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1 Barbel

O fish caught due to people swimming down river.

A nice Barbel first chuck and that was it, river in desperate need of some rain

1 Barbel

fished from dawn to lunch time with no fish in fact not a sign of a fish. The river is low but also a dirty brown colour. The swims were not clear as there was very few places to get suitable access's to the river. Certainty not a stretch for those who struggle to walk on uneven ground. And yes I know it is a wild river and that some scrambling is to be expected but still if the beat is for 6 anglers then it should be able to have six swims available. Parking is a issue also as the waterworks area that the directions point you towards has signs on the fence stating no parking due to health and safety issues. the alternative parking is not the greatest and the walk from the car parks is not for the faint hearted !!

Very tough day fishing. Started on one of the upper steep banked swims. Was feeder fishing targeting barbel . Put a decent amount of ground bait in the river and tried a variety of hook baits but could buy a bite. Change hook link lengths and switched our for a small weight but still couldn’t find the fish. So around 12ish moved to one of the downstream swims - very snaggy so switched to trotting and caught two of the smallest chublet I’ve ever caught - barely the width of my hand. Returned to an upstream swim in the evening and went back to feeder fishing and ledgering. Casting one rod near and one far. After 11.5hrs with no bites I finally hooked into a fish. And boy was it worth persisting for. Double figure Wye barbel - that’s what I came for!

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

A tough day. Was hard to find a good spot to fish so ended up in the shallower part of river. 2 eels and a small chub, plus lots of canoe traffic. Still the sun shined and views were nice.

1 Chub, 2 Other

Float fished using bread and corn on the lower section. The salmon took the bread flake, lost 2 others as well!!, chub on corn plus small bits and pieces. River probably 2 low. Made a change from ledgering; nice day.

1 Salmon, 1 Chub

Tough days fishing at Courtfield as the river level was very low. I think two Barbel were caught and one lost,all of us using pellet on the Feeder and Trotting in the afternoon. Have fished here before and had a great time shame the river was low but will book again

Second day on courtfield fished by the manhole cover in the field, managed to park the car by the woods, then the nightmare started, the path through to legg meadow was so overgrown with brambles etc it was horrendous. I thought the pegs above the manhole cover looked dangerous and steep , I never had bite which made it worse, I don’t mind blanking that’s fishing but maybe the paths should be cut back

Afternoon fishing provided 1 chub and 3 barbel to 7 1/2 lb.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub