The good weather continues and the temperatures have certainly been creeping up to something more like you would expect for this time of year. The hatches are in full swing and the mayfly are continuing to build up momentum but are not close to full on just yet. The brighter sunny days will delay the … Continue reading Fishing Report 15th May
It’s been a week of change that’s for sure, not just in the weather but also in the fly activity! Warm weather with a mix of rain and some heavy thunder and lightning at times seems to have flicked a switch with many of the aquatic inhabitants of the lake and hatches have suddenly come … Continue reading Fishing Report 12th May
The good weather was back last week and the fly hatches continued to increase all over the fishery! Buzzers and olives hatched through the day and rising fish could be seen everywhere with fish really locked on to the abundance of insects on offer. Keeping your flies in the top 2-4 feet of fishing subsurface … Continue reading Fishing Report 3rd May
A week that once again started to feel a bit more like spring! Warmer days and relatively calm conditions at times have seen the lake bubbling. Huge hatches of buzzers and olives have had the trout feeding in overdrive and some great bags coming because of it. Keeping your flies in the top couple of … Continue reading Fishing Report 24th April
Another mixed week of weather last week with highs well into the mid-teens, beautiful sunshine and huge buzzer hatches mixed with heavy rain, winds and frosts. However, this didn’t put many anglers off. Naturals continued to be the best line of attack. Buzzers, diawl bachs, crunchers and PTN took most of the catches, fished … Continue reading Fishing Report 11th April
Last week was a week or four seasons! Beautiful sunshine and spring-like conditions one minute and torrential rain and strong winds the next! However, despite the very changeable weather some anglers still ventured out and were rewarded for their efforts. The better conditions saw lots of buzzers hatching and plenty of surface activity all around … Continue reading Fishing Report 27th March
The weather improved dramatically through the week last week and so did the catches! Angling regular, Jay Bartlett had a terrific Friday session bagging 8 fish in quick time including 2 spartics. Using a mix of tactics including waking a daddy across the surface produced some excellent sport. Nymphs and naturals continue to come out … Continue reading Fishing Report 20th March
With freezing temperatures and snow it was a very quiet first half of the week for the fishery. Just when we finally thought that spring was here, the winter weather was back with a bang! By the back end of the week the snow had gone but chilly conditions remained. Anglers returned and had some … Continue reading Fishing Report 13th March
The trees are starting to bloom and the daffodils are flowering well, but there was a distinct feel of winter again this week with cold conditions set to return. The fishing continued to be steady with anglers taking bags up to high single figures in numbers and the best fish reported to be around 7lb. … Continue reading Fishing Report 6th March
What a difference a week makes! Despite some ruthlessly cold north east winds, plenty of anglers ventured out and were well rewarded. Fish all over the lake certainly switched on with the fresh delivery livening up catches for visitors. Lots of anglers landed several fish each visit with notable bags falling to Martin Thumbwood and … Continue reading Fishing Report 27th February
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