Grafham Water March/April/May 2011

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Grafham Water Trout Form March/April/May

Grafham Water To April 12, 2011

Fish week 1,046 (season 2,539 ) Returns 179 (490) Rod average 5.84 (5.18)
Grafham Water has continued to fish exceptionally well this week for both bank and boat anglers with the boat anglers enjoying the best of the sport. Bank anglers have had some excellent sport along the Lodge Bank, Harbour, Gaynes Cove, Seat and Deep Water Point with these areas all producing good fishing.
The main methods for the bank anglers this week have been floating lines with buzzers, diawl bachs, GRHE and black and green tadpoles fished very slowly.

Boat anglers enjoyed the cream of the sport mainly by fishing Valley Creek, L buoy, the Stumps, Hedge End and Hill Farm. The main boat tactics have been either floating lines with long leaders with epoxy buzzers or fast sink lines with buzzers, diawl bachs, crunchers, blobs and hoppers which are also fished very slowly.

Anglers at the beginning of the week reported that trout were feeding hard on the bottom of the reservoir, but as the week went on they had moved to feeding at mid depth. The main food source seems to be either Daphnia or large buzzers.

Competition news – Bob Church Open
Grafham Water hosted The Bob Church Open for the Frank Cutler Memorial Trophy on Sunday 10 April. The day was a huge success with time bonus the key to victory and a rod average of 7.26. With all bar 6 of the 52 anglers taking their limits and top rod Paul Angell bagging up by 11am. Dave Morris took the best fish at 4lb 2¾oz. England Youth International Sam Edmunds was the top Youth. Best lady rod was Joan Russell.

1st Paul Angell 8 fish for 30lb 6¾oz including time bonus
2nd Mike Cocks 8 fish for 29lb 5¾oz “
3rd Clive Morgan 8 fish for 29lb ¾oz “
4th David Angell 8 fish for 28lb 14 5/8oz “
5th John Stevenson 8 fish for 28lb 12¾oz “
6th Ben Bayliss 8 fish for 28lb 10oz “

Best Rainbow 5lb Taken by Damian Paddon

Best Brown 3lb 8oz Taken by R Timothy of Ampthill.

Best boat areas Valley Creek, L buoy, Hill Farm, Hedge End, the Stumps.

Best bank areas Plummer Park, Lodge Bank, Harbour, Deep Water Point.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner Mr Chapman of Milton Keynes.

Fish stocked 2,000

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses: 20 April; 1; 22 and 26 May and throughout the season.
GWFFA versus EDFA match 24 April
Call the fishing lodge on 01480 810531 for more information.

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Grafham Water to March 28th

Fish week 591 (season 836) Returns 106(157) Rod average 5.57(5.32)
Anglers are enjoying good sport at Grafham with the unseasonal mild weather bringing the fish on well. Some anglers are reporting good catches on diawl bachs and crunchers fished slowly on midge tip lines.

With the fish out from the banks during the day the boat anglers are enjoying some good early season sport. Jim Case and two friends shared a boat during the warm spell and successfully returned 52 fish between them, all taken on nymphs fished on a floating line from a boat off Deep Water Point.

Anglers are looking forward to the rest of the season when the fish move out into open water and become the usual Grafham silver torpedoes. This won’t be long as the fish are already feeding well on daphnia in most parts of the lake. There has been some good early season buzzer hatches during the warmer spells with a few fish seen already feeding off the surface.

Best Rainbow 5lb taken by Lawrence Robb.

Best boat areas Willows, Buoy, Deep Water and Pylon Points, Hill Farm and the Stumps the Seat.

Best bank areas Willows, Buoy, Deep Water and Pylon Points, Hill Farm and the Stumps the Seat.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner Colin Craigie of Radlett.

Fish stocked 2,000.

Forthcoming events
Beginners courses 27 March; 9 and 20 April; 1; 22 and 26 May and throughout the season.
10 April Bob Church Open
24 April GWFFA versus EDFA match
Call the fishing lodge on 01480 810531 for more inf

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