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Week ending 28 June 2009

• Many happy returns at Grafham Water for birthday angler
John Timophy of Milton Keynes celebrates his birthday with 8 trout for 22lb 10oz

• Pick of the Pike at Pitsford Water
Pitsford Water offers lure fishing for pike from a boat on alternate weeks, Monday to Friday.
Commencing Mondays 29 June
13 July & 27 July
10 & 24 August
7 & 21 September

• Summer matches
Tuesday night boat leagues at Rutland Water and Grafham Water
Rutland Water – Anglian Water over 50’s match 18 July
Grafham Water – GWFFA Floating line match 26 July

Rutland Water
Fish week 1,029 (season 24,865) returns 237 (5,616) rod average 4.34(4.42)

The best Rainbow of the week was taken by Ray Simpson fishing in the Major Clubs Group 2 match last Sunday. Ray’s fish weighed 5lb 1¼oz. With rising temperatures fishing has still been intense with the main basin and Inmans Spinney, Yellowstone and Hambleton wood seeing the best of the sport. Plenty of limits continue to be taken with 8 fish bag limits weighing over 20lb. Nymphs and dries are still taking fish, but with fish gathering around the aerators sinking lines (various) with mini lures and nymph combinations are working well.

Boat anglers had the best of the sport. However the Normanton and dam area on Friday night saw some good fish taken on dries with Oakham season ticket holder Peter de Kremer taking four fish averaging 3½lb with Peter’s preferred method of dry fly reaping its reward.

Best rainbow 4lb 8oz

Best boat areas The main basin, Inmans Spinney, Yellowstone, Hambleton wood

Best bank areas Normanton, Sykes Lane, and the dam

Best methods Floating lines with nymphs/dries in the open water. Sinking lines with lures around the aerators.

Mid week boat winner P Clamp of Mansfield

Fish stocked 2,000

Competition news
Association of Major Fly Fishing Clubs
Group 2 results
1st Iver 5 points
2nd Bristol Reservoirs FF 4 points
3rd Queen Mother Fly Fishers 3 points
4th RNRMAA 2 points
5th Grafham Water FF 1 point

Tuesday Evening Boat League
Keith goes to the top of the tree!
Season ticket holder Keith Jones won the fifth match of this popular league with 8 fish weighing 21lb 11oz. Keith now tops the league with 33 points. Some impressive fish were taken (mainly in the main basin) with seven over 3lb. Roger Mortimer took the best fish a 3lb 6½oz Rainbow.

1st Keith Jones 8 fish for 21lb 11oz
2nd Mick Bennett 8 fish for 21lb 3½oz
3rd Phil Longstaff 6 fish for 15lb 9oz

League table

1st Keith Jones 33 points
2nd Mick Bennett 26 points
3rd Phil Longstaff 22 points
3rd Richard Cooper 22 points
5th Paul Wild 19 points
6th Chris Evans 8 points

Forthcoming events
Tuesday Night Boat League
Beginners courses 4,12,19 & 26 July & throughout the season
EDFF – 8 July
Anglian Water over 50’s match – 18 July

Grafham Water
Fish week 837 (season 13,516) returns 226 (3,462) rod average 3.7 (3.9)

Grafham Water has continued to fish well this week with the majority of anglers catching their trout in the top two feet of the water on small nymphs, blobs and olive hoppers fished just below the surface.

Bank anglers have had some good sport this week mainly by fishing the bowl of the dam and the G buoy area on floating lines with diawl bachs, crunchers, pheasant tail nymphs and olive hoppers fished slowly just below the surface.

Boat anglers have had the best of the sport this week by fishing floating or sink tip lines with diawl bachs, crunchers, pheasant tail nymphs, blobs and olive hoppers once again just below the surface with a slow retrieve. The best boat areas this week have been dam tower, G,H,I,X buoys and drifts through the middle of the reservoir.

The biggest bag of the week was caught by Milton Keynes angler and birthday boy John Timophy. John caught eight trout weighing 22lb 10oz by fishing a floating line with diawl bachs and olive hoppers fished slowly in the top of th