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Great venue, had a good day but the fish didn't bite. Enjoyed watching the salmon jump though!

My brother and I arrived at the Courtfield beat for our first ever Barbel session. Within 3 minutes of casting out my brother had landed an 11lb 3oz Barbel, in great condition. Over the next hour and a half we also caught two Barbel of just over 7lbs each. The action then tailed off, before picking up at the end of the day when we had a few more bites. All in all a great days fishing, looking forward to next time!

Second day of our trip . 5 barbel caught (2x7lb, 2x6lb plus an 8lb 12oz). 9 chub also caught to 4lb. Another enjoyable day. All caught on ledgered elips pellets. Thanks again to the Jovial Colliers in Lydbrook for the great bed and breakfast !

Cold overnight so we expected a slow start. Lost 2 barbel late morning. Caught 5 chub to 5lb 6oz during the day. Barbel 9lb 10oz just as packing up around 5.45pm. All fish caught on 3 or 4 ledgered elips pellets over loose fed pellets. Enjoyed the day. Thanks to Denise and Tony at the Jovial Colliers in Lydbrook for the bed and breakfast, excellent as usual!

What a change in conditions from last week, cold and wet! fished quite well all morning but no takers. SK was coarse fishing and managed to find some barbel at the bottom of the beat. We ended up with a couple and a bag of chub before the weather got the better of us.

four good size chub and two barbel, lost a couple of barbel also. Bait used mainly pellet both on hook and in feeder.

Arrived to find the river running clear with water temperature at 7 degrees. Slow start fish, coming on around dinner time, had two barbel in quick succession weighing 9lb 14oz and just under 7lb. All quiet until dusk - two more fish around 9lb and one missed. Nice stretch of water and had a nice chat with Don. Thanks all at the WUF.

I was fishing for Pike and did not have any action. No runs at all. I enjoyed the day and look forward to having another day at Courtfield next season. The conditions were very bright which did not help. Locating Pike in March is often rather hit or miss.

Another excellent days fishing on Courtfield, slow start but picked up towards the end. 6 barbel in total biggest 10lbs 2oz fantastic fish! One chub about 3lbs and a pike around 5lbs on a spinner. This was the second trip within a week or so first trip on the cold side but, managed two great chub over 5lbs and a pike over 6lbs for a mornings fishing.

Ended up with just the one chub of about 3 lbs after losing a couple of barbel in quick succession - checking the hook I discovered the point was damaged.