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Week ending 22 June 2014

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Best flies and tactics at our Waters

• All the latest competition results
Evening boat leagues at Rutland and Pitsford
Anglian Water Airflo International Midlands heat at Grafham Water

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Rutland Water
Fish week 1,013(season 19,563) Returns 291(4,306) Rod average 3.48 (4.54)
There have been some notable catches at Rutland Water this week. Kenneth Lamb had a fantastic day fishing with dries down the bottom of the North Arm on Thursday 19th, taking 8 fish for 25lb 8oz including a 5lb 14oz Rainbow. Several other anglers recorded good catches from Lax Hill, Green Bank, Spud Bay, Church Bay, Dickinson’s, Transformer, Sykes Front to Stockie Bay.

Phil Brown took 7 fish including a 7lb rainbow plus another at 4lb plus, both of these fish took a floating fry. The other 5 fish he took on diawl bachs whilst fishing the full length of the dam.

Rudder fishing has been quiet of late as the fish just haven’t been interested in large lures.

Off the bank, Martin Hearth, from Hambleton, had a quick limit this week from Green Bank. Phil Brown of Empingham had some very nice fish off the Dam. Sykes Lane frontage has produced many fish feeding on pin fry.

Several other anglers have reported good sized fish round Sykes Lane and the Green Bank area, although not easy to catch as most of the fish are still taking pin fry.

Competition news
Annual Hunt Match 16 June
42 Anglers took part in this annual pairs match which is now in its 29th year at Rutland Water. The day was windy with some heavy showers which made fishing uncomfortable at times and slight changes of wind direction didn’t help. Following the match anglers enjoyed an excellent meal at Olivettis, Rutland Fishing Lodge.

Most of the fish were taken from Lax Hill in the South Arm and the Transformer in the North Arm on floating lines with crunchers or diawl bachs.

The best fish was taken by John Farnsworth – a very nice Rainbow. Tom Gamble took the best bag with 8 fish for 17lb 10oz.

1st Bernard Dobson and Ken Shaw 16 fish for 30lb 15oz
2nd Jim Gamble and Tom Gamble 16 fish for 30lb 5oz
3rd Derek Gardiner and John Seaton 16 fish for 30lb 1oz
4th John Jefferson and ‘Chalky’ 16 fish for 26lb 9oz

Tuesday Night Boat League
Richard Cooper won last week’s match with 8 fish for 15lb 3oz. In second place was Adey Naylor with 8 fish for 14lb 8oz. Mick Bennett was third with 8 fish for 13lb 7oz. In fourth place was Graham Hayward with 8 fish for 13lb 3oz.

Best Rainbow 5lb 4oz taken by John Farnsworth of Tilton.

Best boat areas Lax Hill, Green Bank and Old Hall. Tim Appletons to Transformer. Dickinsons Bay and Sykes Lane to Whitwell.

Best bank areas Old Hall, Sykes frontage, Church Bay, Green Bank, Tim Appletons.

Best methods Dries and nymphs, crunchers, diawl bachs for
boat and bank anglers.

Mid week boat winner Richard Stokes of Billinghay, Lincoln.

Fish stocked 5,500

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses: 26 June; 6,13 & 27 July; 2,14 & 17 August and other dates throughout the season.
Tuesday Night Boat League This year’s boat league runs through to the 15 August – a total of 15 weeks. Anglers meet at the Fishing Lodge between 5.15 and 5.45 p.m. with the draw for boat partners taking place at approx. 5.55pm. The match starts at 6pm.
EDFA 2 July contact Jim Watts 01780 753803
Anglian Water Rudder match 12 July
RWFF Youth Flyfishing Day 13 July http://www.rutlandwaterflyfishers.co.uk

Grafham Water

Anglian Water Airflo International – Midland Heat 21 June

Fourteen teams came forward to fish this match on a bright, sunny day. Despite these challenging conditions the match still fished to a rod average of 3.33. The best methods were to fish midge tip lines on the washing line method with boobies on the top and point and red diawl bachs or crunchers in the middle. Simon Lehane fishing for SKB Fishbums was the top rod with a total bag weight of 23lb 7oz. Bill Rankin (Team Grand Max) took the best fish at 4lb 11½oz. The top seven teams go forward to fish the Midlands Final at Grafham on 21 July.

