Elinor Trout Fishery August/Sept 2010

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Elinor Trout Fishery August 31st – Sept 18th

272 anglers caught 864 fish of which 487 were returned

Best Fish
Rainbow
6lb 5oz Jimmy Kelly, Corby, grhe, boat
6lb 2oz Bill Gray, Crowland, boat
6lb 0oz Neville Silver, boat
5lb 5oz Bill Banks, Geddington, orange blob, boat
5lb 4oz Mick Irons, St Neots, ptn, boat
Brown
7lb 0oz M. Sharpe, Milton Keynes

Best Areas
Bank – brookside, east arm, boat bay
Boat – east arm, down middle, boat bay

Best Patterns
grhe, hoppers, wet or dry daddy, orange or sunburst blob, white/green lures.

Good surface sport continues at Elinor. Only a few daddies have made it onto the water yet but immitations are doing well.

Water level has risen in the last two weeks but clarity is still excellent and weed growth is not a problem over the majority of the lake.

Bank fishing is good but most of the larger fish have fallen to boat anglers. Specimens will be feeding well now the water is cooling down so prospects look good for the back end of the season.

Next Stocking
Sept 24th, 28th, Oct 1st

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August 16th – August 30th

285 anglers caught 802 fish of which 421 were returned

Best Fish
9lb 3oz David King, Gt Yarmouth, black cdc
8lb 0oz Trevor Partridge, Corby, red cdc, boat
6lb 5oz G. Johnson, Milton Keynes, daddy
5lb 6oz Mr Lambert, Norfolk, boat
5lb 2oz Paul Welsh, cats whisker

Best Areas
Bank – east arm, brookside, lagoon
Boat – down middle, east arm, brookside

Best Patterns
black or brown hopper, daddy, grhe, small damsel, cruncher, orange blob

Great top of the water sport continues at Elinor. Fish rising throughout the day and evening in a variety of conditions.
Fish are not as tightly packed now. Dry fly or washing line on a floater are still the best methods.
Water clarity is excellent over the majority of the lake.
Hopefully the recent wet weather will lead to a bonanza daddy hatch in the next few weeks.

Next Stocking
August 29th, September 3rd

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Elinor Trout Fishery, August 2nd – 15th

302 anglers caught 883 fish of which 465 were returned

Best Fish
7lb 8oz Trevor Partridge, Corby, red cdc, boat
6lb 5oz Jason Donaldson, Cambridge, grhe
6lb 0oz Roland Stanford, Finedon, boat
5lb 12oz Pete Welch, Boston, black/red buzzer
5lb 11oz David Grewcock, daddy, boat
5lb 2oz Bertie Powell, Bedford
+ plenty of fish in the 2-3lb range

Best Areas
Bank – brookside
Boat – east arm, anchored off brookside, down middle

Best Patterns
wet or dry daddies, grhe, cdc hares ear, black hopper, black or brown shipmans, small damsel, orange or sunburst blob.

Between bookside bay and East arm is still the best area for bank and boat anglers with fish moving on the surface throughout the day and evening.
However the last few days of North winds has seen a few anglers trying the dam and lodge bank and they have caught a few fish quality fish which have not seen any fishing pressure for over a month.
The cooler temperatures should see the fish become more widely distributed.
Fish spooned during the day have been feeding on damsels and daphnia. In the evening its buzzers and sedge pupae on the menu.
Water clarity is still excellent and weed cutting will be continuing although nearly all of the banks are fishable.

Next Stocking
August 20th, 23rd, 27th

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