Anglian Water Report August 19th, 2012

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Week ending 19 August 2012

• Keith triumphs in Tuesday Night Boat league at Rutland Water
After a summer long tussle for the title victory goes to Keith Jones.
Runner up Rich Cooper takes the prize for the best fish.

• Rod average of 5.3 at Grafham Water

• Learn to fish for Pike
Rutland Water Saturday 13 October
Pitsford Water Saturday 20 October
Call Rutland or Pitsford Lodges for more information

http://www.anglianwater.co.uk/leisure

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 831 (season 22,886) Returns 234(6,082) Rod average 3.55(3.76)
Big fish are appearing at Rutland Water with two cracking fish taken this week – a Brown of 6lb 9½oz and a Rainbow of 5lb 11½oz – both taken by the same boat. Oakham anglers Tom Pattenden and Grant McMurray headed to the top of the North Arm where big fish have been sighted on most days. Tom said “It was well worth it, with good fish moving around the boat at the time, I knew if we could land one it would be a good weight”. Both anglers had cracking fish – Tom landing the 6lb 9½oz Brown and Grant the 5lb 11½oz Rainbow.

Bank angler John Wadham of Oakham was delighted to catch a 6lb 7oz Rainbow from the bank at the top of the North Arm. John said ”I took this fish on a small floating fry – it was a thirteen year personal best. I also caught one of 5lb 7oz on the next cast!”

The bigger fish are feeding on a good mixture of sticklebacks, fry, corixa and the odd snail. Prospects look very good with fish feeding on the surface. Sunday evening saw a fall of flying ants and some early daddy long legs are also showing.

Competition news
AW Four Man Loch Style
17 Teams fished in this popular match for a rod average of 4.43. Fished to an 8 fish limit with no time bonus the winning team was Seighford Sharks B with 32 fish for 65lb 7¾oz. Top rod was Si Gaines fishing for RAF Fish Hawks A with a total bag weight of 23lb 12½oz. Si also took the best fish at 5lb 2 3/8oz.
1st Seighford Sharks B 32 fish for 65lb 7¾oz
2nd Rio Masters 29 fish for 62lb 15¼oz
3rd Team Hanak 24 fish for 55lb 1 1/8oz
4th Seighford Sharks A 27 fish for 52lb 13¾oz
5th Team Elinor 20 fish for 50lb 2 7/8oz
6th RAF Fish Hawks A 18 fish for 47lb 3 5/8oz
7th Greenwell Persuaders B 20 fish for 47lb ¾oz
8th Renegades 17 fish for 39lb 13 3/8oz
9th Tightlines 18 fish for 37lb 9 5/8oz
10th Greenwell Persauders A 15 fish for 33lb 1 7/8oz
11th Rejects 16 fish for 33lb 1oz
12th Grafham Rollaks 15 fish for 32lb 5 7/8oz
13th Team Anglian 14 fish for 29lb 6 3/8oz
14th RWFF 12 fish for 25lb 11 5/8oz
15th Team Esthwaite 10 fish for 21lb 11oz
16th RAF Fish Hawks B 8 fish for 18lb 3¼oz
17th RAF Fish Hawks C 6 fish for 12lb 6½oz

Tuesday Night Boat League – final week
A tough night for the final evening of this popular league. Keith Jones came second on the night to take the overall title. His closest rival, Rich Cooper, could manage only one fish on the night and came second overall.
This week 1st Rob Edmunds 7 fish for 13lb 13oz
2nd Keith Jones 5 fish for 9lb 10½oz
3r Paul Wild 3 fish for 5lb 2oz

Overall result
After fifteen nights of the league the final placings are as follows
1st Keith Jones 74 points
2nd Richard Cooper 69 points
3rd Ady Naylor 44 points
4th Geoff Wanless 42 points
5th Mick Bennett 38 points
6th Chris Evans 36 points

Keith won £50 in tackle vouchers. Richard Cooper who took the best fish of the series – a 6lb 2oz Brown won a £10 voucher for the biggest fish. Altogether 203 rods caught 592 fish with an overall rod average of 2.91. June 12th was the most notable night of the league with 17 anglers taking 91 fish!

On behalf of Anglian Water and all the wardens John Seaton would like to thank all those who supported the boat league, not forgetting Sid’s Fish and Chip of Stamford for supplying the after match suppers.

Best Rainbow 5lb 11½oz taken by Grant McMurray of Oakham.

Best Brown 6lb 9½oztaken by Tom Pattenden of Oakham.

Best boat areas The main basin, fishing lodge frontage and bottom of both arms.

Best bank areas Normanton, Sykes Lane, Old Hall, bottom of the North Arm.

