Elinor Trout Fishery April 16th, 2013

160 anglers caught 880 fish of which 532 were returned

Best Fish
9lb 10oz Shane Else, Northampton, grhe, boat
8lb 2oz Mr Rankine, black fritz, boat
8lb 1oz Dennis Shannon, Wellingborough, pitsford pea
8lb 0oz Derek Benamore, Finedon, black hopper
7lb 4oz Mike Creamer, Oakley, yellow dancer
6lb 8oz Adrian Thirkhill, Northampton
6lb 0oz Jason Cooke, Roade, boat
5lb 10oz Bill Stewart, Corby, sweeney todd
5lb 9oz Pete Welch, Boston, black/green fritz
5lb 6oz Dean Igoe, Crowland, white/green lure
5lb 4oz Rex Barton, Sutton Bridge, boat
5lb 4oz Dean Igoe, Crowland, white/green lure
5lb 0oz Derek Lenton, Roade
5lb 0oz Rex Barton, Sutton Bridge, Boat

Best Areas
Bank – fish being caught everywhere now
Boat – lodge end, east arm

Best Patterns
white/green or black/green lures, orange blob, black buzzer, small damsel, grhe

At last the wind changed to a South Westerly and the milder weather arrived. Elinor fished well all week apart from in the near gale force conditions on Sunday.
With the lodge end difficult to fish in this wind anglers fished areas that have been hardly touched all season and caught from almost everywhere.
Bank anglers are still enjoying best sport with the shallower water seeing the early hatches of buzzers and pond olives. Boats are catching well on calmer days.
11am until 3pm has been the most productive period.
Plenty of fish over 4lb are being caught.
Another week of milder temperatures will see the evening rises start.

Competition News
Sunday April 28th is the final of the Airflo World Bank Masters at Elinor. There will be no bank fishing for non competitors but boats are available as usual.

Sunday 19th May is the date for the Tommy Wood Memorial bank match. 9am – 4pm. This is a free to enter roving bank match with anglers only allowed to use a floating line and buzzer imitations. All proceeds from the raffle go to Sue Ryder Care, Peterborough.

Next Stocking
April 17th, 19th