18th Sept

The fishery will be open as normal over this weekend

i.e. 8am till 8pm for members

& 9am till 8pm for day permits

However the tackle shop will be closed Friday 19th, Saturday 20th &      Sunday 21st as I will be at the Midland Game fair doing some Tenkara Demos.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Sat 6th Sept

More activity from the slowly as the water temps decease.
Quite a few fish caught to dries with Daddies beginning to tempt the fish to the surface.
Generally the fishing is very weather dependant as has been the case over the summer.

Fishery open as normal W/C Sunday 7th Sept

Tackle shop closed Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th 

Open the rest of the week at 10am

Tackle shop opening hours

Until further notice the new tackle shop opening times will be as follows:

Monday and Thursday to Sunday  open at 10am
Tuesday and Wednesday closed

Fishery open times
Members 8am to 8pm 7 days per week

Day tickets permits (available from the cafe when the tackle shop is closed)
9am till 8pm last permit sales 6pm. 7 days per week.

Sat sun 8th and 9th Aug

Sorry folks but the tackle shop will be shut on Sat and Sun the 8th and 9th Aug.
This fishery will still be open and you can get your permits from the cafe from 9am.. Last permit sales 6pm.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

Coarse fishing weekend

Hi all I have been asked about the rules for our coarse fishing weekend on the fly lake, so here you are:


Any hook bait can be used, maggot, bread, pellet, corn, worm etc
NO spinning, plugs or lures and NO ground baiting.
 You WILL need a keep net in order to transfer the fish to the small coarse lake at the end of your session.
 PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT A WAY OF SIMPLY FISHING FOR TROUT USING BAIT!
 Anyone who purely targets trout will be asked to leave!

Large bags can be expected! Enjoy

Thursday 31st July

The new stock of lures have finally reached us after having been held up in customs for about 3 weeks!!
Some great patterns and still at the very competitive price of 75p per fly or 10 for £6.50.

Much better weather for fishing now, the water has cooled a little and more showers forecast - all good.

Mon 28th Update

Relative beginner on this morning who had about 5 rainbows and 2 browns on a 2 hour permit. Best time fly fishing he has ever had!!

Fly Fishing picks up

The fly fishing has been in the doldrums the last few weeks with all the hot weather and dry conditions. Now we are seeing a bit of rain with showers forecast and the temps have gone down the fish are far more lively and no doubt hungry. As this trend hopefully continues the fly fishing will get back to its best until the next heatwave!

Don't forget the coarse fishing event this coming weekend.
I have seen lots of larger perch, roach, bream and carp knocking about sun bathing in the conditions!
Don't forget you need to pre- book if you want to fish early on any of the coarse days.

9th July

Well the last forecast of torrential rain didn't really materialise, I wonder if the next lot will?
Recently 2 or 3 fish has been a good result as the Rainbows are all over the place and don't know when to twist or stick?
The majority of the trout are still deep but some are lolling in the surface.
I had two of my instructor trainees here on Monday for a lesson in double handed casting and they were both simply using a tag of red wool on the end of the leaders. Both of them got follow after follow with trout being really aggressive, if they had been using flies then they both would have caught plenty.

Tactics to use  - simply think outside the box, avoid your "go to use" method and flies that have been hidden away in the depths of your fly boxes and haven't seen the light of day for years!!!!

Sat 5th

Overcast rainy conditions today as forecast, the fish will still be relatively deep but if this keeps up then they will start to rise nearer the surface.

My approach for what it's worth would be an intermediate line and a team of buzzers. Any good buzzer - ish,  pattern is worth trying - epoxy, skinny, with or without breathers, daiwl bachs, cormorants, Black Pennel, Bibios, etc etc.
Alternatively go more hard core with a sinker and a team of blobs or a couple of boobies and strip back quite fast but deep!
Tightlines