Anglian Water Trout Fishing June 25th, 2013

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Anglian Water Trout Fishing Latest News and Information from
Week ending 23 June 2013

• Kevin’s 7lb 12¼oz Rainbow is best of the week at Rutland Water
Kevin Glenn’s long journey from Northumberland pays off as he lands superb Rainbow

• Grafham Water’s best Rainbow of the week weighs in at 7lb 1oz
Tim Ivory takes best fish of the week and the best bag goes to Nick Evans of Ramsey with 7 fish for 26lb 7oz

• Ravensthorpe Reservoir in excellent form with a rod average of 5.0

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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 1,236 (season 23,560) Returns 308 (4,563) Rod average 4.01 (5.16)
Kevin Glenn’s journey all the way from Northumberland to Rutland Water was rewarded with the best fish of the week – a superb Rainbow of 7lb 12¼oz taken on a tequila booby and intermediate line. Other recent big fish have included a 6lb 13oz Rainbow taken by Peter Andrews who reports ”We enjoyed some brilliant buzzer fishing at Rutland Water during our 3 days, averaging 10 fish a day”. Dave Mitchell landed and returned a large Brown estimated at between 9 and 10lb. Dave fished a size 12 hopper ‘dry’ at New Zealand Point. This fish fought hard, taking Dave well into his backing before being returned safely to the reservoir to fight another day. When he weighed the fish it ‘bottomed out’ his 8lb scales with ease.

It has been another good week at Rutland Water with boat and bank anglers enjoying some quality sport. Nymphs and buzzers have accounted for a large percentage of the fish on floating lines and midge tips from both bank and boat. When conditions have been right anglers have reported good late rises of fish, notably on the Dam, Old Hall to Green Bank and Barnhill Creek. During these periods anglers have enjoyed exciting sport using dry fly, successful patterns include Bobs Bits, Shipmans buzzers and Hares Ear.

The main basin continues to provide plenty of action with various sinking lines teamed with blobs and boobies. Reports have also been coming through that some large fish are being seen at the bottom of the arms, with some quality fish being taken in Manton Bay in the South Arm and Tim Appletons/Burley Reaches in the North Arm. The reservoir continues to fish well in many areas with the Finches bank to Armley Wood and Dickensons Bay in the North Arm providing consistent sport. In the South Arm the Lodge to East Creek, Sailing Club Bay, Yellowstone and Old Hall to Green Bank have been producing plenty of fish.

This year’s pin fry are becoming more prevalent in the margins which could soon lead to some challenging fishing if the trout switch onto them. Sedge are also being seen in some areas on the lake which should keep plenty of fish in the margins for the bank anglers. Teamed with the shrimp, daphnia and corixa the trout have a veritable feast on offer at the moment.

Competition news
Tuesday Night Boat League
Week 7 and the anglers had to encounter some challenging conditions with the reservoir flat calm. Warren Landridge took top spot with Gary Cooper landing the best fish at 3lb 11oz.

1st Warren Landridge 5 fish for 11lb 12oz.
2nd Geoff Wanless 5 fish for 9lb 7oz
3rd Keith Jones of Wittering 3 fish for 7lb 15oz

Rutland Water Fly Fishers Hanby Cup
1st Ron Gent & Martin Rowson 16 fish for 44lb 3oz
2nd Peter Gover & Gary West 16 fish for 39lb 4oz
3rd Graham Pearson & Al Owen 16 fish for 38lb 14oz
Best fish 6lb 2oz taken by Steve Crowder.
Rutland Water continued

Anglian Water Airflo Midlands Heat
1st HSE Offshore-FWTFA 37 fish for 107lb 6oz
2nd Orvis Team Rutland 32 fish for 77lb 15½oz
Dave Mordue of HSE Offshore-FWTFA took the best fish at 6lb 6oz and his team mate Peter Crow took the best bag at 27lb 5oz.

Best Rainbow 7lb 12¼oz taken by Kevin Glenn, Northumberland.

Best Brown 4lb 2oz taken by Bob Copsey of Sheffield.

Best methods See report.

Best boat areas See report.

Best bank areas See report.

Mid week boat winner Paul Kirkup of Kibworth, Leicester.

Fish stocked 2,000.

