Ravensthorpe Reservoir week ending September 27th

Fishing continues to be challenging but anglers who take the time to work out the right mixture of depths, flies and methods continue to enjoy good catches. Boat anglers need to fish as close to the banks as possible especially from the Coton car park end. Various black hoppers and daddies have proved successful.

The bank anglers are still catching well with platforms 6-12 producing good fishing in the right wind conditions.

Boat fishing for Pike commences on Monday 18 October. Please telephone the fishing lodge on 01604 770875 for details and boat bookings.

Pike fishing
Fishing with lures and dead sea fish over 18cm
18 October to 21 November.

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Week ending Sept 20th, 2010

Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Fish week 258(10,614) Returns 69(2,410) Rod average 3.74(4.4)
A very mixed week at Ravensthorpe with some anglers taking nice bags and others finding sport more challenging. The wardens are up to speed on the most up to date areas and methods to use. The best fish of the week was a 5lb 1oz silver Rainbow taken on a dry sedge pattern by Phil Slater of Coventry.

Trevor Heseltine took a dozen nice Rainbows from an anchored boat tight to the Coton car park. Trevor used a hot ‘A’ black hopper on the point with a straight black buzzer on the dropper – all on an intermediate line pulled very slowly 3-5 feet down. One boat angler on Thursday took 13 fish on daddies in ripple and cloud conditions.

Black lures, nymphs and dries seem the best flies. Fish are rising at intervals during the day and feeding on small black and olive buzzers.

The bank is proving reliable with nearly all visitors catching. Gold head damsels, daddies, GRHE and buzzer are all taking fish from Platforms 2, 3, 6, 11 and 12.

Boat fishing for Pike commences on Monday 18 October. Please telephone the fishing lodge on 01604 770875 for details and boat bookings.

Best Rainbow 5lb 1oz taken by Phil Slater of Coventry.

Best boat areas Island to Coton – Hickmans Spinney.

Best bank areas Platforms 3,4,6,8,11 and 12.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner G Smith of Ravensthorpe.

Forthcoming events
Pike fishing
Fishing with lures and dead sea fish over 18cm
18 October to 21 November.

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Week ending September 12th, 2010

Ravensthorpe Reservoir

Fish week 230 (10,361) Returns 87 (2,347) Rod average 2.6 (4.4)
A challenging week at Ravensthorpe with lots of fish showing but proving tricky to catch. The best bag of the week fell to Cliff Waters of Deeping St James. Cliff retained two fish and returned 13 others. Switching between nymphs and dries did the trick. One or two good catches have come to traditional wets fished on the drift using an intermediate line.

Mr A Twaites of Coventry fished with us on Sunday, starting with the nymphs he had little success so switched to an intermediate line and a white minky and had two fish in two casts and plenty of others after that.

GWFFA held a boat match on Sunday and opted to fish dries only. The conditions were against them but 11 anglers caught 51 trout. Chris Bobby took top spot with 9 Rainbows. Yusiry Smith landed 7 and Nick Preston managed 6. Hoppers, bob’s bits and daddies were the top flies.

Best boat areas Coton End.

Best bank areas Platforms 4-12.

Best methods Dry flies, nymphs fished in the top three feet of water. Traditional wets and intermediate lines.

Mid week boat winner David Norman of Ipswich.

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Ravensthorpe Reservoir, week ending September 5th, 2010

Fish week 258 (10,131) Returns 117(2,260) Rod average 2.2 (4.4)

Bank anglers have enjoyed some good sport at Ravensthorpe this week. The fish can be seen quite close in and have been taking damsels, diawl bachs, GRHE and ptn’s. Dries have been very good in the right conditions. S Kimpton of Northampton fished on Sunday morning and took 12 fish off the Platforms.

Boat anglers have been taking fish in all areas on dries and nymphs with fish s