Anglian Water trout fishing Sept 24th

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Latest News and Information from

Week ending 21 September 2014

• 10lb Rainbow is best fish of the week at Ravensthorpe Reservoir

• Anglers from all over Europe flock to Rutland Water ahead of next week’s Anglian Water Airflo International

• Predator fishing – Rutland, Grafham, Pitsford and Ravensthorpe
Lure and dead sea bait from 1 October
Please book boats to avoid disappointment

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 867(season 32,656) Returns 216(7,593) Rod average 4.01 (4.35)

Rutland Water has been in excellent form this week, hosting the English National on 19 and 20 September. Regular anglers have also enjoyed good sport with Roger Marshall of North Luffenham landing the best fish of the week a 9lb 1½oz Rainbow.

Roger’s stunning fish fell to a very old wet fly favourite a Wingless Wickham’s Fancy! Roger, who puts a lot of effort into his bank fishing said that he was fishing another area of the reservoir with only a couple of fish showing any interest so he decided to move to Stockie Bay. Fishing a white lure on the point and the Wickham’s on the dropper the fish followed his lure in and with line running out as he lifted the rod the fish turned and took the wet fly, shooting off taking all the fly line and plenty of backing at great speed.

Bank anglers are getting amongst the fish around the many weedbeds, including the Peninsula, Yellowstone, all the way through to Inmans Spinney, Spud Bay and the bank opposite the fishing lodge.

The biggest Brown of the week was caught by John Morton, boat fishing amongst the weed beds in the Old Hall. John was rewarded with a splendid 6lb 2oz specimen. Browns are showing more now with big fish being seen feeding along with this season’s stock Browns which are in magnificent condition. Please remember only one Brown is permitted per bag limit.

On Friday 12 September Rutland Water hosted the WaterAid Fly Fishing Challenge. 72 anglers took part – a mixture of novice and experienced. Fifteen members of Rutland FlyFishers helped on the day and also acted as gillies to the novice teams. It was a fantastic day with 129 fish caught for a total weight of 291lb 9oz. The total raised for WaterAid from this year’s event was just over £8,100 – enough to help transform the lives of 540 people by enabling them access to clean water and adequate sanitation.

Prospects are very good with two main options. Boat anglers who are happy to go for numbers of fish should try the open water where there are huge numbers of fish scattered around the areas of the reservoir already mentioned, though the fish are very fit, a number are very lean with very little food available in the deep water. Alternatively, both bank and boat anglers can fish the shoreline where there are many areas worth trying around the weedbeds which are home to the many thousands of fry, sticklebacks, snails and corixa. Within casting distance of these areas are some of the water’s biggest residents, a single fly approach and also the ability to be prepared to move and cover a lot of areas will give anglers the best chance of netting one of these fine specimens.

Rutland Water continued

Competition news
English National 19 and 20 September
Rutland Water hosted the English National finals on 19 and 20 September with 20 anglers qualifying to represent their country next season. Boats were stretched out across the reservoir in many areas from the bottom of the South Arm all the way through to the main basin and to a lesser extent down the North Arm.

Plenty of fish were caught and returned during practice including fish up to 7lb. The first of the two days of competition was the busiest with many limits taken. However, the second day was far more challenging with the wind increasing and moving slightly making limits hard to achieve. The top three rods overall – John Horsey, Bob Barden and Martin Burgess each enjoyed 100% success rate.

Most boats fished out over the deep water of the reservoir, following the same pattern as each of the three previous major matches held at Rutland recently. Methods were a mixture of lures and nymphs and dries, which sorted out some of Rutland’s bigger fish.

Overall results
1st John Horsey 5 points
2nd Rob Barden 18 points
3rd Martin Burgess 25 points
4th Mark Withyman 27 points
5th Gary Haskins 29 points
6th Mike Heritage 33 points
7th Tony Baldwin 34 points
8th Frank Sumnall 39 points
9th= Pete Kempton 42 points
Richard Wood 42 points
Craig Smith 42 points
James Atkinson 42 points
13th Chris Bobby 43 points
14th Joel Beeney 46 points
15th Gary Morris 53 points
16th Carl Malpass 54 points
17th Brad Gifford 55 points
18th Paul Davison 57 points
19th Lee Bartlett 58 points
20th= Kim Green 59 points
Lloyd Pallett 59 points

Rutland Water continued

Boat demand
Boat bookings are in high demand with many competitions and events this month, and into early October as well, please phone the lodge before making your journey.

Best Rainbow 9lb 1¼oz taken by Roger Marshall.

Best Brown 6lb 2oz taken by John Morton.

Best boat areas Most open water areas of the reservoir. Bigger fish are around the shorelines (weedbeds).

Best bank areas Peninsula, from Old Hall through to Spud Bay, Sykes Lane to Stockie Bay, the Dam.

Best methods Bank – Fry patterns, dries and nymphs.
Boat – mini lures, gold/silver tubes/sparklers.

