Road side wall progress

As you can see from the picture the new wall is well under way. All the concrete supports are in and the stone wall is being built. Won't be long now till the bank is open again.

Another project that is moving along nicely is the new restaurant.

As to the fishing. Last week was a very hard week. Not a lot of people ventured out and those that did found it very cold and hard to tempt a bite. Sunday saw four pike anglers fish a very cold day and to make it worse the pike didn't want to play ball.

On a brighter note the forecast is for warmer weather.

Tight lines

Tony

Weekly report

The fishing has been hard over the last week as the fish have been shoaled up. Once you find them you will catch. Lures are still the best method at the moment. Black and green working well.

Tight lines

Tony

Perfect start to my season

Well my 2011 season got off to a great start with this 21 lb 4 oz pike. Caught on a ledgered dead bait it put up a good fight. Hopefully more to come.

The trout anglers have also been catching well on lures fished slow and deep. The ever popular cats whisker being the fly of the moment. Most anglers have been catching 5 fish on a 4 hour ticket. Not bad considering how cold it has been.

You can also find us on Facebook. Just search Curley's Trout Fishery.

Tight lines

Tony.

Still fishing

The ice that had formed yesterday has melted. Just a small amount remains along the road wall which is out of bounds at the moment anyway. There is also a good ripple on at the moment so should remain clear for the weekend. Some good catches for the time of year have been recorded this week. Fishing deep with lures being the most productive method.

Tight lines.

Tony

The Fish have woken up!!!

Quite a few fly fishers braved the coldish Westerly today but were well rewarded for their efforts.

The top rod got 14 fish in the morning session but 3 others also got double figure return.

Mostly on Intermediate lines but the odd fish moving within reach of a floater

The pontoons have moved

The water is now completely free of ice and fish are being caught. As work on the road wall is underway the pontoons that where down the wall side have been moved. They are now spread out from the boat mooring to the middle of the bank separating the big lake from the smaller one. This gives you a lot of new water to go at.
Also a new bridge has been constructed at the other end of the fishery. The dam wall being accessible by turning left as you exit Curley's car park and walking down the lane and through the gate at the end of the gardens that back on to the fishery.

Hopefully we have seen the last of the extreme cold weather of late and any ice we do get should be manageable. As I said on a previous post we will do our best to keep the water free of ice and if we do fail we will post a blog straight away.

Tight lines,
Tony.

The Big Thaw!!

At last we have some fishing at Curley's.
It's been a long wait but the first trout of 2011 were caught yesterday by regular Steve Hencher from Chorley.
Steve was on the embankment using a Di3 sinker and hooked up 2 strong, fully finned, over wintered Rainbows of about 2 1/2 lbs

The first of many I am sure!

Wet weather forecast but let's face it when do they ever get a forecast right!

You can read about Curley's in an article written by Mike, the resdent instructor in this month's Total Fly Fisher about the "Hang Method"

Merry Christmas

Curley's fishery would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Hopefully it won't be long before the weather allows you all to come along to fish again, in the meantime - have a gud'un!!!

Steve and Helen, Mike Flyfishing, All the cafe staff and of course, the bailiffs.

Winter is here

Still some fishing to be had at Curley's in spite of the winter chill.
As you can see from the photo, a little distorted from the angle but  at least half of the water is fishable if you are brave enough and have the right clothing!

It could be worse we could be living in the North East or even God forbid Yorkshire!!!

Lures and sinking lines are an obvious choice in these conditions and slow your retrieve right down to a snails pace!

I was on the fishery today and it was very nice being sheltered from the cold Easterly wind.

Tightlines Mike

Just to let you all now the water is still open. It has not started to freeze. If it does eventually freeze then we will post a message here to let you now. We will be using a boat as we did last year to keep the water open as long as possible.
The stocking policy of every two weeks will carry on but the number of fish will be reduced and only the number of fish taken plus 10% will be stocked till the weather warms up.

The water is still fishing well. Lures and blobs being the most productive methods. As always in winter you need to search the depths and keep on the move. Early morning as the water warms a little seams to be the best time and don't forget to rap up warm.

Also the Christmas trees are now on sale at Curley's.