Elinor Trout Fishery Report March 26th

236 anglers caught 1149 fish of which 725 were returned

Best Fish
8lb 11oz Graham Pollard, Nottingham, black buzzer, boat
7lb 6oz Brian Wright, Leicester, black buzzer

Best Areas
Bank- brookside, coarse bank
Boat – west arm

Best Patterns
black or brown buzzers, red diawl bach, goldhead damsel, white/green lures

A lovely settled week of weather. The light winds encouraged some large buzzer hatches. All areas of the lake are holding fish now.
Small lures and damsels are worth trying early morning but as soon as temperatures reach double figures then switch to buzzer patterns either under an indicator at 3 and 6 foot or a team of straight lined size 10 or 12 buzzers.
On sunny days the big catches came from boats. Mark Footitt from Colsterworth and boat partner Julian Barker anchored their boat in the West arm on Sunday and caught 55 between them!
The early season evening rises will be starting very soon as long as the wind is not too strong.

Competition Results

Wednesday March 21st
The Troutmasters fish off was won by Phil Wagstaff from Eye who caught 6 fish for 11lb 7oz.
Best of luck to Phil who will represent Elinor at Grafham on May 14th.

Sunday March 25th
44 anglers fished the Airflo World Bank Masters heat and 112 fish were caught and many more lost on barbless hooks.
The fishing was harder than expected but in a close but fair match plenty of local anglers featured in the top 9 who will fish the final at Elinor on May 20th for the £2000 first prize.
1. Harvey Mobbs, Castle Ashby, 7 fish from 5 pegs 12 points
2. Adam West, Castle Ashby, 6 from 4 10pts
3. Brad Gifford, Kettering 6 from 4 10pts
4. Roy Swinfield, Oadby 5 from 5 10pts
5. Bob Barr, Peterborough 6 from 3 9pts
6. Ian Pow, Milton Keynes 5 from 4 9pts
7. Tim Joyce, Essex 5 from 4 9pts
8. Matt Tuck, Huntingdon 5 from 4 9pts
9. Geoff Makin, Leighton Buzzard 5 from 3 8pts

Best Patterns on the day were black buzzer, damsels and apps bloodworm.
Cliff Waters dropped in to take some photos of the action. They can be found at http://www.fishypics.co.uk

Forthcoming events
Sunday May 6th is the date of the Tommy Wood memorial trophy. 9am – 4pm
This friendly roving bank match is free entry to everyone. As usual in memory of Tommy competitors may only use buzzers and a floating line. Its a fun day with all proceeds from the raffle going to Sue Ryder, Peterborough.

Next Stocking
March 26th, 28th (browns), 30th