Mid week boat winner Keith Jones of Wittering.

Forthcoming events
Lure fishing for predators 1 – 30 September, mid week only.
Beginners courses: 28 September; 11 and 25 October; 1 November.
Beginners Course for Pike 5 October.
Anglian Water Airflo International final & practice boats in high demand 26 September – 2 October.
Anglian Water Rudder match 11 October.
Improve your bank fishing 9 and 22 November

Grafham Water
Fish week 358 (season 21,647) Returns 116 (4,875) Rod average 3.08 (4.44)
Grafham Water has continued to fish well for both bank and boat anglers with a healthy rod average of 3.08.

Bank anglers have had some great sport particularly from the south Dam which has been consistent, most effective methods have been floating lines with GRHE, shrimp patterns and green holographic diawl bachs. Other productive areas have been Hill Farm, Pylon Point, G Buoy and the Willows.

Richard Webb from Irchester caught the biggest Brown of the week whilst bank fishing the south end of the Dam. Richard took this superb 7lb 2½oz specimen on a floating line with a green holographic diawl bach.

Boat anglers have had the most success by fishing floating or intermediate lines with Daddies, Dabblers, Hoppers, Vivas, Viva Booby, FAB’s and Cormorants. Best boat areas have been around P,B,G,A,I and Q buoys. Season ticket holder John Vincent had a great morning’s fishing whilst drifting from P-B Buoys on an intermediate line with a team of black and green lures. John caught nine fish in two hours.
Predator news
Predator anglers have had a good week’s fishing with two notable Pike being caught. Firstly Nigel from Bulldog Trout Farm had a 20lb Pike whilst drifting from the North Tower to Savages Creek and then Marek Maciejewski landed a 34lb 8oz Pike from the same area. Mike Greene caught a superb Perch of 4lb 8oz between the North Tower and T Buoy.

Best Rainbow 4lb 8oz taken by J Alcoch.

Best Brown 7lb 2½oz taken by Richard Webb of Irchester.

Best boat areas P,B,G,A,I and Q buoys.

Best bank areas South Dam, Hill Farm, Pylon Point, G Bank, Willows.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner David Spall from Wyboston.

Fish stocked 2,000.
Forthcoming events
Lure fishing for predators 1 – 30 September, mid week only.
Beginners courses: 26 September; 4 and 19 October
Anglian Water Rudder match 4 October
Fry Feeders match 18 October.
Four man team bank match 26 October
Improve your bank fishing 8 and 23 November.
Grafham Water Fur and Feather (bank) 30 November.

Pitsford Water
Fish week 513 (season 10,384) Returns 143 (2,623) Rod average 3.5(3.9)
Fishing at Pitsford this week has been entertaining with lots of anglers reporting that the fish are in a chasing mood. Trout have been very near the surface and have been caught on a number of different methods. The favourites have been nymphs pulled behind a FAB on a washing line setup, teams of small wets and two fly dry setup using daddies and hoppers on floating lines. Graham Hutchings has been one angler taking advantage of the exciting fishing due to the large Crane Fly hatch, fishing for five days consecutively and being rewarded with some brilliant catches.

Predator anglers have been finding a lot of Jacks with a few better fish amongst them. Big Perch seem to be feeding well and have been showing up in small numbers. As always with Pitsford the fish are big framed specimens that are now beginning to pack on the weight.

Competition news
On Tuesday 18th Pitsford held the EMTFA Pairs match with 16 anglers taking 81 fish for a rod average of 5.06. The match was won by Graham Bodsworth and Mick Facey with 16 fish for 24lb 11oz.

Best Rainbow 3-4lb

Best Brown 4lb 5oz taken by James Wood.

Best boat areas Brixworth Bay, The Narrows, North Farm to Bog Bay.

Best bank areas No Fish Point, The Gorse, Stilton Point.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner S Ashton of Bourne.

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses: 27 September; 12,18 and 26 October.
Lure fishing for predators, boat only, to 31 January (subject to boat availability)

Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Fish week 246(season 12,116) Returns 58 (1,948) Rod average 4.2(6.2)

Anglers have enjoyed some good sport this week. The fish are still up in the water.

Best methods have been floating line with small dries, crunchers, buzzers or diawl bachs from a drifting boat across the main bowl. There have been several large Rainbows caught and released this week. The best being a 10lb Rainbow taken by Mr Woods on a cdc shuttlecock. His boat partner Mr Kay had an 8lb 4oz Rainbow which was also released.

Bank fishing has improved slightly this week with fish being caught from the Dam. Small nymphs, buzzers or diawl bachs on a floating line or fry patterns are worth trying.

Pike fishing with lures and dead sea baits starts 1 October – call lodge on 01604 770875 to book.

Best Rainbow 10lb taken by Mr Woods of Mauchline.

Best boat areas Main bowl.

Best bank areas Dam.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner Mr D Naylor of Abbots Bromley.

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