Feedback & Reports

Booked Courtfield because of the fantastic information on the beat via both the Lower Wye Fishery website and the Facebook page.
My father and I booked up for 3 days from the 19th to the 21st in search of my first barbel. 30 barbel later to the both of us and I'm more than happy! 19 of those on the last day when we struggled to keep up wth the bites! And thats not forgetting the fantastic chub sport too! All fish came from the wooded section of the beat.
Biggest barbel was 10lb 7oz which was the only double (unfortunately to the old man). Chub were caught to just under 5lb with the vast majority being around the 3-4lb mark.
Many thanks to the WUF and Don for a fantastic trip.

30 Barbel, 17 Chub

I would like to apologise to the salmon anglers for encroaching on their water. I fish this stretch every year and did not check the map before fishing, so did not realise the boundary had changed, you could've ask me to move rather than call the bailiff.
The fishing was hard as the water was low. but we did manage a barbel on the pellets and feeder.

WUF note - All anglers MUST check their beat details before fishing just in case any changes have been made. We do also understand some anglers reluctance to approach other anglers on the riverbank and calling the bailiff or the office is acceptable under these circumstances.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Only a few hours around dusk and stayed on the feeder, total blank.

Warm evening, not much rising, one 2lb brown trout caught on hares ear nymph.

1 Trout

We fished from 1700 to 2200. The river was surprisingly colored, and a difficult wind. Our three fish were about 2/3 lb.

3 Trout

Arrived at around 7am and fished the wooded section. Caught a chub and a barbel (around 5lb) by 9:30am and then it went dead. Brother in law caught a chub mid afternoon and the father in law was a victim of eels.
It was a bit too hot to fish and to be honest the canoes are getting worse. Whilst I understand the business reasoning around making hay when the sun shines, the owners of the canoe rental firms should have more respect for other river users.
I lost tackle due to people going straight through the lines, endless noise and general messing around. Don't get me wrong I'm not a kill joy but when someone wants to get in the river to swin downstream in a swim you are fishing it's not really on.
Need to get this under control, it's a shame because it's a great place to fish, I just don't need the hastle when I take the day off to fish, to put up with this.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 5 Other

Water gin-clear today, with very low flow, so worked upstream searching the remaining deep pools; caught/released a 9" brown trout below the old castle mound. Witnessed the largest and most varied fly hatch ever in my experience - had four mayflies on an arm at one time! Spent the afternoon upstream from the bridge but the river strangely sterile - no usual shoals of small grayling nor sight of any trout. Saw an adult mink on the gravel near the upstream end of the beat - the culprit ???

1 Trout

No salmon caught or seen. River very low now. Caught 2 shad and a small trout on the fly at Glangwy, caught another shad on the spinner on the Rectory Pool and many other follows from shad. Caught a 10lb pike on the tail end of Ty Mawr pool on the spinner.

1 Trout, 1 Pike, 3 Other

Good days fishing with several fish missed to the dry fly, most taken on a GRHE.

4 Trout, 3 Grayling

The river was exceptionally low with clear views of the bottom through less than a foot of water well out into the middle run. The sun shone strongly all day it was possible to watch eels scouring the river bed for debris.
The only fishing option was to target the stronger flow between the cribs. Trotting down with meat through the fast water produced a good number of knocks and some good chub were taken, two over six pounds. It also found the eels!
The original target fish, barbel, was not to be found however despite fishing the bottom pitch in every recommended way. Boilies, meat, corn, pellets and the rest all produced no takes, not even from chub.
A delightful day despite the lack of barbel. Thanks Don for the advice.
Five chub. Best 6 pounds. Eels.

5 Chub