Anglian Water Trout Fishing July 29th

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Week ending 27 July 2014

• John takes 7 limits in 7 days at Rutland Water
Rutland Water is a second home to John Slavin, of Renfrewshire. No wonder then that he took 7 limits and the best fish of the week!

• Best Ravensthorpe Rainbow two weeks running for Roy
Roy Swinfield of Leicester takes 6lb 8oz Rainbow

• Sizzling Summer savings on August boats at Pitsford Water
Two man boat £16.50 (was £24.50)
Single Man Boat £13.40 (was £16.50)
Call 01604 781350 to book your August boats now
Offer applies Monday – Thursday only

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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 437(season 22,155) Returns 134 (5,345) Rod average 3.26 (4.14)
Anglers who have chosen to fish through the recent hot period have been well rewarded with many limits recorded, especially for boats.

John Slavin from Houston in Renfrewshire has made Rutland Water his second home. On a recent trip John took seven limits in seven days and the best fish of the week! Fishing mainly in the Main Basin John used a variety of lines from floaters down to medium sink. John’s best fish was a 4lb 2oz Rainbow – he also returned another 34 throughout the week.

Nigel Woolnough from Oakham had a great day fishing down the South Arm on Monday 21 July, with 15 fish all taken off the top using c.d.c’s. Nigel found the fish to be feeding on floating snails. This was an all Rainbow catch with the best fish tipping the scales around to 5lb.

Elsewhere it was the Main Basin that received most of the attention after Monday due to the wind swinging round to the North East/East with the aerators proving a popular spot.

Not many boat anglers have ventured out in the sweltering heat but one or two are catching the last couple of hours of daylight.

Another 2,000 Rainbows have been stocked off the Peninsula bringing the total number of fish stocked this season to 64,000.

Although the boats are fishing well a change in wind direction from the West would benefit boats fishing down the Arms. Fly life is amazingly good with numbers of olives and tiny buzzer hatches during the day.

Competition news
Tuesday Night Boat League week 12

Warren Landridge’s journey down from Barnsley in Yorkshire paid off with victory in week 12. Warren took a quick fire eight fish limit from the Main Basin in less than three hours. Hilary Tomlinson took the best fish – a 3lb 4oz Rainbow.

1st Warren Landridge 8 fish for 16lb 6oz
2nd Mick Bennett 7 fish for 14lb 4oz
3rd Graham Haywood 7 fish for 13lb
4th Keith Jones 5 fish for 8lb 6oz
5th Jeremy Ball 3 fish for 6lb 15oz
6th Rich Cooper 3 fish for 6lb 8oz

Current league placings are as follows Each of the top four are in with a chance of winning with only three more matches to go in the series.
1st Rich Cooper 65 points
2nd Mick Bennett 61 points
3rd Graham Haywood 50 points
4th Keith Jones 44 points
5th Warren Landridge 29 points
6th Toff Crowther 17 points

Best Rainbow 4lb 2oz taken by John Slavin of Houston, Scotland.

Best boat areas Fishing on to and around the aerators.
Bottom of South Arm.

Best bank areas Sykes Lane and the Dam.

Best methods Bank – Floating line with nymphs/dries fry patterns.
Boat – As for bank but include various sinking lines from Intermediate to Di7.

Mid week boat winner Ken Merridan of Oakham.

Fish stocked 2,000.

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses: 2,14 & 17 August; 6,14 & 28 September and other dates throughout the season.
Tuesday Night Boat League This year’s boat league runs through to the 15 August – a total of 15 weeks. Anglers meet at the Fishing Lodge between 5.15 and 5.45 p.m. with the draw for boat partners taking place at approx. 5.55pm. The match starts at 6pm.
Anglian Water over 50’s Match 2 August
Anglian Water Lochstyle 4 man team 13 August

Grafham Water
Fish week 432 (season 19,255) Returns 211 (3,825) Rod average 2.04 (5.03)
Bank anglers have had some good days, mainly fishing from the Dam with floating lines and small nymphs (diawl bachs, shrimp patterns, gold ribbed hares ear and pheasant tails). However, some days have been a lot better than others.

