It has been another action–packed week here at the Sportfish Game Fishing Centre, with some stunning new arrivals too! As far as the fly life is concerned, buzzers have been coming off both lakes in their droves this week, and small black buzzers fished on floating lines have been working very well indeed. That said … Continue reading Week ending 31st March 2019
Spring is almost starting to feel like it is in the air, flies are hatching and fish are on the move. Flurries of buzzers have started to trickle off and late in the day plenty of fish have been showing on the surface. The fish on the whole have been up in the water and … Continue reading Week ending March 24th
Another week of very windy weather has certainly made casting tricky on Haywards Farm Lake, but for those who persevered in the conditions have experienced some good fishing with a rod average of just under 4 fish per rod. Intermediate lines have been most successful cutting under the choppy water which allows the flies to … Continue reading Week ending 17th March 2019
The windy weekend understandably deterred many anglers but fishing earlier in the week was fun with many fish being caught. David Sterne caught the best fish of the week, an orange tagged 12lb 7oz rainbow on a Cats Whisker fished on a floating line off Duffers Point. This fish also won him a complimentary days … Continue reading Week ending 10th March 2019
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
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