1st Orvis Team Rutland 35 fish for 87lb 11½oz
2nd Elinor 31 fish for 73lb 8½oz
3rd Greenwell Persauders Red 27 fish for 71lb 6½oz
4th Team Grand Max 25 fish for 60lb 11oz
5th Team Vision 25 fish for 59lb 12½oz
6th SKB Fishbums 22 fish for 56lb ½oz
7th Rio Masters 20 fish 41lb 0oz

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses: 28 June;12,18,20 & 24 July; 3,10 & 24 August and other dates throughout the season.
England Qualifier ‘Odds & Sods’ 29 June http://www.fmffa.org.uk

Pitsford Water
Fish week 270(season 7,560) Returns 121 (1,747) Rod 2.2 average (4.3)
Difficult weather conditions have affected the fishing at Pitsford this week. The constant high pressure coupled with hot, humid conditions have put the fish off the feed and had an impact on the rod average for the week. But with more overcast weather forecast this week conditions should improve.

Despite the challenging conditions there have been some notable catches and results. Season ticket holder Andy Shortland had a couple of hours off the bank on Saturday evening and caught six fish, losing another couple along the way. Andy fished home tied buzzers and sedge patterns in Bog Bay and spoke of lots of fish moving in the margins after the sun went down. This was the theme for the week with most fish being taken either early in the morning or last thing.

Competition news
The Mid Northants Fly Fishers held a boat pairs match for the Bruce Richardson Trophy on Sunday with 22 anglers fishing in challenging conditions. Barry Jones and boat partner Les Prickett won with Barry also coming out top individual (and winning the Julian Davies Cup) with 5 fish for 10lb 8oz. Seumas Halliday took the best fish at 2lb 12oz. Terry Bayes was second and Grant Gibson took third place.

Tuesday Night Boat League
Ten anglers fished this friendly match last week in tough conditions. Pete Webb extended his lead at the top with a three fish catch, closely followed by Geraldine Harris and Neil Freeman.

The best areas are Bog Bay, Duffers and Stilton from the bank and Dam, Sailing Club and Gorse from the boats. Persevere with buzzer and nymph tactics but fish deep and slow in the hot conditions. Damsel nymphs are well worth a try.

Best Rainbow 5lb 6oz.

Best boat areas Gorse, Stilton Point, Dam.

Best bank areas Duffers, Stilton Point.

Best methods Floating lines with buzzers and diawl bachs.
Sinking lines and lures.

Mid week boat winner B Froggatt of Rugby.

Fish stocked 500.

Forthcoming events
Tuesday Night Boat League at Pitsford Water. Fishing will be from 6pm with a weekly prize for a free boat and the overall winner of the league receiving tackle vouchers.
Forthcoming events
Beginners courses: 5,9,19 & 26 July; 1,9 and 23 August and other dates throughout the season.
Scierra Pairs 29 June http://www.scierrapairs.co.uk

Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Fish week 514(season9,751) Returns 92(1,284) Rod average 5.5(7.5)

A testing week for most anglers both boat and bank fishing has been rather patchy. Fishing should benefit from the more overcast conditions forecast for the coming week.

Fishing the washing line with F.A.B. on the point with red diawl bach seemed to be the most effective method for most anglers. Fish are being taken on dries. Steve Cullen took 14 fish mainly on small Bob’s Bits. Jerry Bolns took a Rainbow of 7lb and Neil Freeman took a fish of 7lb on F.A.B.

Best Rainbow 7lb taken by Jerry Bolns.

Best boat areas To left of Island bank side.

Best bank areas Dam.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner Roger Kerrison of Daventry.

Fish stocked 500.