When the heat hasn’t been too extreme boat anglers have enjoyed some great days’ fishing. The good sport has been mainly around A,I and Q Buoys with the anglers fishing Di3 lines with Cormorant Boobies, Diawl Bachs, Buzzers, Cats Whiskers and crunchers.

Competition news
Anglian Water Airflo International Midland final 21 July.
11 Six man teams fished this event with the top four teams going through to the International Final which will be held at Rutland Water on 30 September and 1 October.

66 anglers caught 164 trout for a rod average of 2.48. Top individual was Keiron Bonas fishing for Rio Masters. Keiron caught 8 trout for 21lb 3oz. Keiron’s method on the day was to fish a Di3 sweep line with a cormorant booby on the point with two buzzers whilst drifting from A-Q Buoys.
The top team was HSE Offshore FWTFA who caught 27 trout for 64lb 11oz. The four teams going through to the final are

1st HSE Offshore FWTFA 27 fish for 64lb 11oz
2nd Orvis Team Rutland 23 fish for 54lb 7½oz
3rd Greenwell Persuaders Red 22 fish for 50lb 9oz
4th Elinor 20 fish for 42lb 9oz

Best Rainbow 4lb 15oz taken by Tim Ivory of Elsworth.

Best boat areas A,Q and I Buoys, Savages Creek, Sanctuary Bay, Dam Tower (no anchoring).

Best bank areas South and bowl of Dam, G Buoy.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner Norman Rushton of Cambridge.

Fish stocked 2,000.

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses: 3,10 & 24 August; 7,17 & 26 September. Beginners Course for Pike 21 September
Youth International 6 August
Scierra Pairs 9 August
John Watt Trophy 23 August
Ladies National 31 August

Pitsford Water
Fish week 129 (season 8,351 ) Returns 34 (2,069) Rod average 3.7 (4.0)
Pete Cousins had the best fish of the week – a fantastic, fin perfect Rainbow of 5lb 10oz. A Brown of 3lb was also caught. The fishing at Pitsford Water has been challenging in the hot weather conditions. However, plenty have been caught.

The main methods have been floating lines with a FAB on the point and nymphs up the line. Also sinking lines with boobies and blobs have worked. Some fish are taking dries in overcast weather. The best spinning lures have been Toby spinners.

Super Summer Savings on August boats at Pitsford Water
Two man boat £16.50 (was £24.50)
Single Man Boat £13.40 (was £16.50)
Call 01604 781350 to book your August boats now
Offer applies Monday – Thursday only

Best Rainbow 5lb 10oz taken by Pete Cousins.

Best Brown 3lb.

Best boat areas Main Bowl, Boils, Narrows.

Best bank areas Rigbys, Sailing Club bank.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner Mr Barley of Wellingborough.

Forthcoming events
Tuesday Night Boat League at Pitsford Water. Fishing will be from 6pm with a weekly prize for a free boat and the overall winner of the league receiving tackle vouchers.
Beginners courses:1,9 and 23 August; 5,10,20 & 27 September and other dates throughout the season.

Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Fish week 149 (season 10,778) Returns 39 (1,593) Rod average 3.8 (6.7)
Anglers have enjoyed some good sport at Ravensthorpe this week, with the mornings being the best time before it gets too hot. Fishing a floating line with the washing line method from a drifting boat has been the best method. A F.A.B. or boobie and red crunchers have caught most of the fish. Red diawl bachs and red or olive holographic buzzers are also working.

For the second week in a row Roy Swinfield had the biggest fish of the week. This week it was a 6lb 8oz Rainbow – the best fish in a bag of 22 fish. These all came to olive or red holographic buzzers as Roy boat fished in Catwalk Corner.

The morning has also been the best time to be on the bank, with the Platforms or the Dam producing fish, floating lines with diawl bach, crunchers or nymphs fished slowly.

Best Rainbow 6lb 8oz taken by Roy Swinfield of Leicester.

Best boat areas Main Bowl, Cat Walk Corner.

Best bank areas Dam, Platforms 4 and 5.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner J Goldie of Brackley.

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