Anglian Water Trout Fishing August 27th

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• Richard Cooper scoops Rutland Water Tuesday Night Boat League title for third consecutive year

• 6lb 11oz Rainbow is best fish of the season at Grafham Water

• The tale of the parrot tail feather….
Bertie the family parrot’s tail feather lands Andrew Williamson a specimen Rutland Rainbow

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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 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531;
Pitsford Water 01604 781350

Rutland Water
Fish week 775 (Season 19,001) Returns 186 (5,385) Rod average 4.16 (3.52)

Boat anglers recorded plenty of fish last week including many limits with a very high rod average of 5.23. Fish are generally out in the deeper, cooler water of the reservoir, influencing the bank rod average which remains fairly quiet at 1.55. Fish were caught very quickly for those who sought out the aerators in the main basin. Anglers fishing in the Tuesday Night Boat league opted to fish the aerators for a change and ten anglers netted 47 fish in just over three hours! Richard Cooper of Empingham won the overall title in style recording his third consecutive victory.

Most fish were falling to various lures from blobs, boobies, snakes and tube flies throughout the week, however, Leicester angler Steve Buck rolled back the years when he fished wet flies, and had an enjoyable session fishing Silver Invicta, and wingless Wickhams away from the aerators taking drifts up to the line of buoys at the Dam.

Mainly stock fish around 2lb are showing, though there are signs of early season silvered up fish finally being caught. Not many boats headed to the bottom of either of the arms, those who did faired better down the North Arm with fish caught at Tim Appletons and even more so at the Transformer, which saw two lots of fish stocked last week. The same number of fish was stocked at the Green Bank but it seems no boats opted to fish there.

Rutland has again hosted anglers from all over the UK and Europe but this week we welcomed Brendan Griffin on holiday from Perth, Australia. Brendan borrowed a drogue from one of our Rangers and enjoyed half a day’s boat fishing with three 2lb plus Rainbows to show for his efforts.

Catching your very first fish on a fly that you have tied yourself is rewarding – a memorable achievement for Andrew Williamson from Grantham last Thursday. But this one has to be unique – family pet parrot Bertie the African Grey obliged by plucking out one of his red tail feathers, which combined with ostrich feathers, landed Andrew a 2lb Rainbow.

All boats are booked on 6 September for the final of the Scierra Pairs. There are a few boats available for Saturday 5th. Predator lure boats start from 31 August with boat demand high – please check with the lodge for availability before making your journey.

The Anglian Water Autumn Pairs match is taking place on Saturday 10 October. This is a popular match with sections for Rudder and non Rudder. Give the lodge a call on 01780 686441 to book a place.

Competition news
Tuesday Night Boat League

Week 13 of the league
For most of the league matches this season anglers have opted to exclude the aerators, but this week the aerators were included and helped account for the 47 fish caught in total.

1st Richard Cooper 8 fish for 16lb 12¾oz
2nd Chris Binley 8 fish for 14lb 4oz
3rd Mick Bennett 6 fish for 12lb 4½oz

Final 2015 boat league positions
1st Richard Cooper 87 points
2nd Keith Jones 71 points
3rd Adi Naylor 37 points
4th Mick Bennett 36 points
5th Graham Hayward 35 points
6th Chris Binley 31 points

Richard Cooper took victory for the third consecutive year. Richard won the final match of the league with eight fish plus the best fish on the night. Richard won £50 in tackle vouchers and a free mid week boat. The biggest fish in the league, taken way back in week 3, was Rob Teasdale’s superb 7lb 6oz Brown which won Rob £10 in tackle vouchers. Thank you to everyone who supported this popular league – with a total of 169 rods catching 398 fish. Thanks to Sid’s Fish and Chip shop, Stamford, for supplying the after match suppers.

In response to popular demand there will be a Tuesday Night ‘friendly’ this Tuesday 25 August, commencing at 5.30.

4,000 Rainbows were stocked down the arms again recently, bringing the season’s total to 73,450 fish. Finally, as mentioned early season silvered up fish are starting to show. As the temperatures start to cool and the days shorten we should see more over wintered fish appearing. In the next few weeks demand for boats will increase – anglers are already practicing for the forthcoming Scierra Pairs which will be fished on Sunday 5 September. Midweek

Information for all anglers
An invasive species of shrimp (Dikerogammarus villosus), commonly known as DV, has been found at Pitsford Water reservoir in Northamptonshire.

The presence of this species in the water does not pose any threat to human health. Water from the reservoir is treated to a very high standard before being supplies to local homes for drinking.

It is important that anglers continue to follow the Check, Clean, Dry procedures in place for the preservation of our environment and sport.

Best methods Bank – Nymphs, dries.
Boat – As for bank but include various sinking lines, with mixture of lures.

Best Rainbow 3lb 4oz taken by John Wotherspoon.

Best bank areas Normanton to Fantasy Island, top of the North Arm.

Best boat areas The Main Basin (aerators) plus drifts through to the Dam. North Arm, Tim Appletons to Transformer.

Mid week boat winner Richard Maryniak of Peterborough.

