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Rutland Water
Fish week 1,320 (season 13,287) Returns 282 (2,414) Rod average 4.68 (5.5)
Rutland Water has been in tremendous form again, with many limits being taken with fish coming from numerous areas – from the bottom of both arms right up to the main basin. The best fish of the week fell to holidaying angler David Hagger from Middlesborough. David’s best fish was a superb overwintered specimen rainbow weighing in at 7lb 5oz. The fish fell to Dawson’s Olive fished on an intermediate line whilst David boat fished off the Peninsular last Saturday.

Anglers travel to fish Rutland Water from many areas of the British Isles and Europe, especially Belgium, Holland, France, Italy and the Czech Republic. Two frequent visitors on holiday packages have been Mr John Buynsters and Henk Oudhuis from Holland. The pair travelled over last week and enjoyed seven days’ bank fishing and reported great action along the Peninsular, and Sykes Lane in particular. Their best fish weighed well over 5lb. Henk also had the fortune to hook and then the misfortune to lose, a very large rainbow last Friday whilst fishing off Sykes Lane. Many of our overseas visitors include matches in their itineraries. For this week’s match results, including results from the Vision Pairs and Bob Church Classic, see Competition News.

Fish are still feeding very heavily on the continued large hatches of buzzer that have occurred each day. Prospects are excellent with the continued hatches of buzzer giving great sport, settled conditions should hopefully see more fish showing on the surface, for those who like to use the dry fly.

Competition news
Tuesday Night Boat league week two
Despite the contrasting weather conditions from last week, torrential rain and freezing temperatures didn’t stop the anglers from enjoying good sport during the second match of the series.

49 fish were caught in less 3 hours of fishing, impressive to say the least. Chris Evans won the night, with eight fish weighing in at 19lb 11½ oz. Chris fished in a few places but came across the most fish by drifting either side of Normanton Church. There were numbers of fish moving despite the poor conditions.

Best fish of the night fell to last week’s winner Keith Jones from Wittering with a superb rainbow at 6lb 0 ½oz. with five good fish weighing 17lb 6oz

Result
1st Chris Evans 8 fish for 19lb 11 ½oz
2nd Richard Cooper 8 fish for 18lb 2oz
3rd Graham Hayward 8 fish for 17lb 11 ½oz

Rutland Fly Fishers John Wadham bank match
Fished Friday evening 17 May
This match was fished on an overcast, cold evening with a light northerly wind. Congratulations to junior member Graham Hayward whose winning limit came from the dam on buzzers fished under the bung. Graham also took the prize for the best fish of the match, a nice chunky Rainbow of 3lb 14oz. Steve Crowder (2nd place) caught his limit from Yellowstone on an orange booby on a slow sinking line.

1st Graham Hayward 8 fish 21lb 12oz
2nd Steve Crowder 8 fish 20lb 10oz
3rd Peter Gover 6 fish 13lb 15oz

Bob Church Classic 17 May
A fantastic day’s fishing was experienced by the 95 strong field in this year’s Bob Church Classic. The rod average came out at a staggering 11.12 per rod, giving a very good indication of how well Rutland is fishing! Congratulations to Leigh Pond for not only recording the biggest fish on the day at 4lb 14oz but also for being top rod with a total bag weight (including time bonus) of 47lb 13¾oz. Congratulations also to Joan Russell, top lady rod on the day (32lb 13 7/8oz bag) and Patrick de Schutter, top overseas rod (31lb 15oz bag). Top ten placings, including time bonus, were as follows
1st Leigh Pond 4 fish for 47lb 13¾oz
2nd Al Owen 4 fish for 43lb 1oz
3rd Alec Bowler 4 fish for 40lb 9¾oz
4th Peter Appleby 4 fish for 40lb 9 1/8oz
5th Iain Barr 4 fish for 40lb 6½oz
6th William Leach 4 fish for 39lb 13½oz
7th Craig Barr 4 fish for 39lb 11¾oz
8th Glen Appleby 4 fish for 39lb 5 ¾oz
9th Alistair Beaumont 4 fish for 38lb 9oz
10th Phil Burgess 4 fish for 37lb 9oz

