May 5th – 11th

117 anglers caught 480 fish of which 289 were returned.

Best Fish
7lb 2oz Gary Martin, Corby, black buzzer, boat
6lb 8oz Mr Denton, Northampton, boat
6lb 5oz Ronnie Madder, Oundle, black buzzer, boat
5lb 5oz James Gray, Devon, black shipmans
5lb 2oz Steve Cracknell, St Neots, black/green lure, boat

Best Areas
Bank – dam, brookside, east arm, boat bay
Boat – All areas producing fish

Best Patterns
black or olive buzzer, red or green diawl bach, cruncher, grhe, damsel, shipmans, black hopper, cats whisker.

Not as many anglers visited last week with plenty of strong winds and rain. On the calmer days the fishing was superb with some massive rises to buzzers, pond olives and hawthorn.
Bank anglers continue to catch on cloudy days, boats doing better in sunshine.
This week has started well with numerous fish over 4lb. The weather forecast for the next few days should provide some great imitative sport.

Next Stocking
May 16th

Competition Result
Sunday May 11th Elinor held the Tommy Wood Memorial Bank Match
A very strong West wind all day could have made catching tricky as anglers were restricted to a floating line and buzzer imitations. However plenty of cloud cover and skilful angling saw 8 anglers catch 35 fish.
1. Pete Welch, Boston, 6 fish 10lb 13oz
2. Steve Johnson, Raunds 5 fish 10lb 1oz
3. Roger Bosence, Corby, 6 fish 9lb 15oz
4. Phil Wagstaff, Eye, 6 fish 9lb 9oz
5. Steve Parker, Burton Latimer, 4 fish 6lb 9oz
A fantastic total of £556.00 was raised for Sue Ryder, Peterborough.

Saturday May 24th – Elinor is pleased to be holding a heat of the Scierra Pairs boat competition. Only a couple of boats still available.
Full details/entry form at http://www.scierrapairs.co.uk

Saturday June 7th – Elinor is holding a heat of the TEFF Greys National Bank Championships with the final to be fished at Elinor on Saturday 11th April 2015 to decide the England Bank team.
Entry forms available at the lodge or http://www.te-ff.org