up and down. Catching method was straight lead, 10mm Ellipse pellet .with 4 mm feed in a PVA bag. River lower than I would have liked and quite clear which probably explained the switch off when you caught a few. Saw several salmon leaping which is a good sign. A good day, well worth the 100 mile trip. This section not recommended for the unhealthy. Although getting on in years I keep fairly fit but the haul back up the steep slope had me really puffing and the day after some pretty sore thighs from hauling me and kit up what appeared to be a mountain. Thanks WUF. Good service. Online booking was straight forward Roll on June 16th. Hope we have plenty of rain.

Three beautiful brownies caught to the dry fly. All 10 to 11 inches. Steady trickle of Dark Olives from about noon until 2ish.

River in great condition. Fished the woods in the morning and Legg Meadow in the afternoon. Had 9 barbel to 9.10, using pellet and boiles behind a groundbait feeder. This was my third consecutive day on Courtfield and it has produced consistently. Many thanks to Don for his help and advice.

Second consecutive day of 3 on the stretch. Not disappointed as had a brace of 9 pound barbel (9.04 & 9.06) and a chub just over 5lb.

What a great end to the season, fished on the Courtfield beat on the 13th and 14th of March. River was a bit low for this time of year, but the barbel didn't seem to mind, I landed 11 barbel to 10lbs 2oz and 4 big chub. This has to be one of the best beats on the W.U.F books, and Don is so helpful. Can't wait to come back!

Our first visit for a while to this consistent beat, and it did not disappoint. We fished the middle part of the beat and caught 11 barbel and a chub between us. The barbel were of a higher average size than in the past, with the best at at 8lb 1oz. The usual feeder fished pellet proved the most productive. The constant sound of curlew in the fields opposite also helped make this a very pleasant day.

Fish caught - 16 brown trout, biggest 1lb 12oz and 7 grayling biggest 1lb 8oz. Good average size to the grayling, trout averaged 12oz. All but one fish taken on nymphs, mostly pheasant tails and one fish on a dry olive. Thanks for a enjoyable day.

RC caught 2 well mended kelts (9lbs and 12lbs) and one springer to BB of 13lbs. RC lost 5 salmon (one in particular was very large) and one unknown (quite possibly a Pike judging by the fight). BB lost 4 salmon. 1lbs Brown trout tried its luck at taking a large fly. All fish returned strong.

Beautiful area, water clear, weather cloudy, 12deg. Excellent parking, clearly signed in the yard. About 500yd walk to the river. We fished only from just above the top weir to just below the footbridge. I netted two grayling, lost two, one (at the net) which I estimated around a pound and a half. That one on a goldhead hares ear, the others on a tungsten nymph. My partner saw a couple of rises, I saw none. Unusually I caught two more than he did. Certainly a place to go again.

Morning fog cleared by 1pm to give way to a beautiful spring day. An encouraging hatch of LD Olives but I have never seen so much insect life totally unmolested by fish. Not one rise spotted and couldn't tempt anything to a nymph however presented. The river looked lovely and was running clear though low for the time of year. I'm sorry to report a blank but I'm sure this beat will come to life soon.