Anglian Water June 10th, 2013

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Week ending 9 June 2013

• Good sized fish and heavy bags at Grafham Water
7lb 2oz Rainbow for Chris McLeod of Cambridge
Bob Wallinger nets Grafham’s biggest bag with 8 fish for 30lb 1oz

• Richard Cooper retains league lead at Rutland Water
Richard Cooper of Empingham wins the Tuesday Night Boat League for second consecutive week

• Best fish of the week weighs in at 8lb 7oz at Pitsford Water
D Cook takes best Rainbow but another unfortunate angler loses his rod over the side of the boat to a lively trout.

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Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531;
Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & Hollowell 01604 781350,
Taverham Mills Fishery 01603 861014; Alton Water 01473 589105
Recreation Dept Anglian Water 01572 653021

Rutland Water
Fish week 1,777(season 20,560) Returns 391 (3,844) Rod average 4.54(5.34)
Another excellent week at Rutland Water for both bank and boat anglers with lots of heavy bags recorded. The best fish of the week fell to boat angler Alex Urquhart of Hinckley. Alex caught a superb 7lb 12 5/8oz Rainbow near the Sailing Club on a black buzzer. Two notable bags this week came from Jim Gamble and his son Tom from Willoughby Waterleys, Leics. They landed 8 fish between them for 28lb 8oz, including a 5lb 15oz Rainbow. The other notable bag was from M French of Stanley, County Durham who managed 8 fish for 29lb including a 6lb Rainbow.

Most areas are producing good quality fish with several anglers reporting seeing fish moving around the margins. Boat anglers have been taking fish on floating and midge tip lines with diawl bachs, crunchers, buzzers and also dries.

Competition news
Anglian Water Floating Line
This match was fished on Saturday 8 June with several 8 fish limits recorded in overcast conditions. Julian Hubbard took the biggest fish prize with a fish weighing 3lb 14oz.

1st John Tattersfield & Mark Harrison 16 fish for 36lb 7oz
2nd Mick McLintic & Mike Dixon 16 fish for 35lb 14oz
3rd Alex Urquhart & Dave Kennel 16 fish for 33lb 10oz

Tuesday Night Boat League
13 Anglers took part in this week’s match with Empingham’s Richard Cooper winning on the night with 8 fish for 17lb 8oz including a 3lb 15oz Brown. Geoff Wanless was second with 6 fish for 15lb 11oz. Barnsley angler Warren Langridge took third place with 6 fish for 13lb 5¼oz. The biggest fish was a 4lb 2¼oz Rainbow taken by Keith Jones of Peterborough. The rod average for the night was a respectable 3.61.

Rutland Water Fly Fishers
Cutting Trophy 7 June
This match was fished on a fine, clear evening with a chilly North Easterly wind. Congratulations to Dave Porter who ran out an easy winner with his catch taken on dry hoppers. He pipped Rob Teasdale by one ounce to take the prize for the best fish. Dave’s fish had been feeding mainly on pink shrimp. This was quite a good result considering the conditions. John Wadham writes “We all had a lot of fun casting to many apparently ‘impossible’ rising fish.”

Best Rainbow 7lb 12 5/8oz taken by Alex Urquhart of Hinckley.

Best Brown 3lb 15oz taken by Richard Cooper of Empingham.

Best methods See report.

Best boat areas Main basin, Dickensons and Transformer. Yellowstone, Old Hall, Green Bank. Floating line and midge tip nymphs, buzzers, sinking lines, blobs, boobies, tubes.

Best bank areas Old Hall, Green Bank, Yellowstone. Sykes Lane, Mound, Dickensons. Nymphs, buzzers, floating and midge tip.

Fish stocked 2,200.

Mid week boat winner Ashley Davis of Evington, Leicester.

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses: 15,22 and 29 June; 7,14,21 & 28 July and throughout the season.
Tuesday Night Boat League
England Qualifer ‘Odds & Sods’ 16 June
Anglian Water Airflo International Midland Heat 19 June
Mid Summer Rudder match (leg 3 of 5) 29 June
RWFF Youth Flyfishing Day 14 July
Anglian Water over 50’s Match 20 July

Grafham Water
Fish week 657 (season 10,592) Returns 217 (2,109) Rod average 3.02(5.02)

The biggest fish of the week was caught by season ticket holder Chris McLeod of Cambridge. Chris caught a fin perfect Rainbow of 7lb 2oz whilst boat fishing at the Dam Tower on a Di 7 line with an orange blob. The biggest bag of the week was once again caught by Bob Wallinger of Leicester. Bob caught 8 fish for 30lb 1oz on a di 3 line with a silver tube from the Dam Tower drifting through the Boils.