Best methods Bank – Floating line with floating fry, dries and nymphs.
Boat – As above but those fishing deeper are also taking fish.

Mid week boat winner Brian Bonner.

Forthcoming events
Please note all boats are booked for WaterAid on Friday 7 September.
September is a very busy month – please book boats well in advance.
Beginners courses 8 and 12 September ; 7 & 27 October; 3 November.
Learn to fish for Pike 13 October.
Floating Line competition date to be confirmed.
Grafham Water
Fish week 778 (season 15,078) Returns 145 (4,004) Rod average 5.3 (3.76)
The fishing for the time of year is very good with a rod average of 5.3. Plenty of fish are on the surface feeding heavily on the vast shoals of pin fry, with the South corner of the Dam being the main area, also all along from Valley Creek to Perry Point.

However, the shrimp feeding fish are the most catchable and these are deeper down. Grafham Water warden Mark Haycock took out a client Jack Porter, they both had a good day out catching and releasing 25 fish between them on shrimp patterns fished about 6 to 8 feet down in the South corner of the Dam.

Anglers are reporting vast numbers of fish moving in Savages Creek to fry and snails, but are finding them slightly tricky to catch.

Competition news
Tuesday Night Boat League
Young Kieran Bonas won the boat league with a score of 48 points over the 15 weeks of the league. This is the second year in succession that he was won the evening boat league. Kieran is enjoying a fantastic season. He captained England youth to win the gold medal at this year’s Youth International at Loch Owel in Ireland.

As outgoing captain Kieran hosted his captain’s day at Grafham Water as a fund raiser for the England Youth Team. 38 Anglers had a great day with a large barbeque at the end of the match. Prizes were awarded to the top two in both the adult and the youth section with a prize for the largest fish of the match.

Adults
Richard Adamson 6 fish for 14lb 15oz.
Steve Cullen 5 fish for 12lb 11oz.

Youth
Adam Worker 7 fish for 16lb 15oz.
Dom Shereate 6 fish for 16lb 6oz.

The best fish of the match was separated by less that ½oz with Adam Worker’s magnificent Rainbow tipping the scales at 5lb 5½oz to Dom Shereate’s Rainbow of 5lb 51/8oz.

Best boat areas South end of Dam, Savages, Gaynes Cove, Seat and Sailing Club Bay.

Best bank areas Bowl and South Dam, Gaynes Cove, bank, Seat.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner John Vincent of Great Barford.

Fish stocked 2,000.

Pitsford Water
Fish week 285 (season 12,562) Returns 91 (3,371) Rod average 3.1(3.7)

Good bags of fish are still being caught at Pitsford both from the bank and the boats.

Invicta Fly Fishers held a boat match with anglers coming off the water for lunch making for a pleasant day’s fishing. Several anglers caught with John Mees taking the best bag with eight fish, taken on a floating line and team of nymphs.

Boat anglers have found the best areas to be off the dam end with drifts across the Boils and along the Pines. Bank anglers have also been getting into good numbers of fish.

Season ticket holders Len Agg of Desborough and Geoff Adams of Northampton had good sessions off Stone Barn Point taking several trout on hares ear patterns on floating lines. A few fish are now being tempted with dry sedge patterns first thing in the morning. The best fish of the week was a Rainbow of 5lb 12oz taken by Chris Butcher on a diawl bach. Bank areas to try are Northfields Shore, Stone Barn and Gravells.

Best Rainbow 5lb 12oz taken by Chris Butcher.

Best boat areas Dam, main bowl.

Best bank areas Gravells, Stone Barn, Cliffs.

Best methods Boat – Sinking lines and lures.
Bank – Floating lines, hares ears.

Mid week boat winner G Adams.

Fish stocked 1,000.

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses 25 August; 1,5,22 and 29 September; 7 October.
Learn to fish for Pike 20 October.

Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Fish week 240 (season 7,188) Returns 80 (1,524) Rod average 3.0 (4.7)
With brighter weather conditions and gentle winds fishing has become more challenging. Anglers are continuing to catch in the Boils on crunchers and diawl bachs.

The dam is producing fish in the morning and evening. On Sunday Ravensthorpe Reservoir hosted the Mick Griffin challenge match. 21 Anglers caught 48 fish. The match was won by Pat Flynn with 10lb 10oz. Alex Ferguson was second with 10lb and Graham Robertson was third.

Best Rainbow 8lb Taken by Dave Tryer.

Best boat areas Main bowl.

Best bank areas Dam.

Best methods Washing line with buzzers and diawl bachs. Some fish taken on dries.

Mid week boat winner Sarah Ball of Wigston, Leicester.

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