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Conditions on the Lakes (Last update: 1.11.2008)
Water temperature
Coombe Lake 8°c, Whitewool Lake 9°c.
The wintry weather of late has really pushed the fish down with the result that they are seldom coming to the dry fly. Nymphs would be your best option, fished deep and slow. Pheasant tails, Hares ears, Diawl bach are among the best. However we all have our favourites so best advice is to fish a nymph that you have confidence in. it is important to have confidence in your flies, this will make you fish expectantly and attentively, getting more takes and missing fewer of them. For the lure fishermen among you this is the time of year when the lure will do best, bright colours down deep will serve you best. coral pink, white, orange and the lighter colours performing well in the clear, cold water. I cannot stress enough the importance of giving time to sink, don't forget fish will be deeper than what they appear from the surface. The single most important part of fishing a lure is to count it down until you start to get takes. Also try to avoid the mechanical retrieve, it is important that you make whatever nymph/lure you are fishing with has life and movement. think unpredictable, variety of retrieve- long pulls, short pulls and stop-start. one of the deadliest methods of catching fish is to use a booby. usually a reservoir method, there is no reason why it won't work on smaller stillwaters. on difficult, cold days if you have a fast sinking line in your armoury it is definitely worth a try, you may be surprised. short leaders and a jerky retrieve are the method, the fish find something irrestible about the way the fly will dive towards the bottom as opposed to the surface.
Top flies:
Dry flies
Stimulator
Grey wulff
Anything big and bushy on mild days
Nymphs
TN,
Hare's ear,
Diawl bach
Buzzer
Lures
Booby
Cat's,
Minis - think lighter colours
Good fishing
Keith P.
Fish of the Week
This week goes to Roger Greentree, once again in the news with a chunky twelve-pounder to a bloodworm out of whitewool lake. this was his first ever double, previous personal best being 9lb 14oz. well done Roger, great bit of fishing.
Fish of the Week log
26.10.08 - Roger Greentree - 12lb 0oz - Bloodworm
15.10.08 - Paul Stroud - 7 1/2lb - no recorded fly
30.09.08 - Peter Tilbury - 6 1/2lb (est.) - brown trout, hopper
01.09.08 - Roland Haines - 8lb 12oz - drowned daddy
27.07.08 - Roger Greentree - 8lb 2oz and 6lb 6oz - bloodworm
23.07.08 - P.James - 6 1/2lb - brown maggot fly
30.06.08 - Tom Atkins, 11lb 12oz - black lure
20.06.08 - Michael Franklin, 10lb 0oz - damsel
06.06.08 - Dave Boraston - 11lb 8oz - mini dancer
30.05.08 - Derek St John - 10lb 4oz - damsel
29.05.08 - Spud Murphy - 9lb - PTN
23.05.08 - Simon Rees - 7lb 8oz - green minilure
10.05.08 - Roger Greentree - 9lb 14oz - Damsel
06.05.08 - Robert P - 9lb 2oz - no recorded fly
13.04.08 - Mike Banks - 11lb 4oz - Weighted caddis
30.03.08 - Tommy Ridley - 10lb 0oz - yellow montana
26.03.08 - Gerrard Nicholson - 8lb 2oz - red Montana
19.03.08 - Basher Medhurst - 5lbs. 14oz - red bloodworm
03.03.08 - Richard Hughes - 6lb 2oz - red sea trout fly
24.02.08 - Dom Vaughn - 10lb 13oz - Teal blue & silver
09.02.08 - Ben Smith - 10lb 2oz - hothead diawl Bach
07.02.08 - Simon Hammell - Four fish, all over 4Lbs - Best 4Lbs 8oz on an Orange mini lure
01.02.08 - Bill Puttock - 5lb 12oz -No reported fly
24.01.08 - Helen McClellan- 12lb 12oz - Small orange nymph.
13.01.08 - Jonathon Crew -5lb 8oz - ptn size - 16 3WT floater
11.01.08 - Dave Pietraczyk - 8Lbs. 7oz - Black leech on a sinking line.
04.01.08 - Robbie Burns - 6Lbs. 10oz - Flashback PTN
29.12.07 - Roger Doswell - 12Lbs 8oz - Green Montana