The brisk north easterly winds have influenced fishing this week. Bank anglers have found fishing challenging. Marlow Stones, South Dam and Pylon Point have been fishable and have produced some good fishing with the best methods being floating lines with black buzzers or red holographic diawl bachs.

Boat anglers have had the best sport with G,D,A and Q buoys, south dam, Gaynes Cove, Sludge Bank and Hill Farm being the most productive and consistent areas of the reservoir. The best methods have been floating lines with buzzers, diawl bachs, damsel or pheasant tail nymphs or Di3, Di5 or Di7s with blobs, boobies, silver tubes and cats whiskers.

Best Rainbow 7lb 2oz taken by Chris McLeod of Cambridge.

Best Brown Two at 4lb 10oz one taken by Bill Scott, the other by Nick Evans.

Best methods See report.

Best boat areas Seat to Sludge Bank, South end of Dam, G,D, A and Q buoys, Hill Farm, Willows.

Best bank areas Marlow Stones, South Dam, Pylon Point.

Fish stocked 2,000

Mid week boat winner Don Bowyer of Bedford.

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses: 20,23,29 June; 13,19,24 & 28 July and throughout the season.
Tuesday Night Boat League organised by Invicta
England Qualifier ‘Odds & Sods’ 30 June

Pitsford Water
Fish week 536 (season 5,450) Returns 164 (1,634) Rod average 3.2(3.3)
Pitsford Water continues to fish well from both the bank and boats with fish starting to come to damsel patterns as well as nymphs and dries.

Plenty of hard fighting fish have been reported and a cautionary tale from season ticket holder Mr Bowman who put his G Loomis rod down in the boat only to see it pulled over the side by a lively trout. England Youth angler Fen Oakley fished with England lady angler Yvonne Webb bringing 25 fish to the boat on a mixture of dries and buzzers.

Last Saturday saw the AMFC Group 4 match where 22 anglers caught 114 fish for a rod average of 5.18. The match was won by GWFFA ‘B’ team with 40 fish for 98lb 14oz including time bonus. Top rod on the day was Clive Chatwin of GWFFA with 8 fish for a total weight, including time bonus, of 24lb 6oz. Clive also had the biggest fish of the match, a Rainbow of 3lb 12oz. The best Rainbow of the week was a fish of 8lb 7oz taken by Mr D Cook.

The best bank areas are Rigbys, Pines and Holly Bush, whilst boat anglers should try the Small Half, Flats and Pitsford Creek.

Best Rainbow 8lb 7oz taken by D Cook.

Best Brown 6lb.

Best methods Floating lines, buzzer and diawl bachs or dries.

Best boat areas Small Half, the Flats, Pitsford Creek.

Best bank areas Rigbys Point, Pines, Holly Bush.

Fish stocked 2,000.

Mid week boat winner T Blackmore of Shepton Mallet, Somerset.

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses: 21 June; 6,10 & 27 July and throughout the season.
Pike beginners course Saturday 20 July

Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Fish week 316 (season 3,342) Returns 69 (442) Rod average 4.5(7.5)
With the warmer weather finally showing the fishing just gets better.
Boat anglers continue to have a fantastic time. Lots of fish have been taken on dries, klinkhammers, Shipmans and hoppers – all are taking good fish in the 3-4lb range. Mr Turnall had 13 fish on small c.d.c’s. Lots of fish in the 5lb mark have been returned. Kevin Daykin of Hollowell had the best fish of the week – a good 6lb 2oz Rainbow caught on buzzers.

The bank can be a hit and miss affair. Both the platforms and the Dam are quite productive one day and more difficult the next. John Smith and M Spencer caught off the Platforms.

Anglers wanting to fish lures will find plenty of action with damsels, blobs and cats whisker.

Best Rainbow 6lb 2oz taken by Kevin Daykin.

Best methods Damsels, diawl bachs and buzzers on floating, dries and hoppers catching well on sunny days deeper down with lures/blobs.

Best boat areas Catwalk Corner, Island, Willows.

Best bank areas Dam, Platforms 4-6, 13 and 14.

Fish stocked 500.

Mid week boat winner Kevin Daykin of Hollowell.

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