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New
2008 season prices available! Click
here for prices page
Everyone will
know that we have held our prices over the last two years in spite
of ever increasing costs and overheads. This year has seen even
more increases.
You also know that we have spent a great deal of money on the
site as a whole and
especially the lakes.
We have reviewed our prices. You might be surprised, hopefully
pleasantly so, to
know that we are in fact REDUCING the prices on
all normal trout fishing and adding an
evening ticket for the summer. Willow ticket prices will
remain unchanged, as will Coarse fishing
News
for April 2008
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After
a rather cold, wet and windy Easter things have settled down nicely
at the lakes. We had our TroutMasters yearly Fish-off on Sat the
29th March, there was a disappointing number who turned up to compete,
so we held the competition on Willow this year for a change! The
winner who now goes on to the Troutmasters final at Grafham later
in the year is John Ripley from Durham who had a nice brace,
one at 11lb 4oz and one at 6lb 2oz.
Another
notable catch this month was regular fisherman Billy Phimister's
first double at 10lb 9oz, so well done to him!
Foresters
and Ashford have come alive this last week after fishing quite hard
on and before Easter, with people now catching their limits and
going on to catch & release. Two new fisherman had 22 trout
released safely between them!
We would
like to remind people that when the summer heat arrives and the
water temp rises, we will have to suspend catch & release, so
come and enjoy the sport now while the going is good! |
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John
Ripley with his 11lb 4oz rainbow caught during the Troutmasters
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Flies
catching at the moment are diawl bach's, montanas, vivas and zulus
fished on floating or intermediate, although other lures and nymphs
are working as well such as hares ears, damsels and olive nymphs.
On mild days there are fly hatches, so dry fly will work on the
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Billy
Phimister with his new personal best, a 10lb 9oz rainbow from Willow
caught on the 29th March |
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Steve
Turnball with his brace, at 10lb and 8lb 6oz caught on 30th March |
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Big
Fish Day 2007 Results! |
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"You
don't have to be crazy to work here.... but it helps...."
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updates and pictures of the work done on the lakes click here |
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Trout Record: 20lb Angler Unknown 2001 |
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Trout Record: Mark Oldham 13lb 6oz 2002 (apologies Mark!) |
Four-Fish
Record: Roger Smith 52lb 15 1/2 oz Oct 2001
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Mark
Oldham's 13lb 6oz brown trout caught in 2002 |
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Roger
Smith with 52lb 15oz weight |
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Mark
Evans with 11lb 13oz Brown Trout |
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