Season’s Best Brown Trout From Rutland Water

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Week ending 28 October 2012

• Dave’s delight at landing best fish of the season at Rutland Water
Dave Murray of Chislehurst lands 9lb 10½oz Brown at Rutland Water

• Fish for less in November
Four fish permits valid all day
November boat for only £17 (£12.50 single man)

• Pick of the pike at our fisheries
Pike dates for your diary
Boat fishing with barbless lures and dead sea fish over 18cm
Pitsford 1 October to 25 November
Rutland 8 October to 25 November
Grafham 8 October to 25 November
Ravensthorpe 8 October to 25 November
Ardleigh 1 May to 28 February

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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 575(season 29,239) Returns 240(8,726) Rod average 2.39 (3.35)
Dave Murray and Richard Hearth deliberated on where to fish last Wednesday. Their decision to opt for Rutland saw Dave landing both the best Brown and the best fish of the season at 9lb 10½oz. The pair set out to target fry feeders in the North Arm. Both anglers fished humungus boobies on di 3 lines whilst drifting. Dave, of Chislehurst, Kent, caught a superb 9lb 10½ Brown around the weedbeds in the North Arm between Armley Wood and North Arm Three Trees. Richard, from Oakham, landed a cracking 6lb 15oz Rainbow off the Finches Bank. The pair had fish mainly in the 3lb mark, using Di3 lines and booby humungus.

Bank anglers are taking a number of good fish – reflected in the popular Hinckley Shield Match – see Competition News.

Dean Armitage, visiting Rutland Water from Rotherham, fished last Friday. Despite far from perfect weather conditions Dean managed to latch into a 6lb 10oz Brown. The bank has produced numerous fish in many areas. Winter restrictions will be in place from 1 November with no boats past the sailing limits.
Competition news
Hinckley Shield Bank Match
Won by the Rutland Main Basin Team with 22 fish for 67lb 2oz. The match saw a number of fish over 5lb caught – Graham Hayward 5lb 9oz, Kevin Appleton 5lb 8oz, Gordon Alleyne 5lb 6oz and 5lb 4oz for John Tattersfield.
George Moore Memorial Trophy incorporating the third leg of the Anglian Water rudder match series.
This match was fished on Saturday. On the day the George Moore Memorial results were (best two fish to count)
1st Mike Barrett & Carl Peers 2 fish for 13lb 1oz
2nd Al Owen & Graham Pearson 2 fish for 8lb 12oz
3rd Rick Broome & Mike Atkinson 2 fish for 7lb 11oz

26 anglers caught 76 fish for a rod average of 2.92.
Mike Barrett’s fish was a 7lb 1oz Brown and Carl took a 6lb Rainbow.

The final leg of the three leg Rudder Series
This was incorporated in the George Moore Memorial match. Awarded to the boat pair with the best two bags overall the results were as follows
1st Jim Watts & Martin Hearth 32 fish for 85lb 7½oz
2nd Al Owen & Graham Pearson 27 fish for 70lb 14oz
3rd Mick Brooksby & John Seaton 25 fish for 63lb 11½oz
4th Lloyd Miller & John Farnsworth 24 fish for 61lb 11oz.

Best Rainbow 7lb 6oz taken by Paul Kirkup of Kibworth.

Best Brown 9lb 10½oz taken by David Murray of Chislehurst.

Best boat areas The Main Basin, middle of the North Arm, Old Hall Bay through to Yellowstone/Inmans Spinney

Best bank areas Old Hall, the Finches, Whitwell Creek, Normanton, East Creek.

Best methods Bank – Floating lines, fry patterns and nymphs and black tadpole.
Boat – As for bank but various lures, gold/silver tubes on various sinking lines.

Please note the Brown trout season ends on 29 October. Any Browns caught after this date must be returned safely to the water immediately.
Winter restrictions start on 1 November – no boats past the sailing limits.

Forthcoming events
Beginners course 3 November.
Boat fish for Pike at Rutland Water – mid week boats now available.
Plus pike fishing with lures and dead seafish over 18cm 8 October to 25 November.
Rutland Water Fur & Feather (bank) 2 December

Pitsford Water
Fish week 490 (season 16,384) Returns 266(4,715) Rod average 1.8(3.4)
Both boat and bank anglers are continuing to enjoy good sport at Pitsford. There are many fish in the 4-6lb bracket coming out with several over 6lb. Fry imitations are still the best method but more fish are now showing up with good numbers of corixa and daphnia in their stomachs. The fish are still in the margins and in the top three feet of water.
The best areas from the bank are North Farm, Stone Barn, Bog Bay and Gravels. Boat anglers should try any of the bays and points, fishing over the weedbeds.
Best Rainbow 6lb plus.

