Fishing has been epic during October with many anglers reporting good catches which included rainbows, blues, brownies and tigers. Largest fish was an 8lb rainbow to P.Johnson. Lures and nymphs are scoring well with dries a fun back up when conditions suit. Buzzers, dial bach, bloodworm, cruncher are performing well…
It feels like autumn now, the estate and fishery look wonderful and trout fishing most importantly is much improved from the challenges of summer. It's our favourite time of year, with opportunities to catch on dries as well as nymphs and lures. This has been very much the case in…
The past few weeks have seen the fishery surroundings and the fishing gradually change. It's spring fishing now, big buzzer hatches, hawthorn fly are about as are a few early caddis and daddies, plus a few pond olives and today, our first mayfly hatch of the year. Yes good catches…
March it seemed, brought with it a year's worth of weather! So while fishing varied day to day, it was overall very good, with many good catches of rainbows, plus a few browns and blues. Good weather later in March produced enormous buzzer hatches, providing quality nymph fishing and the…
January and February might not be everyones idea of prime time trout fishing, however for anglers prepared to venture out, this is a time of plenty on the lakes. Trout are working hard to find food and streamers and nymphs are producing results, with browns to 6lbs and rainbows to…
With the exception of being frozen up for 10 days this month, fishing has been epic. Since the lakes thawed on Monday and we formerly reopened on Tuesday, visiting anglers have made some superb catches. Tuesday Brian Huckfield was top rod with 15 trout. Wednesday Ken Foster had 12 trout.…
Fishing continued to improve throughout October and into early November as I write this report. Anglers have enjoyed wonderful sport with rainbows, blues and browns. Lures have been big winners recently as the trout, particularly browns, target the small roach resident in our lakes. Some of the strikes have to…
Fishing gradually improved as the month of September progressed and water temperatures cooled. As we move into October this trend continues, Darren Mathews landing 16 fish last weekend. Andy Harman (pictured) caught this rainbow on a dry daddy as part of his catch. All lakes are performing dependant upon conditions,…
While late July and much of August proved tough going for trout on the lakes, late August has seen an improvement in catches as average temperatures cool. Currently anything can work fly wise depending on the day, some fish are chasing fry, other delicately nymphing or sipping emmergers from the…
Fishing on the lakes continues to provide sport throughout the summer, one of the benefits of having a good depth of water on our spring fed lakes. Regular and experienced anglers are continuing to catch during all but the worst conditions (i.e. at this time of year hot, humid, sunny…