England Troutmasters Reports for Week-ending Ⅱ

Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire
Grafham has continued to fish well for both bank and boat anglers with a good summer’s rod average of 3.55 and a lot of fish coming in at more than 3lb. The best rainbow at 6lb was taken by Charles Williams. The dam has been the most productive area for bank anglers with Shrimp patterns, GRHE, PTNs and Crunchers fished close to the margin. However, when the winds have been favourable, Deep Water and Pylon Points have also produced consistent fishing. Boat anglers have enjoyed a good week’s sport with the south dam, G,I,N and B Buoys, Savages Creek, Gaynes Cove, Deep Water and Pylon Points, Seat and central drifts through the middle all producing good consistent fishing. Best boat methods have been to fish mainly on medium to fast sink lines with lures and nymphs.
The Scierra Pairs match on August 2 saw 14 pairs catch 127 fish for a great match rod average of 4.53. The top pair was Mark Haycock and Julian Hubbard with 16 trout for 46lb 10oz. They fished gold and silver tubes on a Di-8 line drifting from the middle of the reservoir to G Buoy/Marlow Bay. The heaviest rainbow of the match at 4lb 10oz was caught by Rob Edmunds/Kieron Bonas who finished second with 16 fish for 41lb 3oz. This fish was also taken on a gold and silver tube from I Buoy.
Third were Ian Watts and Baz Reece with 13 fish for 28lb 15oz and fourth Andy Cooper and Phil Green with 14 fish for 26lb 1oz.
The winner of this week’s Invicta Tuesday Night Boat League was season ticket holder Graham Bodsworth who caught and released six trout from the south dam on a floating line with Diawl Bachs and Crunchers. Sharing second place were Alan Briggs and Keith Gilchrist each with three fish.
An invasive species of shrimp (Dikerogammarus villosus), commonly known as DV, has been found at Pitsford Water reservoir in Northamptonshire. It is important that anglers continue to follow the Check, Clean, Dry procedures in place for the preservation of our environment and sport.

Grassholme Reservoir, Co Durham
Bright sunshine and gales made for some testing days. However, a rod average of almost three fish per angler for the week during the summer months remains respectable as the cool weather kept fish active and feeding well. Tuesday brought rain and a cold wind and Mr W.J. Currie caught 10 fish on his Loyalty Day close to the Witch’s Hat. Anglers willing to roam the banks this week have had the most success. As water temperatures rise fish are heading to the deeper water and some of the lesser fished spots like Pebble Beach and Brock Scar have produced great catches. Changing methods have also helped during these difficult conditions with many people catching best late afternoon whilst spinning using small lures and Toby spinners. Derek and his friend took home 12 fish between them. There’s been some good fly hatches early evening with surface-feeding fish taking well presented dries. That said, with flat calm water these fish are very easily spooked so fishing on the move has been key. Best flies are Dawson’s Olive, Black/Orange Hopper, and Bibio.

Hanningfield Reservoir, Essex
A vast improvement in weather conditions as last week’s strong winds gave way to calmer, sunny days. This produced plenty of action around the inlet, where moving cooler water and added oxygen attracted high numbers of the larger rainbows. Nikolai Nikolov caught the largest trout of the season weighing 8lb 10oz using Garlic PowerBait Eggs. Other notable specimens of 7lb 14oz fell to David Fuegi who was spinning and Mr. R. Dignam who took an 8lb 4oz fish. A good number of rainbows over 7lb have also been recorded from the Bubble Lines where sinking lines and large lures have improved catches. Richard Smart netted an 8lb 8oz rainbow on Sunday. Bank anglers on the Peninsula have reported better results from amongst the weeded areas using PowerBait. As water levels are still falling fast we remind visitors using boats that Atlantis is very shallow and should be avoided as there is a risk of grounding the boat. Best flies: Buzzers are Montana, Damsel, and Orange FM. Best bank areas are the Peninsula, dam wall and inlet wall. Boats doing well at the Goldfish Bowl, inlet, inlet dam wall, and Bubbles Lines when running.

Hury Reservoir, Co Durham
The waters of Hury were clashed with winds one minute to be followed by bright sunshine the next and neither being good conditions for fly fishing. However, there were some good catches to note including Malcolm Gowland who took 10 fish on Wednesday on his Loyalty Day on Reedy Bank. John Currie and George Wind landed eight and seven fish respectively. The west end of the reservoir at the boil and Newhouse Bay produced some excellent evening sport with fish surface feeding on small black dries. As summer water temperatures climb fish are shoaling around Low New House taking advantage of the higher oxygen released from the boil giving anglers excellent chances to catch good numbers of fish. Best flies are Dawson’s Olive, Brown Daddy, Coral Dancer, Buzzers, Bibio and Black Popper Hopper. Best areas are the boil, Newhouse Bay and both banks from the dam wall.

Kielder Water, Northumberland
Gordon Scott, from Newcastleton, fished the South Abutment area and in less than an hour he had landed his eight fish limit, then purchased another permit and promptly caught another eight rainbows! Boat angler Joe Thomas caught fish of 3lb 4oz and 3lb 7oz on a Daddy Longlegs off the field at Needs Hill. Other anglers have recorded limits with dry flies taking front stage as the fish look to the surface to feed. Bait anglers have also caught well with worm and Red Power Bait Eggs one of the most successful combinations. On Sunday Lee Hollings and his son fished for the first time at Hawkhope Slipway. Aidan aged six, landed a 4lb 11oz fish, the largest of the week, using a bunch of worms fished below a bubble float. Best flies are Pearl Blob, Black and Peacock Spider, Green Montana, and Orange Blob. Best boat areas are Mirage, Belling Inlet, and Whickhope. Best banks are Merlin Brae, Matthews Linn, and Little Whickhope.

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