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River was up and coloured, well within its banks. Wading out of the question so the beat becomes extremely limited. Add the electric fence , the Himalayan balsam , the nettles , the willow herb and you are down to a fraction of fishable bank on one bank only . I think the description of the river and fishing needs a refresh to avoid disappointment.
Nice bit of river though .

2 Trout, 5 Grayling

Very hard day, 1 chub from a swim in the field, 4 of us booked in and not much space in the woods for all of us, as far as in aware 2 barbel and 1 chub between the 4 of us all day.. very hard going.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

I had four grayling
Three grayling were hooked on the dropper
Later on I switched to the dry fly and a small Adams as there was a few fish rising and managed to catch another before I packed up

4 Grayling

Tough day..one bite one fish..but a decent 9lb 14 ..

1 Barbel

Lovely autumnal day on Courtfield on a very high - but dropping river. Gauge showed 2.15m when we started and dropped about 15cm through the day. Having fished the stretch before we headed to legg meadow, three or four swims here easily accessible despite the high water. One angler had a handsome chub of 4lb or so very early on but then had a longer wait for the next catch of the obligatory wye eel. The other angler had a slightly better day with 5 barbel. One small one of 3lb or so, three slightly bigger typical shoalies of 5lb to 6lb and one really impressive fish of 12.02, a new PB. Successful baits were the usual suspects, 14mm halibut pellets, 12mm robin reds, boilies, luncheon meat - they all got bites. Having said that, the fish were sporadic through the day with no real consistency. Early in the morning seemed best but there would be periods of an hour or so with no real interest and then a bite or two would emerge. Given the recent weather it was nice not to have to put a brolly up and the buzzards over the woods opposite kept me entertained when the fishing was slow. We'll be back. Thanks to WUF and also Don with whom i had a nice chat the day before just to check on river conditions. One last point on parking - we parked in front of the gate to the side of the waterworks. The trick is, reverse in and don't go too far - and you'll easily get out again.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

2 Trout

River conditions rised , hight water . I’ve used halibut pellets on hair rig and 130g cage feeder

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

fished the bottom field. river was dropping but still pacey so fished the margins and slack water. Lost one early to a snapped hooklink so moved swims. Had a cracking chub but then struggled for the rest of the day. 2 other fishersmen managed some decent barbel so they were there, just down to my lack of skills today.

1 Chub

Just as others have said, not much swim choice with four people and high-ish water, but the fish weren't having anything. Big pellet/small pellet, halibut/robin red, spicy meat, smelly paste, garlic boilie, sweet boilie, chopped, whole or barrel. Not a touch. Maybe should have taken maggots.

Gave up early yesterday because of smelly sewage foam, same again today didn’t even get my rods out so disappointed