Anglian Water Trout Fishing October 17th

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• Annual ‘Fry Bashers’ is a great success
Two fantastic days of competition at Grafham Water and Rutland Water

• Trophy winning 11lb 4oz Rainbow is best fish of the week at Ravensthorpe
Dan Fletcher wins biggest fish trophy in Mick Griffin Challenge match

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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 387 (Season 26,625) Returns 134(7,340) Rod average 2.88 (3.62)

With the weather turning much colder mainly due to a brisk northerly wind rolling in, Rutland Water has seen some good sport this week with fish turning to feeding mode.

Fish have been well spread again this week and taken in open water in front of the Fishing Lodge, in the main basin along the Normanton bank, along Steep Bank, from Carrot Creek to Armley Wood and the bottom of the arms.

Lures fished in open water have been effective for fish up to 2lb. Fry patterns seem to be accounting for increasing numbers of better quality fish as the temperature drops. Fished on a floating line, floating fry have created interest. Fish have been feeding heavily on snail, perch and roach fry, sticklebacks and a scattering of corixa.

Season ticket holder Cameron Neil fished floating fry in and around the harbour to great effect landing a superb 5lb 9oz Rainbow with others to back it up. Boat angler Simon Whitehead landed a lovely 5lb 4oz Rainbow. Top Rutland guide Al Owen, continues a good season landing a 6lb 4oz specimen Brown whilst boat fishing mid week.

Bank sport has much improved at Rutland in the past week with fish being caught at the Green Bank, Old Hall, along the Normanton bank (plus the harbour) and at Steep Bank on the North shore. Shrimp patterns, floating fry and hares ear nymphs are accounting for the most fish. Mike Netherclift reported a good week with sport to his own shrimp pattern producing five fish all over 3lb.

Fry are frequenting the margins of the lake at present with fish certainly turning to them for nutrition as the weather cools. Although not always visible, weed banks are also presenting masses of food for our fish; snail, corixa and shrimp being the main targets.

Competition news
Fry Feeders Match 17 & 18 October
This annual invitational match fondly known as the ‘Fry Bashers’ saw Day One fished at Grafham and Day Two at Rutland Water. 100 anglers caught 678 fish across the two days with Wayne Jones coming out on top after a phenomenal bag of 26lb 3oz on Day One and 11lb 9oz on Day Two. The best Rainbow was a 5lb 10oz fish that fell to Davy Auld and with Gareth Evans taking the best Brown at 4lb 13oz.

Best methods Bank – floating/sink tip line, nymphs and fry patterns.
Boat – As for bank in and around the margins, various lures on sinking lines in open water.

Best Rainbow 5lb 9oz taken by Cameron Neil.

Best Brown 6lb 4oz taken by Al Owen.

Best boat areas Main basin, in front of Fishing Lodge to East Creek, Carrot Creek to Armley and the bottoms of the Arms.

Best bank areas Normanton Bank (plus Harbour), Green Bank, Steep Bank, Old Hall and Finches Bank.

Mid week boat winner L Sisson of Spalding.

Forthcoming events
Brown trout season ends Thursday 29 October. Please ensure any Browns caught after this date are returned safely to the water.
Beginners courses 24 & 31 October.
George Moore Memorial 24 October
Fur & Feather (bank) 6 December

Grafham Water
Fish week 467 (season 24,375 ) Returns 129 (5,797) Rod average 3.62 (4.2)

Anglers have enjoyed another good week at Grafham Water with some excellent specimen Rainbows and Browns. The best fish of the week was a 6lb Brown taken by season ticket holder Rick Barlow. Rick took this lovely Brown from the bank along with another Brown trout of 5lb 2oz. Brian Naylor took the best Rainbow of the week at 5lb 2oz.

Both bank and boat anglers have recorded good numbers of fish with the rod average at 3.62.

The most consistent bank sport has been from the south Dam, Seat, Deep Water Point, G Buoy and the Willows. The main method for bank anglers has been to fish shrimp patterns and small nymphs almost static on a floating line.

