April 4th – 10th
207 anglers caught 957 fish of which 708 were returned.
Best Fish
12lb 3oz David Mackay, Edinburgh, green pea, boat
11lb 4oz Roly Stanford, Finedon, pink buzzer
10lb 6oz Steve Eplett, Kettering, black buzzer
+ a further 35 fish over 4lb
Brown
4lb 10oz Mr Mortimer
Best Areas
Bank – every area of the lake producing fish
Boat – gravel bar, boat bay, dam, east arm
Best Patterns
Black or olive buzzer, bloodworm, damsel, cruncher, black/green lures
Another decent week, especially for bank anglers. Boats are taking fish but with a still cool water temperature many fish are where the food is, in the margins. I would think the boat buzzer fishing will really switch on sometime within the next week or two.
When the mainly cold wind drops there are good hatches of small buzzers. Nymphs caught as many fish as lures last week.
The majority of fish continue to be taken 3 – 5 foot down with only a few rises.
Next Stocking
April 13th, 14th
Sunday April 10th
24 members of the Flydressers Guild held a friendly bank match and caught 75 fish.
Top teams of three:
1. Charles Jardine etc 17 fish
2. Wiltshire 17 fish
3. Chris Reeves etc 15 fish
Top individual
Les Cooke 12 fish
Biggest fish
Henryk Pycz 4lb 10oz
The Final of the Iain Barr/Airflo Bankmasters is this Sunday April 17th where the winner will walk away with £2000.
A couple more marshalls are required to sign scorecards. Please let me know if you can come (lunch and a selection of Iain Barr buzzers provided!)
No bank space available for pleasure anglers on this day but boats available as normal.
Tommy Wood Memorial Buzzer Match.
Sunday May 15th
A roving bank competition open to everyone. Floating line and buzzer immitations only may be used.
9am – 4pm Free entry
All proceeds from the raffle go to Sue Ryder, Peterborough.
TF_geepster.