Best Brown 6lb plus.

Best boat areas Narrows, Pines, cliffs, Causeway to North Farm Bay.

Best bank areas Cliffs, Stone Barn Point, Rigbys, Pines.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner M Foreman of Suffolk.

Please note the Brown trout season ends on 29 October. Any Browns caught after this date must be returned safely to the water.

Forthcoming events
Pike fishing with lures and dead seafish over 18cm 1 October to 25 November.
Pitsford Water Fur and Feather 11 November

Grafham Water
Fish week 471 (season 21,503) Returns 144(5,908) Rod average 3.27 (3.63)
Grafham Water continues to fish well for both bank and boat anglers with a healthy rod average of 3.27. The biggest trout caught this week fell to season ticket holder Kevin Newsham from Hemingford Grey. Kevin caught a superb overwintered Rainbow of 7lb 10¼oz whilst bank fishing on the Dam. His method for this was a floating line with a shrimp pattern fished slowly very close to the margin.

Boat anglers have had a good week’s fishing with G and D Buoys, Deep Water Point, Dam and Rectory Bay all producing good consistent fishing. The main methods for the boat anglers have been floating or slow glass lines with shrimp patterns, GRHE, crunchers, diawl bachs, cats whiskers and minkies fished slowly, Di3 lines with gold and silver tubes have also produced good fishing at G and D Buoys.

The bank anglers have also had a good week’s fishing with once again the Dam being the best area, but also the Willows, G Bank and Deep Water Point have all started to produce consistent fishing. The main tactics for the bank anglers have been floating lines with shrimp patterns, GRHE, damsel nymphs and diawl bachs fished very slowly.

Best Rainbow 7lb 10¼oz taken by Kevin Newsham of
Hemingford Grey.

Best Brown 3lb 8oz taken by David Ogg of Acharacle Manse,
Scotland.

Best boat areas Dam, G and D Buoys, Willows, Deep Water
Point, Hedge End, Pylon Point.

Best bank areas Entire Dam, Willows, G Bank, Deep Water Point.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner M Parkin of Cherry Hinton, Cambs.

Please note the Brown trout season ends on 29 October. Any Browns caught after this date must be returned safely to the water. As from 1 November the western end of the reservoir is out of bounds for all fishing (bank and boat). Please see wardens or shop staff if you are unsure of the restrictions.

Forthcoming events
Boat fish for Pike at Grafham Water – mid week boats now available. Plus pike fishing with lures and dead seafish over 18cm 8 October to 25 November.
Beginners courses 4 November.
Grafham Water Fur and Feather (bank) 9 December

Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Fish week 172 (season 9,086) Returns 62(1,989) Rod average 2.8(4.5)
The best fish of the week was an 11lb 2oz Rainbow taken by Andy Axon. Andy caught this superb Rainbow whilst fishing with Bob Church. He used a white and green lure on a sinking line whilst drifting from Mongers to the Dam near the island.

Competition news
Mid Northants Fly Fishers held their Bob Church Trophy match on Sunday. Despite the damp conditions it was an enjoyable day with 30 anglers catching a total of 81 fish for a rod average of 2.7. Barry Jones took top spot with a 6 fish bag for 16lb 12oz and his best fish weighing in at 5lb 1oz. Simon Lehane was second with a total bag weight of 15lb 7oz. Les Yarnell took third place weighing in at 13lb 1oz. Ashley Cooper caught the biggest fish of the match at 6lb 1oz.

Best Rainbow 11lb 2oz Taken by Andy Axon.

Best boat areas Island to Dam, Mongers, Coton End.

Best bank areas Dam, Platforms 4 and 5.

Best methods See report.

Mid week boat winner Michael Spencer of Duston.

Please note the Brown trout season ends on 29 October. Any Browns caught after this date must be returned safely to the water.

Forthcoming events
Ravensthorpe Fur and Feather (boat) 4 November.
Pike fishing with lures and dead sea fish over 18cm 8 October to 25 November.

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