Feedback & Reports

Lovely beat with lots of variety. Had the beat to myself. Plenty of flow in the pools suited to lower levels. Concentrated on The Butts, Islands and Farm Pool but no sign of a fish all day.
One discarded car battery retrieved from the bank for disposal. Need to be careful wading The Butts with the ironwork still in the river in places.
Excellent vehicular access on the right hand bank and could cross the river to fish the left bank at this height.
Will certainly return

2 Trout

Good to be back here as its been a while and good also to see it when its got a few inches of extra water on it over the summer lows (0.220m on the Llandewi gauge today and falling ) and with some colour but not too much. Lovely.
A few stonefly and sedge knocking about in the air and some nice grayling looking rises here and there made me stick with the dry (such a lovely day for it!) but could only bring up trout sadly . A couple of nice decent fish netted and in superb,bright and fit condition so didnt feel too guilty and horsed them in pretty quick and back away too.
Lots of small fish having a go at the dry (cdc sedge) and dont know what species but that can only be good for the future . Hopefully anyway...
Seems the farmer has redone the barbed wire fencing in the mid section since I last went so is a bit tricky along there gaining access so I will be taking a piece of the pipe insulating foam along next time to save the waders!

2 Trout

2 anglers, 6 barbel, 2 chub
Lovely day on the river . Fish taken on meat/pellet. River slightly coloured and rose a little

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

Had good day fished top field
Really four swims fishable
Had fish out of all lower field water needs to be lower to access water

5 Barbel, 5 Chub

The kind of day you expect here but return would have been higher if I had not bumped off half a dozen fish!!..It was steady all day with bites spread out over the day with the last hour producing the Barbel...Seems to be ongoing work here on the left hand bank which is appreciated and the beat has picked up this year with better catching...A flock of long tailed tits and a Kestrel hovering in the adjacent field provided some entertainment on a peaceful good day here again.

2 Barbel, 8 Chub

Definitely made the right decision to fish Courtfield on Sat 7th October. Fished the top meadow swim from 8am until sundown. Perfect conditions with a coloured and dropping river, and the barbel were having it all day long despite bright sunshine and a flotilla of canoes and paddleboarders. 14 landed, with at least 4 good sized fish between 9-10lbs (possibly 11lb, but left scales at home so unfortunately don't know exact weights). Also had a brace of chub. Groundbait feeder with 18mm boilies wrapped in paste doing the business - a proper red letter day! Already looking forward to the next trip, although this one's going to be hard to beat.

14 Barbel, 2 Chub

A nice short beat but I could only access the bottom of the beat near the bridge due to the high banks, no fish for me but I only did a short 90 minute session, I was spinning today but the area I was in could be fished with a double handed fly rod, I will return as the price is very reasonable.
A bit confused on where to park as no key box on the gate just a piece of rope !!!

4 Trout

A great days fishing. 3 anglers fished all using feeder tactics with the fish coming mainly to wrapped pellet and meat.
The river was around 3ft up but not overly coloured. There were plenty of fishable swims and we fished mainly in the first two fields with one Barbel coming from the the top end of the beat. (a long walk)
Best Barbel was 8lb 2oz and the Chub ranged up to just under 5lb.
Have fished this beat before and it definitely fishes better when the river is up to this level.

3 Barbel, 36 Chub

Perfect height maybe a wee bit high nothing seen or caught