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses: 29 June; 7,14, 21 & 28 July; 3,14 & 18 August and throughout the season.
Tuesday Night Boat League
Army Championships 21 – 29 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
Anglian Water 4 Man Loch Style 14 August

Grafham Water
Fish week 648 (season 11,549) Returns 178 (2,388) Rod average 3.64 (4.83)
Grafham Water continues to fish well for both bank and boat anglers in spite of the unsettled weather. The bank anglers have enjoyed most success from Marlow Stones, but also the South end of the Dam which has produced some stunning fish. Tim Ivory took the best fish of the week – a cracking 7lb 1oz Rainbow on a floater with a single cruncher. Tim’s bag of six fish went to 23lb 6oz. The best bag of fish this week was taken by Nick Evans from Ramsey. Nick had 7 fish for 26lb 7oz all taken on a floater and shrimp patterns.

The boat anglers have enjoyed good sport too, with the Dam, Gaynes Cove, the Seat and the Willows all producing fish throughout the week. The favoured methods seem to be floaters, or intermediates fished washing line style with a small booby on the point, and nymphs either crunchers or diawl bachs.

The first of this season’s fry have started to show up in the harbour now, so look out for some good fry feeders later on in the season.

Best Rainbow 7lb 1oz taken by Tim Ivory from the South Dam with a cruncher.

Best methods See report.

Best boat areas Seat, South end of Dam, G Buoy, Hill Farm, Willows, Deep Water Point.

Best bank areas Marlow Stones, South Dam, Deep Water Point.

Mid week boat winner Andy Robinson of Haverhill, Suffolk.

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses: 29 June; 13,19,24 & 28 July; 4,11 & 25 August and throughout the season.
Tuesday Night Boat League organised by Invicta.
England Qualifier ‘Odds & Sods’ 30 June.
GWFFA Inter Club match 7 July
Invicta Floating Line match 27 July

Pitsford Water
Fish week 471 (season 6,391) Returns 127 (1,875) Rod average 3.7 (3.4)
Pitsford Water continues to fish well even with the changeable weather conditions. The rod average is a very healthy 3.7 with many fish taken in the 4 – 6lb bracket.

Mark Benstead and John Fletcher had a good day from a boat taking many fish with 7 fish over 4lb taken in the Bog Bay area.

The stronger winds have allowed anglers wishing to fish ‘on the rudder’ to ply their trade and none better at this method than Brian Moore who had two very productive days with his best an 8 fish bag for over 22lb.

Last Sunday members of the Mid Northants Anglers fished a pairs match with 14 anglers catching 75 fish for a rod average of over 5.3.

Top pair was Simon Le Hane and Les Yarnall who caught 16 fish for 36lb 3oz.

Barry Jones and Terry Bayes took second place with 15 fish for 33lb 1oz. Third place was taken by Michael Farrell and Grant Gibson with 12 fish for 24lb 14oz. The biggest fish on the day was taken by Matthew Eggleton with a cracking Rainbow of 5lb 2oz.

The best areas to fish are the Flats, Sermons and Gravels for the boats and Pines, Gorse and Pitsford Creek. Best methods to try are floating or intermediate lines with hares ear and crunchers, washing line with FAB’s and teams of buzzers. Also worth trying are damsel patterns as the Naturals are now appearing in numbers.

Best Rainbow 5lb 2oz taken by Matthew Eggleton.

Best Brown 3lb taken by Mick Tracy.

Best methods Floating lines, hares ear and crunchers catching well, washing line with F.A.B’s, buzzers, damsels starting to appear.

Best boat areas Flats, Sermans to gravels.

Best bank areas Pines, Gorse, flats, Creek.

Mid week boat winner Pete Cousins of Northampton.

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses: 6,10 & 27 July; 1,10 & 24 August and throughout the season.
Pike beginners course Saturday 20 July

Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Fish week 270 (season 4,005) Returns 58 (937) Rod average 5.0 (4.2)
Ravensthorpe Reservoir continues to produce some terrific sport with fish in the top of the water.

Floating lines are the order of the day with dries working well. Olive or black klinkhammers used in combination with skinny buzzers have worked a treat for Mick Griffin and Graeme Smith with around 30 fish to the boat. Fiery hoppers and crunchers worked well for the Evans brothers who had a great day accounting for 25 spirited Rainbows.

England Youth angler Fen Oakley shared a boat with Yvonne Webb and the pair managed over 25 fish on a variety of methods including small dries and nymphs on the washing line.

The bank fishing continues to produce reasonable sport although the Dam is still really the best prospect and can be tricky in the stronger westerly winds.

Best Rainbow 5lb 8oz.

Best methods See report.

Best boat areas Tall Willows, Coton End.

Best bank areas The Dam.

Mid week boat winner Gregg Hartley of Northampton.

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