Elinor Trout Fishery
May 14th – 23rd

368 anglers caught 1092 fish of which 717 were returned

Best Rainbows
6lb 12oz Dave Miles, Wellingborough, boat
6lb 6oz Marcus Ainsworth, Market Harborough, float tube
6lb 3oz George Brock, Corby, montana
6lb 0oz Trevor Partridge, Corby, orange blob, boat

Best Brown
4lb 10oz Peter Thurnall, Llanelli

Best Areas
Bank – coarse bank, lagoon
Boat – west arm, gravel bar

Best Patterns
black or olive buzzer, damsel, grhe, big red, claret shipmans, white/green lures

Cold NE winds slowed the hatches of buzzers and their were less fish on the surface than is usual for this time of year at Elinor.
The forecast increase in temperature this week should the send the fish into a feeding frenzy!
There are still plenty of olives hatching so its worth having a small hares ear on the top dropper with a couple of buzzers.
Dry fly should at last give consistent results especially in the evening.
Its been a busy week with many anglers practicing for the bankmaster final. Most anglers had a good day on Saturday with the lighter winds switching the fish on.

Sunday May 20th Iain Barr/Airflo World Bankmaster Final
105 anglers fished the final on a cold, windy day. Anglers had to work hard for their fish and the top three anglers all finished on 13 points. Many congratulations to Chris Jones from Wales who walked away with the £2000 first prize. Chris fished a weighted damsel on an airflo fast glass line. Sky Sports filmed the day for Tightlines which will be screened in the next couple of weeks.
1. Chris Jones 9 fish from 4 pegs 13pts
2. Andy Mclellan 9 from 4 13pts
3. Andrew Scott 7 from 6 13pts
4. Howard Croston 7 from 3 10pts
5. Andy Grabham 6 from 4 10pts
6. Davie Parker 6 fish from 3 9pts
7. Kevin Andrews 5 from 4 9pts
8. Paul Sharp 5 from 4 9pts
9. Mark Postles 5 from 4 9pts
10. Paul Haskey 4 from 4 8pts
11. James Atkinson 4 from 4 8pts
12. Rob Clarke 4 from 4 8pts
13. Stephen Cowan 4 from 4 8pts
14. Mark Harrison 5 from 2 7pts
15. Jim Tomlinson 4 from 3 7pts

Next Stocking
May 25th