May 4th – 10th

156 anglers caught 809 fish of which 601 were returned.

Best Fish
8lb 2oz Khurram Rana, London, red buzzer, boat
6lb 2oz Matt Skinner, Rushden, dry mayfly, boat
5lb 12oz Bob Walmsley, Desborough, damsel
5lb 3oz Matt Skinner, Rushden, buzzer, boat
5lb 0oz Khurram Rana, London, green lure, boat
4lb 12oz Richard Pelly, Potterspury, big red, boat
4lb 12oz Scott Bowman, Nether Heyford, fritz damsel
4lb 12oz Brian Carter, Peterborough, damsel
4lb 11oz Geoff Makin, Leighton Buzzard, green buzzer
4lb 10oz Ray Ward, Olney, olive buzzer, boat

Browns
5lb 6oz John Wildman, Peterborough, s14 black buzzer
4lb 10oz Greg Potts, Whittlesey, olive shipmans, boat
3lb 5oz Dennis Wildman, Peterborough, buzzer

Best areas
Bank – brookside, East arm, coarse bank, shallow bay, gravel bar
Boat – all areas holding fish and fishing well

Best patterns
Olive or black buzzer, red diawl bach, olive nymph, grhe, small damsel, brown hopper, brown bobs bits, big red, shipmans, orange blob.

On the not too windy days Elinor was on good form last week with the boats having consistent sport and the bank fishing better than two weeks ago.
Many more fish are being taken off the surface with dries the best method especially in the West arm.
Along with the prolific buzzer hatches there are plenty of pond olives now. It is worth keeping an eye on the Terns to find where the biggest fly hatches are happening. The trout won’t be far away!
Although most fish are being taken on imitative patterns some good sport is to be had by fishing orange blobs in the rougher water for daphnia feeders.
The water remains incredibly clear and the fish are in superb, hard fighting condition.
The evening rise is in full swing now if the wind is not too strong.

Next Stocking
May 13th, 18th

Wednesday May 6th
Elinor held its Troutmasters fish-off
All 3 participants managed to catch there 6 fish limits despite the strong SW wind:
1. Scott Bowman, Nether Heyford, 14lb 4oz
2. Gavin Cairns, Newmarket, 12lb 5oz
3. Shaun Marriott, Market Harborough, 11lb 0oz
Good luck to Scott Bowman who will represent Elinor at the Grafham final on September 21st

Sunday May 10th
Elinor staged the 8th Tommy Wood Memorial bank match.
Anglers were restricted to using buzzers on a floating line. 6 fish limit, no time bonus.
10 anglers caught 29 fish.
1. Geoff Makin 5 fish 14lb 10oz
2. Tom Finney 5 fish 12lb 12oz
3. Gordon Anthony 6 fish 10lb 9oz
4. John Wildman 3 fish 7lb 0oz
5. Steve Parker 3 fish 5lb 9oz

A total of £452.00 was raised for Sue Ryder Care. Many thanks to everyone who supported this event.

Sunday May 31st Scierra Pairs heat at Elinor.
There are still a few boats left for this competition.
Enter at http://www.scierrapairs.co.uk