Feedback & Reports

Well that's why it's called fishing and not catching as the saying goes!
We had originally booked the 5th on Wyebank and 6th on Courtfield, having read the fishing reports and with an eye on a Wye Pb we shifted the Wyebank booking which we had booked out for £75 for exclusivity,onto Courtfield meaning we had 2 days to try for a big fish.
We hadn't fished the stretch previously so got there at first light to recce the stretch, from the reports we plumbed for the wooded stretch, river very low and clear but looked inviting.
It rained heavily during the morning making moving about a bit dodgy on the riverside path, managed a hat trick of falls but managed to avoid breaking anything.
We fished 6-2 with very little sign fishing From the rocks, decided to move up to the meadow, managed 4 chub and 2 big eels on pellet and meat, no signs of barbel.

Retreated to a B&B to regroup and warm up and dry out the kit !

Bring on day 2 .

4 Chub, 2 Other

Nine barbel including three over 9lb and a 8lb 15oz fish and a single small chub to pellet from our favourite wood swim. Great beat, fish in fantastic condition as always. Back soon.

9 Barbel, 1 Chub

A difficult day due to low water levels, cool morning temperatures and long periods of bright sunshine in the afternoon. We stayed mobile to eventually find some fish in the faster flowing areas. Lost a few decent fish to braided hook lengths being cut on sharp rocks but we did land a few fish including Barbel to 9lb 10oz and Chub to 3lb 6oz. All caught on a pretty standard pellet/groundbait feeder approach.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

Nil return

Started by the metal steps and only had two very small Barbel by 11:00 so moved to Legg Meadow and landed a Barbel of 8lb 9ozs at 13:00. Apart from another small Barbel and a couple of eels it was very quiet. The Canoe traffic was fairly light and in fact, when they stopped, all interest from the fish stopped, despite me holding out until 20:30

4 Barbel, 2 Other

4 Barbel

3 Barbel

Great day on a dropping river. Still some colour though. All the fish caught on pellet and feeder.

12 Barbel, 2 Chub

River conditions excellent; unfortunately also ideal for canoes. However, this didn't seem to put off the barbel as the best fish came whilst canoes were thrashing about in the swim, mid-afternoon! Eight barbel plus an eel, best fish 8.12.

8 Barbel, 1 Other

River level dropping; 5 barbel from swims in the trees. Best 7.5lbs.

5 Barbel