Draycote Water Trout Fishing Form To July 20th

Week Ending – Saturday 18th July 2009

This Week :
Browns : 2
Weight : 10lbs 4ozs
Av Weight : 5lbs 2ozs
Largest : 5lbs 12ozs
Rainbows : 846
Weight : 2387lbs 2ozs
Av Weight : 2lbs 13ozs
Largest : 10lbs 10ozs
No of Visits : 271
Total Catch : 848
Av Catch per Angler Visit : 3.13

This Season :
Largest Brown : 11lbs 2ozs
Largest Rainbow : 14lbs 3ozs
No of Visits : 6453
Total Catch : 20052
Av Weight : 2lbs 9ozs
Av Catch per Angler Visit : 3.11

Comments :

Fish are much more up in the water after the cooler breezy conditions.
Bank anglers have caught on Buzzer, Bloodworm, Diawl Bach and Dry Whickhams.
The boat fishers have caught in nearly all areas and Cormorant, Damsel, GH Daddy, Red Holo Buzzer, White Fritz, Daddy, Orange Blob, Tube Fly, Yellow Muddler, Silver Invicta, Montana, Minkie and Booby have all done the trick at different times.

Week’s best bag was 32lbs 00ozs to Mr Rod Wilson of Leicester who took all his fish on the Tube Fly between Draycote Dam and Musborough Shoal. Other eight fish limits of note include 29lbs 7ozs to Mr Andy Tyler including a rainbow of 7lbs 12ozs, 24lbs 6ozs to Mr Des James, 23lbs 14ozs to Mr John Hoskins, 23lbs 12ozs to Mr J Jones and 22lbs 00ozs to Mr Melvyn Severn which included a brown of 5lbs 12ozs.

Some outstanding five fish limits headed up by 25lbs 10ozs to Kineton boat angler Mr Andrew Whieldon who had a 10lbs 10ozs and a 9lbs 6ozs amongst them and they all came to the Buzzer, 18lbs 10ozs to Mr Ron Blackwell, 17lbs 12ozs to Mr Ray Cramp, 17lbs 3ozs to Mr Don Roper including a 7lbs 2ozs rainbow, 16lbs 10ozs to Mr Steve Conway, 16lbs 8ozs to Mr Bob Garrett of Shetland, 16lbs 4ozs to Mr S Hodson-Walker, 16lbs 00ozs to Mr Tony Storey, and Mr Sam Wadland, Mr Paul Walker and Mr D Robinson all weighed in with over 15lbs 00ozs.

Mr Bill Murphy of Southam, Warwickshire caught and returned a brown of 9lbs 00ozs and another of 5lbs 00ozs.

Enquiries to : Fishing Lodge, Draycote Water, Kites Hardwick, Rugby. CV23 8AB
Telephone : 01788 – 812018 Fax : 01788 – 815711