Another good week has seen anglers taking advantage of the evenings drawing out and the evening rise, at just £20 from 5pm for a catch and release ticket it’s perfect for an evening after work. Nymphs still working best but lures are catching fish, snakes are very popular too and have been accounting for a … Continue reading Week ending 16th April 2017
Plenty of surface activity on the lake and great hatches of buzzers. Nymphs have really been doing the damage with the usual suspects catching, damsels, diawl bachs, hares ears and buzzers taking a lot of the fish. Boats have been fishing well particularly in the evenings.
The first week after the clocks have changed have seen anglers staying on much later in the day and taking advantage of the buzzer hatches and prolific evening rises. We can honestly say we have never seen so much surface activity as we have been seeing this week, it has been incredible! Dry fly has … Continue reading Week ending 2nd April 2017
Another good weeks fishing had by many anglers with plenty fish falling to naturals, Large hatches of buzzers have meant some great dry fly action and plenty of free rising fish to be targetted. Top patterns have been buzzers, diawl bachs, FAB’s fished washing line style, CDC shuttlecocks, bolbs, damsels and cats whisker. Finally the … Continue reading Week ending 26th March 2017
The best fish of the week was captured by specimen hunter Mr N Parker, a rainbow weighing an impressive 12lb 6oz caught using the classic Black Pennel. Most fish have been caught predominately in the top 2-3 feet while they have been feeding heavily on buzzers, those using floating lines and indicators have had some … Continue reading Week ending 19th March 2017
NEW FISHERY RECORDS! A fantastic capture for Szymon Wirkus to add to the record Brown trout for the fishery that he already holds! This fish believe it or not was caught earlier in the week by fishery regular Alan Tyson. The new joint record holders both caught the fish weighing in at 13lb 15oz and … Continue reading Week ending 5th March 2017
Buzzer hatches have seen anglers enjoying some brilliant sport using static buzzers with the boat anglers perhaps having the best sport.
The fishing just keeps on going and shows little sign of slowing down, more stock including yet more double figured rainbows and brown went in to spice things up a little and stir up the existing stock. Some big bags on catch & release up to 15 at a time helped to keep the average … Continue reading Week ending 26th February
Another fantastic week to follow last week great catches! Fish being caught all over the lake and to lots of flies mostly fished on a floating line or the occasional intermediate. Buzzers are starting to show and even fish taking from the top on the calmer days a great sign of things to come as … Continue reading Week ending 19th February
It was bitterly cold here last week but the fish remained very active, often being caught in the shallower water. The rod average was over 4 fish per angler and with the average weight just over 3lb there is some great fishing to be had. There are plenty of double figure fish being caught here … Continue reading Week ending 12th February