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HIGHAM LAKES
Rob wins £650 competition rod
NEWCASTLE angler Rob Frame was top rod with 11 fish on Buzzers in the fly
fishing competition held at Higham Lakes at the weekend, winning a £650 G Loomis Max competition rod.
Also in the competition, K Davision
safely returned a nice brown trout in the 8lb to 9lb range and six rainbows taken on various lures.
The lakes have
fished very well this week with Ken Allman from Hazelrigg returning more than 20 fish on various Fritz patterns over several
visits.
Michael Batey from Consett netted a nice 8lb rainbow from the bait lake on Green Powerbait.
For
more information contact the fishery on 07950428159.
Best flies: Dawson's Olive, Black Fritz, Black Buzzer,
Bloodworm, Diawl Bach.
Report updated February 1.
HALLINGTON
Trial Westwater membership scheme
JUNIOR membership
for the children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews of Westwater Angling members at Hallington will be free next season.
Juniors must be between eight and 16 years old and will be allowed to catch 70 trout,
35 of which must be returned.
There will also be a "Trial Membership" under which potential members take
a two-month trial membership at a pro rata cost - £156 - and may catch normally permitted numbers of trout per
day and per month.
The adult membership fee for the 2012 season will remain at £545.
Further information
can be obtained from the Hallington office on 01434 681405 or by emailing westwaterangling@yahoo.co.uk
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| Danny Wood from Scarborough with his 10lb 7oz rainbow from Jubilee Lakes. |
JUBILEE LAKES
Danny lands best fish of the week
FISHING at at Jubilee Lakes was excellent this week with the exception of Saturday when most anglers struggled and only one or two
did well in the sparkly bright conditions and flat calm following an overnight frost.
Danny Wood from Scarborough
had best trout of the week with a 10lb 7oz rainbow caught on a Hot Head Olive Damsel - probably the second best catching pattern
this week.
Best pattern this week without a doubt has been the Olive Bloodworm - fished deep and slow
on the bottom lake but high and quite fast on the top lake.
Although the lakes are only a few yards apart, the
top lake is warmer in winter but cooler in summer and this can make a real difference to the way a pattern needs to be fished.
The fishery's 9am to 1pm morning ticket is proving too early a start for some some anglers so the four-hour ticket
will now be available from as late as 10am to 2pm.
Report updated February 1.
NAWORTH
Good numbers of big fish landed
NAWORTH opened by midweek after the short freeze and, although there were no large catches, good
numbers of big fish were landed.
M Proudfoot landed the best at 18lb to fly, D Cruikshank landed a personal best,
with one of 17lb 8oz to fly, R Rowley landed one of 14lb to fly, A Brown took a 10-pounder to fly and R Wood had fish of 10lb
and 7lb to fly.
Naworth is staging a team fly fishing competition later this year,
interested parties should visit www.naworthfishery.co.uk for details.
Report updated January 22.
SOUTH
LINDEN
Good sport on ice-free fly lake
SOUTH Linden fished well with the fly lake staying ice free and good numbers of larger fish brought to the net.
D Douglas caught and released 10 to double figures on a Bloodworm; G Maddison of Bedlington also safely returned 10, including
several double-figure fish, on Buzzers and Bloodworm; D Maddison of Bedlington safely returned nine, including double-figure
fish, on a Black Buzzer; R Newton of Winalton caught and released eight mainly on Zonker; and R Graham of Amble caught and
released a 12-pounder, a nine-pounder and two four-pounders in a two-hour session using Ace of Spades.
The bait
lake, although frozen over on a couple of days, also fished well and is well stocked with rainbows and blues to 6lb.
J Aitkenhead and J H Whittle braved the cold and wet and to each land three fish of between 3lb and 5lb on worm.
Fly Tying Classes are being held throughout the winter at South Linden for those interested. Details on www.southlindenfishery.org/
Subject to the weather, South Linden will remain open all winter.
Best Flies:
Yellow Dancer, Black Buzzer, Bloodworm, Dawson's Olive, Cat's Whisker, Ace of Spades.
Report
updated January 30.
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