Vision Pairs 19 May
This match had a strong international flavour and a terrific rod average of 7.40. 39 Pairs caught a total of 577 fish. Benny Poffe took the best fish at 7lb 1oz and Martin Watson the best bag at 36lb ½oz. Joan Russell was top lady angler with a total bag weight of 22lb 14 7/8oz. Top ten pairs were:-
1st Mike Gunnell & David Lang 16 fish for 61lb 14 3/8oz
2nd Colin Bradley & Martin Watson 16 fish for 57lb 8 3/8oz
3rd Ashely Davies & Tom Davies 16 fish for 56lb 12 1/8oz
4TH John Hardy & Dick Turpin 16 fish for 56lb 2½oz
5th Mark Macleod & Graham Willis 16 fish for 55lb 13 3/8oz
6th Lee Patten & Peter Elliot 16 fish for 55lb 5¼oz
7th Mark Roekaarts & Benny Poffe 16 fish for 54lb 12½oz
8th Paul Shaw & Nick Dunn 16 fish for 54lb 11 5/8oz
9th David Hoppe & Craig Smith 16 fish for 54lb 9¾oz
10th Martin Rowson & Neil Deakin 16 fish for 51lb 14¼oz

Rutland Water continued

Best Rainbow 7lb 5oz taken by David Hagger of Middlesborough.

Best methods Floating/midge tip lines with buzzers/nymphs. Long leaders or under the bung. Mini lures, black/green, cats whisker, blobs (various).

Best boat areas Normanton Church to blue pipes, Old Hall to Yellowstone, top of both arms.

Best bank areas Normanton, Sykes Lane, the Dam (both ends), Old Hall, Armley Wood to Barn Hill Creek.

Fish stocked 2,000.

Mid week boat winner Dennis Latchford of Wigan.

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses 25 May; 22 and 29 June; 7,14,21 & 28 July and throughout the season.
Tuesday Night Boat League
Rudder March (leg 2 of 5) 25 May
Anglian Water Floating Line 8 June
Anglian Water Airflo International Midland Heat 19 June
Mid Summer Rudder match (leg 3 of 5) 29 June

Grafham Water
Fish week 1,188 (season 7,781) Returns 242 (1,522) Rod average 4.9 (5.11)
Grafham Water continues in fine form with 35% of the anglers catching their limits. The brisk westerly winds have favoured boat anglers who have enjoyed an amazing week with all areas on the reservoir producing good fishing at some point. There have been two main methods for boat anglers – either floating lines with buzzers and diawl bachs or Di5 lines with blobs or boobies. The most consistent areas for the boat anglers this week have been mouth of Savages Creek, Valley Creek, A,Q,G,D and I buoys and Gaynes Cove. Also towards the end of the week some good catches have started to come from the central areas of the reservoir.

Bank anglers have found the most fishable areas to be Gaynes Cove, South Dam and the Harbour.

Competition news
GWFFA Floating Line 12 May
Ten six man teams entered this event catching 304 fish giving a rod average of 5.06. Rutland Water Fly Fishers won with 39 fish for 93lb 10oz. The biggest fish of the day and also the best Rainbow of the week, weighed 5lb 10oz and was taken by Graham Pearson fishing for RWFF. Graham, of Leicester, caught this superb conditioned Rainbow on a black buzzer from Savages Creek.
1st RWFFA 39 fish for 93lb 10oz.
2nd Greenwell 34 fish for 79lb 12oz
3rd Invicta Blue 31 fish for 79lb 8oz

Major Clubs Group 1 14 May
Five six man teams fished this event catching 215 trout for a rod average of 7.2. The biggest fish of the day was caught by GWFFA member Chris Bobby from Great Staughton. Chris caught an excellent overwintered Brown of 6lb 2oz from Savages Creek on a black buzzer, this fish is also the biggest Brown of the week at Grafham Water.

