Elinor Trout Fishery Oct 18th – 31st

245 anglers caught 813 fish of which 456 were returned

Best Fish
7lb 1oz George Piccaver, Farcet, damsel, boat
6lb 3oz Dennis Shannon, Wellingborough, grey duster
6lb 3oz Derek Baverstock, Hackleton, boat
6lb 2oz Mike Creamer, Oakley
5lb 6oz Fen Oakley, Sudborough
5lb 6oz Mr Dickens, Northampton, black/green lure
5lb 0oz Graham Manson, Islip, boat
4lb 12oz Mr Neep, Rugby
4lb 12oz Jim Gallagher, Corby
4lb 10oz Bill Banks, Geddington, bloodworm, boat
4lb 8oz Bill Stewart, Corby, damsel

Best Areas
Bank – dam, brookside, coarse bank
Boat – east arm, dam

Best Patterns
damsel, small black or olive buzzer, ptn, bloodworm, white minky, white/green lures

For the last week Elinor has been fishing much better. Plenty of fish feeding on the surface. The whole of the brookside bank has been producing along with the dam and back of the east arm.
Floating line is all you need with the majority of fish being caught in the top 2 foot.
Size 16 buzzers have caught some of the fussy fish but lures are also starting to take good bags.

Next Stocking
Nov 1st, 5th

Dave Hughes Memorial Fur & Feather
Sunday Nov 7th
9am – 3pm
£24.50 entry (£4.50 entry fee for season ticket holders) + please bring a small item so that everyone wins a prize
Organic meat and tackle prizes for top 10 anglers.
All proceeds to the British Heart Foundation and Warks/Northants Air Ambulance

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Elinor Trout Fishery catches… October 3rd – 17th

366 anglers caught 787 fish of which 391 were returned

Best Fish

5lb 14oz Graham Wilson, Telford, black hopper

5lb 6oz Mr Revill, St Ives, boat

5lb 5oz Ben Bangham

5lb 1oz Andy Cottam, Devon

5lb 0oz Barry Cowland, Peterborough, olive buzzer, boat

5lb 0oz Mr Hosmer

4lb 13oz Kev Rowley, Northampton

4lb 12oz Steven Allison, Co Antrim

Best Areas

Bank – brookside, overflow, coarse bank

Boat – east arm, west arm, down middle

Best Patterns

black hopper, wet or dry daddy, small olive buzzer, cruncher, apps bloodworm, cats whisker, montana

The fishing has been very difficult at Elinor during the last 10 days with the lowest rod average of the season so far of just over 2.

Fish are cruising near the surface but not feeding properly just now. The cooler weather this week will hopefully convince them to feed up before winter.

Dry fly or washing line remain the best methods

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Next Stocking

Oct 18th, 22nd

Competition News

Oct 9th & 10th was the individual and team finals of the Airflo Classic Bank competition.

Unfortunately Elinor decided to swithch off in the cool East winds and both days were very difficult.

Individual Final

73 anglers caught 113 fish

1. Richard Landsbury 6 fish 10 points

2. Bart Farmer 5 fish 9 pts

3. Glen Appleby 5 fish 8pts

4 Ed Foster 5 fish 8pts

5. Jim Tuck 5 fish 8 pts

6. Fred Bainbridge 5 fish 8 pts

7. Gordon Swain 5 fish 7 pts

8. Brad Gifford 4 fish 7 pts

9. Steven Allison 3 fish 6 pts

10. Rob Frame 3 fish 3 pts

Team Final ( 3 anglers per team)

72 anglers caught 140 fish

1. Seighford 11 fish 20 pts

2. Greys G Tech 11 fish 19 pts

3. Northeast Flyfishers 11 fish 19 pts

4. Cortland Cats 10 fish 18 pts

5. Stonebridge Triple A’s 9 fish 17 pts

6. Waltamstow Wanderers 9 fish 16 pts

A full report and pictures can be found at http://www.fishypics.co.uk

Sunday October 17th

Mid Northants held there annual Fur & Feather on the bank. Another hard day!

18 anglers caught 26 fish

1. Barry Jones 6 fish 14lb 6oz

2. Mick O’Farrell 6 fish 7lb 14oz

3. Tim Barley 4 fish 5lb 6oz

4. Kev Rowley 1 fish 4lb 13oz

5. Roy McLester 3 fish 3lb 12oz

Dave Hughes Memorial Fur & Feather

This popular event will be held on Sunday November 7th fr