June 1st – 7th

184 anglers caught 728 fish of which 435 were returned.

Best Fish
8lb 6oz Nik Montali, Rushden, blue damsel
7lb 2oz Dave Miles, Wellingborough, fritz damsel, boat
7lb 0oz Jean Clark, Wellingborough, blue flash damsel
6lb 6oz Bob Beardsley, Kettering, black buzzer, boat
5lb 9oz Tony Blann, Wellingborough, yellow owl
5lb 4oz Pete Gomez, Kettering, boat
5lb 3oz Robert Lenton, Milton Malsor, damsel
5lb 2oz Robert Lenton, Milton Malsor, damsel
5lb 0oz Finbarr McSweeney, Rushden, damsel

Brown
4lb 2oz Mike Creamer, Oakley

Best Areas
Bank – boat bay, East arm, lagoon
Boat – down middle, East arm, west arm

Best Patterns
Damsel nymph, red or green diawl bach, olive cruncher, olive buzzer, red apps, tequila blob, red apps, olive or black hopper, olive or black shipmans, dry daddy, big red, big black, cdc buzzers.

Strong winds and a changeable wind direction caused sport to be slightly slower last week although the rod average was still a respectable 3.9
Most fish are feeding on damsels during the day, predominantly nymphs although a few are taking the adult. From the bank try a small unweighted damsel on a floating line with a jerky retrieve or a washing line with a damsel booby on the point and diawl bachs on the dropper.
Boat anglers are catching at varying depths. Mainly near the surface in the morning, deeper in the afternoon then off the top again late evening.
On most evenings we are seeing an excellent evening rise as long as the wind is not too strong although the action is mostly 9pm onwards. Fish are taking emerging buzzers and small longhorn sedges.

Next Stocking
June 12th