Fish stocked 4,000

Forthcoming events
Predator Lure fishing 31 August – 30 September midweek boats only

Beginners courses 5,13 & 27 September; 4,10,24 & 31 October.
Scierra Pairs Final 5-6 September All boats booked
WaterAid 18 September
Anglian Water Rudder match 19 September
AWAI Final 5-7 October
Anglian Water Pairs non rudder & rudder 10 October
Fry Feeders Match 18 October

Grafham Water
Fish week 771(season 17,889) Returns 224 (4,374) Rod average 3.44 (4.09)

The best Rainbow of the week, and season to date weighed 6lb 11oz and was recorded by J Hickson of Colchester. The variable weather swinging from high winds one day to hot still the next has made fishing very unpredictable.

The bank anglers have enjoyed a great week at the South end of the Dam to the valve tower on floating lines with shrimp patterns and hares ears. Some anglers are taking up to twelve fish up to 5lb, all catch and release.
Boat fishing has again been good at the South end of the Dam especially from drifting boats into open water.

Most anglers have been using an intermediate line to fast glass lines with boobies, tequila blobs, and hares ears. Floating lines with dry flies have proved successful as the fish have not been that deep, only around two feet.

Grafham regular Norman Rushton produced a great Brownie this week from Savages Creek. He landed it after a hard fight on a floating line with a wet fly jinked to float.

Areas producing fish this week include the Willows to G Buoy, 100 metres out from the shoreline. Some nice fish have been coming out of Savages Creek up to 4lb on dries and also from the Seat, approximately 100 metres out.

Information for all anglers
An invasive species of shrimp (Dikerogammarus villosus), commonly known as DV, has been found at Pitsford Water reservoir in Northamptonshire.

The presence of this species in the water does not pose any threat to human health. Water from the reservoir is treated to a very high standard before being supplies to local homes for drinking.

It is important that anglers continue to follow the Check, Clean, Dry procedures in place for the preservation of our environment and sport.

Best Rainbow 6lb 11oz taken by J Hickson of Colchester.

Best Brown Two at 3lb.

Best boat areas South Dam, G Buoy, Deep Water and Pylon Points, Boils, Savages Creek, The Seat.

Best bank areas North Dam, Willows.

Best methods See report.

Mid Week Boat Winner David Shadbolt.

Fish stocked 2,300.

Forthcoming events
Predator Lure fishing 31 August – 30 September Monday-Friday boats only

Beginners courses 6,16, 20 (Pike) & 25 September; 3 & 18 October.
John Watts Trophy 29 August
Lexus European Individual Final 12 & 13 September
Troutmasters Final (fishing closed to non competitors) 21 September
Bob Church Classic 27 September
Anglian Water Rudder Match 3 October
Fry Feeder Match 17 October

Pitsford Water
Fish week 105(season 8,902) Returns 42(1,876) Rod average 2.5 (4.64)
Pitsford continues to fish well from the boats but has steadied up from the bank. The rod average for the week is 2.5 and there have been some nice bags of fish coming to the scales.

Mr Gamble boat fished and had a fine Rainbow of 4lb 8oz, while Paul Hopkins has been out twice this week fishing with dries and has had 12 fish.

Anglian Water Rudder match 22 August
Top pair was Dave Porter and Steve Crowder with 11 fish for 21lb 10oz. In second place were Jeff Bedford and Rob Teasdale with 5 fish for 12lb 8oz. Jeff Bedford took the biggest fish a fine Rainbow of 4lb 8oz.

The lure fishing for trout continues until the end of the month and there have been some good catches to this method.

Predator fishing has had mixed results this week with Perch up to 3lb 13oz caught from the deep water at the Dam.

Information for all anglers
An invasive species of shrimp (Dikerogammarus villosus), commonly known as DV, has been found at Pitsford Water.

The presence of this species in the water does not pose any threat to human health. Water from the reservoir is treated to a very high standard before being supplies to local homes for drinking.

It is important that anglers continue to follow the Check, Clean, Dry procedures in place for the preservation of our environment and sport.

Best boat areas Bog Bay, Stonebarn Bay, North Farm Bay, Brixworth Bay, Sailing Club Bay.

Best bank areas North Fields Shore, Stone Barn Bay, Gravels, Duffers, Stilton Point, Sailing Club Bay.

Fish stocked 1,000

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses 4,9,19 & 26 September; 11,17 & 25 October.
Second Saturday of each month Pitsford will be offering fly tying tuition, casting coaching and general fishing advice. Call the fishing lodge on 01604 781350 for more information.

Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Fish week221(Season 10,974) Returns 54 (2,507) Rod average 4.0 (4.3)

Ravensthorpe continues to fish well. Dry fly fishing is still accounting for most of the fish but the washing line with red diawl bachs and crunchers is also working well.

Charlie Watts opted for the washing line to land 12 fish on Friday, fishing from a drifting boat and pulling them across the surface. Mick Spencer opted for the washing line with diawl bachs and caught 9 fish, again drifting boat was best.

Mr Turner fished small black dries from a drifting boat in the main bowl and landed five nice fish.

Information for all anglers
An invasive species of shrimp (Dikerogammarus villosus), commonly known as DV, has been found at Pitsford Water reservoir in Northamptonshire.

The presence of this species in the water does not pose any threat to human health. Water from the reservoir is treated to a very high standard before being supplies to local homes for drinking. It is important that anglers continue to follow the Check, Clean, Dry procedures in place for the preservation of our environment and sport.

Best boat areas Main Bowl.

Best bank areas Dam.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner Richard Perry of East Haddon, Northampton.

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