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On arrival the river was at good height and running pretty clear. A hatch of olives at lunchtime brought trout to surface. I rose a few but none made it to the net. It is perhaps now a little early in the season but the beat is well worth a visit.

Three well mended kelts banked and released strong kicking, lost another two fish after brief fight and two more spotted in other pools. All action from top section. Middle beat rammed with pike, six or seven close encounters, one 8-10lbs landed accidently. A day full of tight lines but no cigar. Thank you.

Lovely day to be back on the river with renewed optimism given the recent excellent catches. Salmon were showing regularly throughout the day - particilarly on the lower part of the Courtfield - although it was difficult to tell whether these were fresh or kelts out of the corner of the eye. 3 kelts came to flying c's one of which was around 40" in length. All were well mended, gleaming silver and swam off strongly. Don was as helpful as ever and kindly allowed me to fish the Wyebank beat as well. Can't wait to get back.

Lovely day, 4 nice fish caught 9"-12" fishing duo. All on small bead head nymphs and spiders.

Too early in the season for the fish to be moving perhaps, which was a shame because there was a sustained, albeit light, hatch of LDOs(?). Nothing rising at all.

Too early in the season for the fish to be moving perhaps, which was a shame because there was a sustained, albeit light, hatch of LDOs(?). Nothing rising at all.

2 trout < 1lb caught on spiders during brief hatch of ldo at lunchtime. Lost a clunker in the deep on teh nymphs later in the day just downstream of SENTA.

A couple of salmon showing but no contact spinning. A large number of canoes.

Blank. This was my first time on this attractive beat, although I live not far away. The weather was mild with some afternoon rain. Donny Macer-Wright and Rudy were both extremely helpful about the fishing and the water, and bubbling with enthusiasm about recent salmon results, the best in March from this part of the river in a very long time. I think it's fair to summarise that Courtfield is mostly spinning water (except for a fly section at the bottom end), while the neighbouring Wyebank is nearly all fly water. It didn't work out for me this time, although I had a long, slow pull on the fly at the bottom end which unfortunately didn't connect, and I saw fish move twice. I guess they must still be shuffling through. Altogether a very enjoyable day.

Both anglers blanked. Nice looking stretch of river but no real sign of any fish just yet. Will look to return when the weather improves.