March 30th – April 5th
149 anglers caught 966 fish of which 677 were returned.
Best Fish
12lb 0oz Mike Bownes, Stamford, red buzzer
9lb 0oz John Lashbrooke, Corby, yellow buzzer
7lb 6oz George Brock, Corby, black buzzer
6lb 13oz Neil Johnson, Melton Mowbray, grhe
6lb 6oz Dan Smith, Bozeat, black buzzer
5lb 14oz Mr Baker, Glatton, red buzzer, boat
Best Areas
Bank – Most areas holding fish now
Boat – Most areas fishing well
Best Patterns
black buzzer, diawl bach, damsel, cruncher, red or yellow apps, small black/green or white/green lures
Since last Thursday the fish have really switched onto buzzers. Numerous double figure bags from the boats boosted the rod average. Bank fishing still good unless it was flat calm or very bright.
Plenty of the big fish continue to be caught by bank anglers.
The best method from the boat is a team of three buzzers or a buzzer on the point, diawl bach in the middle, cruncher on the top dropper.
For short periods when conditions allow there are fish rising with shipmans, cdc buzzers and hoppers scoring well.
There are a wide size range of buzzers hatching so anglers are using size 10, 12 and 14 imitations. The majority are black with a few grey and ginger.
Next Stocking
April 6th, 9th
Please note that on Saturday April 11th and Sunday April 12th Elinor will be holding the Team England Bank final for individuals and teams of three.
There will be only a very limited amount of bank space available to pleasure anglers. Boat fishing available as normal.
Competition Result
Sunday April 5th Iain Barr/Airflo Bank Masters Heat
Flat calm conditions for most of the day moved many of the fish out of range of the bank so competitors had to make the most of their chances.
In this 5 hour match, 21 anglers caught 60 fish
Buzzers and apps bloodworms caught most of the fish.
1. Mick Loy 7 fish from 6 pegs = 13 points
2. Trevor Wadds 6 from 5 = 11 points
3. Brad Gifford 7 from 4 = 11 points
4. Charlie Abrahams 7 from 4 = 11 points
5. Bart Farmer 4 from 4 = 8 points
6. Rich Haughton 4 from 3 = 7 points
7. Tony Smith 4 from 3 = 7 points
8. Lord Richard Dayman 3 from 3 = 6 points
9. Harvey Mobbs 3 from 3 = 6 points
10. Lee Cartmail 3 from 2 = 5 points
11. George Foster 2 from 2 = 4 points
12. John Stokes 2 from 2 points
Elinor will be hosting the final of the Iain Barr/Airflo Bank Masters final on Sunday April 19th with the chance to win £2000 and many other prizes. The final will be filmed by the Sky Sports ‘Tight lines’ programme.
Bank fishing all booked. Boats available. Please book in advance.
Sunday May 10th
Elinor will be holding the Tommy Wood Memorial Trophy
Roving bank match using buzzer imitations only. 9am – 4pm Free entry. All money raised by the raffle will go to Sue Ryder, Thorpe Hall Hospice.
Sunday May 31st
Elinor will hold a heat of the popular Scierra Pairs boat competition.
You get to fish with your partner and qualifiers will go through to fish the final at Rutland.
Full details at http://www.scierrapairs.co.uk
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