1st GWFFA 133lb 4oz
2nd RWFFA 122lb 9oz
3rd Soldier Palmers A 117lb 12oz
4th Bewl A 107lb 1oz
5th Fish Hawks 95lb 11oz
Major Clubs Group 4 14 May
Four six man teams fished this event catching 108 trout giving a rod average of 4.5. The biggest fish of the day was caught by Tug Lawson of Soldier Palmers B – a cracking Rainbow of 4lb 11oz.
1st Soldier Palmers B 86lb 2oz
2nd GWFFA B 76lb 8oz
3rd Invicta B 64lb 4oz
4th Fish Hawks B 32lb 15oz
Invicta Tuesday Night Boat League week 1 (14 May)
Eight anglers took part in the first boat league match of the season catching 16 trout for a rod average of 2. Top rod on the evening was Rob Edmunds from Rutland. Rob caught 7 trout on a Di3 line with a cats whisker drifting from I Buoy to D Buoy.
Best Rainbow 5lb 10oz taken by Graham Pearson of Leicester.
Best Brown 6lb 2oz taken by Chris Bobby of Great Staughton.

Best methods See report.

Best boat areas A,I, G and D buoys, South Dam, Gaynes Cove, Savages Creek, Valley Creek, Lodge frontage, Central Drifts.

Best bank areas Harbour, South Dam and Gaynes Cove.
Grafham Water continued

Mid week boat winner Michael Love of Bedford.

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses: 26, 30 May; 2,8,20,23,29 June; 13,19,24 & 28 July and throughout the season.
Tuesday Night Boat League organised by Invicta
EYFA Youth National 26 May
Anglian Water Airflo International Midland Heat 1 June
England Qualifier ‘Odds & Sods’ 30 June

Pitsford Water
Fish week 641 (season 3,576) Returns 147(1,122) Rod average 4.3 (3.1)
The best Rainbow of the week at Pitsford Water was a fine specimen of 5lb 8oz caught by S Ashton from Grantham. If it is nymph and buzzer fishing that you are looking for then come to Pitsford Water. The buzzer hatches are the best for a number of years with the water surface a carpet of fly in places. Vast numbers of black and green buzzer are coming off throughout the day. Fish are to be found all around the water and are in the margins.

The best areas for bank fishing are the Cliffs, Stone Barn and the Sailing Club.

Competition News
On Sunday the AMFC fished a Group three match with 24 anglers catching 178 trout for a rod average of 7.41. The best fish was a Rainbow of 5lb 6oz taken by Julian Weddle of Hanningfield Fly Fishers. The top rod on the day was Janice Sharp of England Police FF with 8 fish for 26lb 15oz. There were 19 limit bags and many fish in the 3-5lb bracket.

Best Rainbow 5lb 8oz taken by S Ashton of Grantham.

Best Brown 5lb taken by Ray Linnette of Creaton, Northants.

Best methods See report.

Best boat areas Narrows, Stone Barn.

Best bank areas Cliffs, Bog Bay.

Mid week boat winner W Linnell of Northampton.

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses: 31 May; 9 and 21 June; 6,10 & 27 July and throughout the season.
Anglian Water Airflo International Midland heat 25 May
Pike beginners course Saturday 20 July

Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Fish week 155 (season 2,908) Returns 47(609) Rod average 3.2 (4.7)
Ravensthorpe Reservoir has continued to fish well this week. Season ticket holder Terry Bayes of Kettering is enjoying a fantastic season and his fish just get bigger! Terry caught his third big fish of the season – a superb 13lb Rainbow – his biggest fish ever. This was taken on a pheasant tail nymph and floating line fished near the Island. Many other large fish have been caught this week. Mr McIntosh’s party from Scotland caught and returned four large Rainbows up to 10lb during the week. Floating lines with black or olive buzzers, small nymphs or damsels are catching most of the fish.

Bank anglers have also enjoyed some good sport with buzzers, diawl bachs and damsels the most productive flies.

Fly fishing for Pike had a steady start this week with a 15lb fish being the biggest reported, but bigger fish have been seen.

Best Rainbow 13lb taken by Terry Bayes of Kettering.

Best methods See report.

Best boat areas Island, Ravensthorpe bank, Coton End.

Best bank areas Platforms 4,5,11 and 12.

Mid week boat winner M Spencer of Duston, Northants.