Boat anglers have had a good week with a few bag limits with Guy Nicholson recording the best weight at 23lb 5oz for 8 fish being taken from around the margins on floating or glass lines with shrimp patterns, GRHE, crunchers, fabs, cat boobies, daddies and tequila blobs. The most consistent boat areas have been Deep Water and Pylon Points, G Buoy, Willows, Gaynes Cove, Sludge Bank, Valley Creek and Sanctuary Bay.

Competition news
Fry Feeder Match 17 October – see Rutland report

Best Rainbow 5lb 2oz taken by Brian Naylor.

Best Brown 6lb taken by Rick Barlow.

Best boat areas G Buoy, Deep Water Point, Sanctuary Bay, Seat, Sludge Bank, Willows.

Best bank areas Deep Water and Pylon Points, G Buoy, Willows, Dam, Seat.

Best methods See report.

Mid Week Boat Winner Michael Watts.

Forthcoming events
Fur & Feather (bank) 29 November

Pitsford Water
Fish week 273 (season 10,871) Returns 88 (2,202) Rod average 3.1 (4.7)

The fish at Pitsford are beginning to turn onto the fry. There is a huge amount of fry around the margins and this week a number of fish have been coming to minkies and floating fry patterns fished around the weedbeds. The rod average for the week is 3.1.

Fishery ranger Mark Mathison had the biggest fish of the week, a fine Rainbow of 5lb 2oz which fell to a cat booby on a floater off Stilton Point. Mark had two other fish over 3lb.

John Blazey from Norfolk had a good day with his eight fish bag containing Rainbows of 4lb, 3lb 8oz and 3lb 4oz.

Thursday saw the annual AW staff versus the Environment Agency match. 39 anglers caught 133 fish for a rod average of 3.4. Top rod on the day was AW employee Ben Farnsworth with 8 fish for 17lb 8oz. Second place was Pitsford’s own Dave Rowe with eight fish for 17lb 2oz. The biggest fish weighed 3lb 11oz with several more over 3lb. Best methods were either fry patterns fished on floating lines or tubes fished on Di7. Bank fishing is improving daily and North Farm shore, Ash Tree Bay and No Fish Point are good areas with hares ear and shrimp patterns starting to account for good fish.

A group of five anglers fishing on our three day holiday package at Rutland and Pitsford recorded a rod average of 4.4 and enjoyed some great sport.

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 supplied 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 5lb 2oz taken by Mark Mathison.

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

Best bank areas North Fields Shore, Stone Barn Bay, Duffers, Stilton Point, Cliffs.

Forthcoming events
Beginners course 25 October.
Fur & Feather boat match Sunday 8 November.

Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Fish week 246(season 12,123) Returns 62 (2,812) Rod average 4.0 (4.3)

Anglers are still enjoying great sport at Ravensthorpe with plenty of fish being caught on various methods. Topside – on popper hoppers and dries in general. Good quality fish are being taken on sunken daddies, hoppers and diawl bachs. Plenty of fish are coming to Di3, Di5 with minkies, cats whiskers, blobs, black and green lures – so a method to suit all anglers.

Ravensthorpe hosted The Mick Griffin Challenge at the weekend and it was a huge success with all boats out on the water. A total of 113 fish were caught and plenty of fish released once anglers had bagged up.

1st Dan Fletcher & Bob Aves 8 fish for 24lb 13oz
2nd Steve Johnson & Chris Young 8 fish for 22lb 7oz
3rd Fraser Duffy & Barry 8 fish for 20lb 6oz.

The trophy for the biggest fish was awarded to Dan Fletcher for a superb 11lb 14oz Rainbow which was also Ravensthorpe’s biggest fish of the week.

Best Rainbow 11lb 14oz taken by Dan Fletcher.

Best boat areas See report.

Best bank areas Dam, Catwalk Corner.

Best methods See report.

Mid Week Boat Winner Mr C Slack of Northampton.

Forthcoming events
Fur & Feather (boat) 1 November

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