Another great fishing week here at Hayward’s Farm, the rain has topped up the lake nicely and the fish are being caught close to the margins. Floating and intermediate lines are both working well, with small orange lures being particularly successful. Bill Easterbrook has caught another double figure rainbow, this time fishing a small orange … Continue reading Week ending 3rd March 2019
What amazing weather we are having for February! The fishing has been pretty special too with some monster catches of fish! Edward Porter had the best day of the week on Friday catching 23 rainbows including one lovely double figure rainbow which was released. His good fortune didn’t end there as he also caught a … Continue reading Week ending 24th February 2019
The fishing is getting better and better with some incredible catches being recorded! Orange and white patterns have been the most effective with fish being found very close to the bank and unusually bank fisherman have been out catching those in the boats! Regular rod Colin Jordan had a pleasant surprise when he latched onto … Continue reading Week ending 17th February 2019
What a week! Fishing on Haywards Farm has been very exciting with lots of great catches reported. Notable catches included a 12lb 9oz Rainbow caught by Mr B Griffiths on a black buzzer and regular rod Dave Gibson with 3 cracking rainbows totalling just over 21lb. Dave was fishing his favourite tactic – a team … Continue reading Week ending 10th February 2019
With the arctic conditions arriving here on Thursday and the lake freezing over on Saturday and Sunday it was a mixed week here on Haywards Farm! We had a strong start to the week with plenty of good fish being caught with an average weight of 4lb 8oz, however then the snow came, followed by … Continue reading Week ending 3rd February 2019
Fishing conditions have been mixed this week, with fish being caught on a wide array of patterns. Due to the cooler weather the fish are being found in deeper water, which is normally associated with this time of year. Intermediate lines fished with taddies and dog nobblers have worked well from both boat and bank, … Continue reading Week ending 27th January 2019
Fishing conditions have been challenging this week but some great fish have been caught by those who have ventured out and fished to the conditions, including Mr. P. Power who caught a 13lb 14oz rainbow from Duffer’s Point fishing a tadpole on an intermediate line. Fish are still mainly concentrated still in that top 4ft … Continue reading Week ending 20th January 2019
It was a mixed week at Haywards Farm Fishery but both bank and boat fishing proved successful with two cracking fish of 12lb and 13lb landed. The majority of fish were showing in the top 4ft of water and differing retrieves was the trick to get amongst them. The classic ‘strip and pause’, used by … Continue reading Week ending 13th January 2019
This was another great week on Haywards Farm Lake and the mild temperatures saw lots of hatching buzzers and plenty of surface activity. Small shuttlecocks and F-flies accounted for a few fish to those willing to try a dry fly, others stayed sub-surface with sink tips and intermediate lines coupled with mini lures and caught … Continue reading Week ending 06 January 2019
A superb week again with the highlight an incredible bag for Martin Thumbwood, who landed 24 fish including doubles of 12lb and 15lb using tadpoles and di3 lines, what a day! Game Fishing Centre team member, Nick Clewlow, took a day out from work to land around 15 fish, including a 13lb 8oz fish which … Continue reading Week ending 30th December 2018
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