Anglian Water Reports September 3rd

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Week ending 2 September 2012

• Big fish bonanza at Rutland Water
Geoff Allsop of Warsop lands best Rainbow of the season at 8lb 6½oz plus best Brown of the week at 6lb 15½oz

• Pick of the pike with Anglian Water
Boat fish for Pike – mid week boats now available at Rutland and Grafham Water and all week at
Pitsford 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 407 (season 23,730) Returns 141(6,399) Rod average 2.88(3.7)
This past week has been one of the best for big fish at Rutland Water for years. Numerous large specimens have been caught virtually every day. Geoff Allsop of Warsop, is no stranger to big fish at Rutland, having netted a 10lb 9oz Rainbow here back in 1984. Last week he landed a 6lb 15½oz Brown. Then on Sunday he caught the best Rainbow of the week at 8lb 6½oz. Geoff was boat fishing and it took 20 minutes to land this fantastic fish which eventually fell to one of Geoff’s black tadpoles.

Two Steves nearly weighed in fish of identical weight with Steve Winston of Wales netting a Rainbow of 7lb 10 3/8oz on a claret hopper and Steve Buck of Leicestershire hooking a 7lb 10¼oz fish on a cruncher. Dick Stephen of Hambleton, Oakham, recorded a North Arm 6lb 15oz Rainbow and local angler Jim Watts a 6lb 8oz Rainbow. All of these fish were in good quality bags.

The best tactics have been to fish off the boat or bank with floating midge tip lines with nymphs, dries or small floating fry, some in conjunction with a booby to suspend the flies in the margins. Fish are feeding heavily on sticklebacks, roach fry, corixa, snails etc.

Prospects are excellent with many areas worth fishing around the shoreline. There are fish out in the open water, with the bigger ones close in. Food is abundant with all the fry, Sticklebacks etc and there have been evenings with a decent buzzer hatch for the time of year. One or two Daddy Long Legs are also starting to show.

September is a very popular month and boats can often be fully booked. Please call the lodge to check for availability and book well in advance to avoid disappointment (telephone 01780 686441).

Best Rainbow 8lb 6½oz taken by Geoff Allsop of Warsop.

Best Brown 6lb 15½oz taken by Geoff Allsop of Warsop, Notts.

Best boat areas Bottom of both arms.

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

Best methods Floating lines with nymphs, fry patterns and dries.

Mid week boat winner Thom Kwok of Bourne.

Fish stocked 1,000.

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 514(season 16,291) Returns 139(4,396) Rod average 3.69(3.70)
Highly respected fly fisherman Bob Church of Northampton writes about his recent experiences fly fishing for pike at Grafham Water. “My recent trip to Grafham was not for trout this time, but for Zander and Pike. Mike Green and I use specified deep sunk tackle for reaching the bottom.
i.e. the fastest sinking fly line and flies 4 to 6 inches long.
We had fished from a boat all morning then on the strike of noon I hooked into a big fish which I knew straight away was no zander. It was in fact a perfect specimen pike which was duly boated, but only after several long runs that took a full fly line and half of the backing off the reel.
It weighed 22lb 8oz; and was quickly photographed and returned. I was over the moon and cast out again. My first pull of my retrieving hand and I hooked up with yet another big fish. I knew this time that it was a zander as I was getting the up and down fight from the bottom in a depth of 28 feet. It weighed 10lb 8oz. Eventually we got him in – this was also a perfect specimen. I wouldn’t mind betting that neither fish had ever seen a hook before. I have fished at Grafham since it opened in June 1966. It remains top of the pops for trout fishing, zander and pike. “

As well as anglers being able to fish Pike on the fly there are 5 boats available for pike anglers fishing lures and dead sea baits over 18cm mid week at both Rutland and Grafham from 3 September. At Pitsford Water this facility is available from May onwards.

Back to trout – and Grafham Water continues to fish well for both bank and boat anglers with the vast majority of fish being caught in the top three feet of the surface. The biggest fish of the week was caught by boat angler Bob Wallinger of Leicester. Bob caught a fin perfect Rainbow of 6lb 1oz on a di3 line with a silver tube.

Bank anglers have had plenty of consistent fishing this week on floating lines with shrimp patterns, gold ribbed hares ear, diawl bachs, crunchers, pheasant tail nymphs and floating fry. The most productive areas for the bank anglers have been the entire dam, Marlow Stones, G bank and Gaynes Cove.

Boat anglers have also had a good week’s fishing with floating or midge tip lines with suspender minkies, diawl bachs, crunchers, gold ribbed hares ear, claret hoppers and shrimp patterns being the most productive. The main areas for the boat anglers have been G buoy, Boils, entire Dam, Deep Water Point, Valley Creek and Savages Creek.

Best Rainbow 6lb 1oz taken by Bob Wallinger of Leicester.

Best Brown 4lb taken by Rick Barlow.

Best boat areas Entire dam, Savages, Gaynes Cove, Valley
Creek, G Buoy, Deep Water Point.

Best bank areas Entire dam, G bank, Marlow Stones.

Grafham Water continued

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner Mark Jeffery from Over, Cambs.

Forthcoming events
Grafham Water is hosting the Ladies National Championship 8 & 9 September.
The Anglian Water Airflo International Wildcard Final 18 and 19 September.

Beginners courses 9,19 and 23 September; 6 and 21 October; 4 November.

Pitsford Water
Fish week 272(season 13,335) Returns 66 (3,559) Rod average 4.1 (3.7)
Anglers are catching well in settled weather conditions at Pitsford Water. A number of fish around the 3-4lb mark have been recorded. Several methods are popular with crunchers and diawl bachs fished on floating lines catching well. Intermediate lines with damsels and pheasant tailed nymphs are catching, as are minkies and cats whisker fished on intermediate.

On windy days anglers are catching a better stamp of fish on the rudder along the dam and main bowl. Tubes and sparklers should soon come into their own.

Best Rainbow 4lb 8oz.

Best boat areas Boils, Dam end, Brixworth Bay.

Best bank areas The Gravels, Rigby Point, Cliffs.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner T Barley of Great Doddington.

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

Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Fish week 183 (season 7,477) Returns 44(1,600) Rod average 4.1(4.6)
The most notable catches this week were from a boat taken by Mr Evans of Nottingham who took 22 fish on buzzers and diawl bachs just out from platforms 8 and 9. Dry fly sport is getting better at Ravensthorpe with increasing hatches of insect life. A rod average of 4.1 shows a marked improvement with many fish being taken on hoppers and klinkhammers with sedge patterns later on in the evening.

Fishing the drift loch style has proved more productive with fish being taken all over the reservoir. Fish are often feeding just sub surface and so greased leaders and buzzers or diawl bachs can work well if this is the case.

The bank is still quite inconsistent with the odd fish being taken from various platforms or the dam.

Best Rainbow 3lb 12oz taken by T Thomas of Daventry.

Best boat areas The Island, Coton End, drifting the middle.

Best bank areas The dam.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner S Taylor of Chobham.

Fish stocked 250

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