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A pretty lean day. Caught one barbel 5-7lbs in the morning, second cast, then nothing. By 5pm a glass of wine on the patio was beckoning.

1 Barbel

2 Barbel, 10 Chub

5th visit to this beat and my 1st blank. The river was very low and the weather very sunny and hot. We fished from 12 noon until dusk with very few bites. I was very surprised how little activity we had. I assume the fish are shoaled up somewhere. We tried all baits and sizes and worked back and forth across the river. We tried 5-6 different swims up and down the length.
This is a lovely part of the river. We didn’t have too many issues on snags and the canoes, while many in number are polite and do use the right hand side of the river meaning you can fish up to half way out. It is however lovely and peaceful once they stop coming down.
We will be back despite the difficult day maybe after a bit of rain which I think is needed.

Very hard going. Fished from before dawn right through to dusk for 4 chub to 3.5lb and a couple of eels between us. The water was very warm and carrying a heavy algal bloom. Coloured salmon showed regularly throughout the day.
The canoe traffic was nowhere near as bad as expected although the appearance of an inflatable boat with outboard engine was an unwelcome twist on the usual circus.

4 Chub, 2 Other

2nd day on Courtfield, we caught 7 barbel to 10lb 2oz and 12 chub to over 4lb using feeder/pellet tactics.

7 Barbel, 12 Chub

I had a good afternoon & evening at wooded end of fishery
with 6 barbel ( best 10.2lbs) & 5 chub (best 5.4lbs), all on pellet and groundbait feeder. George fished first swim in Legg
Meadow for 2 barbel and 5 chub. Must thank Don for his help & advice.

8 Barbel, 10 Chub

Very sunny and hot conditions and river low but with a tinge of colour. It was the first time we have fished this stretch and so took awhile to decide where to fish. As expected fishing was hard and bites came spasmodically throughout the day to pellet feeder. 5 Barbel to 9lbs and 5 small chub.

5 Barbel, 5 Chub

13 barbel caught to 10lb 2oz and 5 chub to 5lb 7oz using feeder/pellet tactics.

13 Barbel, 5 Chub

11 decent barbel to about 8lb and a dozen chub to 4lb 9oz on pellet and boilie fished on simple running lead rigs. As usual a great day on Courtfield. Back in a couple of weeks.

11 Barbel, 12 Chub, 1 Other

My son and I had a wonderful two days at Courtfield.
River low and slow, sun blazing and the fishing was best from 5pm onwards.
Never fished this beat before, so it took us a while to find the right swim & tactics. But when we did we had 6 barbel ranging from 6 - 8lbs, plus a chub and an eel. We also lost several fish and missed numerous bites. To cap it off, my son caught his first ever barbel and it went 8lb 6oz. He was well chuffed. We'll be back.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other