May 8th – 14th

228 anglers caught 1065 fish of which 780 were returned.

Best Fish
9lb 5oz Liam Johnson, Higham Ferrers, damsel, boat
6lb 11oz John Lashbrooke, Corby, diawl bach
6lb 4oz Pete Welch, Boston, olive buzzer
6lb 0oz Mr Dickens, Northampton, green/white lure, boat
5lb 10oz Barry Chillingworth, Northampton, green/white, boat
5lb 5oz Voldermars Rumbas, boat
5lb 4oz Trevor Maycock, Northampton, damsel
5lb 3oz Derek Benamore, Finedon
5lb 2oz Darren Oram, Aldwincle, black diawl bach
5lb 0oz Bob McCarthy, St Albans
4lb 14oz Roger Bosence, Corby

Best Areas
Bank – All areas producing fish
Boat – west arm, east arm, gravel bar, down middle

Best Patterns
small damsel, olive or black buzzer, diawl bach, green cruncher, olive cdc, black or olive shipmans, apps bloodworm, green/white lures, tequila blob/booby.

Another week with big numbers of fish rising. On most mornings there were plenty of fish to cast at, the afternoons quieter then a good late evening rise.
Spooned fish have been feeding on assorted sizes of black or green buzzers, pond olive nymphs/emergers, damsel and daphnia.
On Tuesday evening there was the first of the mayfly hatch. Along the whole of the brookside bank there were more mayfly then I’ve ever seen at Elinor.
Prospects for dry fly and imitative patterns remain excellent with great water clarity and milder temperatures.

Next Stocking
May 15th, 19th

Upcoming Competitions
This Sunday May 21st Tommy Wood Memorial buzzer match (bank, free entry, open to everyone. All proceeds from the raffle go to Sue Ryder Peterborough) 9am – 4pm

June 4th Scierra Pairs heat (boat)
still a few boats available http://www.scierrapairs.co.uk

November 12th Dave Hughes Memorial Fur & Feather (bank & boat)