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INTERNET FISHING REPORT
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The weather has been totaly mixed but at last we had a few heavy showers when the rest of England got rain but at least the rivers rose twice briefly and migratory fish ran. Still waters were refreshed and then late last week the winds became very strong northerly with day temperatures dropping overnight from 21c to 12c. Today was back to warm with some sun but more showers are forecast from tomorrow. Overall prospects are looking pretty good for the rest of July .
Esthwaite Water
The unsettled weather has slowed the fishing with a rod average of 4.5.Fish have stayed up in the water but are not feeding at the surface much.Most surface feeders are at dusk and are taking emerging sedges and buzzers.
For fly fishermen you need sinking lines and lures and in the last few days boobies have worked well at the Weather Station with fish to 4lb 8oz caught.
Any method anglers are catching and small mepps used around the cages have taken rainbows to 5lbs. Best fishing is from the boats especially the deeper water. Bank anglers should try the boathouse area on the east shore and also opposite the ticket office.
Farleton View Fishery
Good fishing here with rainbow and brown trout taken to 4lbs in the past few days.Weed is now starting to show in some areas so keep to floating lines. There is a mass of food for the trout so they are tending to be pretty choosey as to which flies to take. However a walk around the lake will reveal masses of olive buzzers, corixa, damsel flies and sedges so choice is narrowed.
When the trout are doing the lovely head and tail rises then emerging patterns such as cdc, shipmans buzzers and suspender buzzers are catching fish. The secret is a fine diameter tippet on the leader, small flies and fish statically or very slowly.When the fish are below bloodworms, epoxy buzzers, damsel nymphs are producing well. In the evenings in the sedge hatches small dry sedge patterns are working well but be patient and you will get some good bags..
Wych Elm
Fairly clear again now and some excellent trout can be seen swimming by. At present the lake is clear of weed and daytime hatches are limited to plenty of buzzers ,a few sedges and lots of damsels. Evening hatch activity has been pretty quiet.
Good bags are been taken on a big variety of methods and best trout in last few days was 9lbs. Good patterns to try are cats whisker, fritz lures, black or green buzzers, bloodworms especially headbangers, damsel nymphs, sedges, black gnats and cdc emergers.Try small dries around lunch time if it is cloudy and breezy and good bags will be taken.Anglers are takin upto 8 fish in a session and the rod average is about 3.
Tewitfields
Rod average is still 4.5 and the best recent trout was 13lbs taken on a black lure.Another good rainbow of 7lb 11 oz has been taken on a floating fry plus a fish of 6lb 2oz on a black spider. Spider patterns will work well in a ripple.Best bag of fish 18.Lots of buzzers and sedges evident with masses of damsels plus the odd beetle around so these patterns will work at present along with small buzzers and bloodworms. While the water is warm it will be worth going deeper with an intermediate line and crawling big marabou lures back. We have not found wanting to chase hard at the moment.
On the coarse lake a superb carp in the upper teens was taken last week on bread. Lots of small fish to maggot and bigger baits fished deep at catching the bigger fish.
Windermere
Fishing is pretty good and plenty of roach and perch have moved into shallower water so visitors especially children should now do well fishing worms, maggots, small spinners and killer jigs. Still some pike being taken mainly smaller fish to lures fished from boats. Best lures at present tend to be those with soft wagging tails.
Rydal and Grasmere
The good fishing contines with Rydal producing up to 10 pike per angler on ledger deadbaits such as mackeral. Best fish we have had reported in the last few days was 16lbs. There are now plenty of roach and perch showing both in Rydal and Grasmere so visitors should get great sport on ledgered maggot or worms. Spinning with small lures on either lake will get plenty of perch especially when using the small killer jigs. Good pike are now being taken to anglers using big spoons.
Killington Reservoir
The big winds late last week should have freshened the lake up and given angling a boost as not as many people as usual had visited. Good trout fishing should be there for the ledgered worm angler and spinning with small mepps, tobies, droppens, rapalas and killer jigs will take good bags. Try dead baits for the numerous pike and bread flake for the big roach shoals.
Fly fishers need to choose their days and avoid constant sunshine. Good methods on cloudy days with a breeze will be floating lines in conjunction with foating fry, black hoppers, daddies and sedges especially elk hair caddis patterns and not forgetting the damsel nymphs..If you hit the lake after a restocking then use an intermediate line and black and green tadpoles, orange fritz, cats whiskers and menace varients.If you want any information about Killington then you should call 015395 68393.
Kentmere Lake
Fishing has been slightly patchy with few fish being caught on Sunday. However I was guiding there on Monday and sport was superb. Other than buzzers not much insect activity until the sedges started to hatch later in the day plus the damsels.
Small olive buzzers are fishing well along with headbanger versions of blood worm. On cloudy days with ripple then black hoppers, daddies, klinkhammers and seges are producing well. When fish are taking the emergers then olive suspender buzzers and f flies will produce but do not fish heavy. When fish are deep use the damsel nymphs, hot orange fritz lures and menace varients.
Ratherheath Tarn
The run of amazing fishing just continues although some anglers report some of the tench are spawning.
Carp continue to dominate with fish to 23lbs in the last few days plus others of 15lb and 18lb.bait types at times hardly seems to matter as carp have fallen to bolies, pellets, meet, corn, bread, worms and maggots.
Best flavours for boilies still tend to be scopex, and also some of the sweeter ones. pellets are producing masses of fish and all sizes are working from 4mm to the big halibut ones. Fish are just feeding hard so for a great days sport try this water.
Dubbs , Ghyll Head and High Newton Reservoirs
Daytime fishing has slowed a bit as it always does but a menace varient fished on a 12` leader and fished slowly will produce some good fish as will a damsel nymph. For top of the water at all these lakes fish small dark flies such as hoppers, klinkhammers and cdc patterns plus suspender buzzers. In a good wind daddy longlegs and floating fry will give great results.
When it is quiet and not much doing fish a small epoxy buzzer deep and very slowly on a llong leader. Night fishing is mainly confined to the last hour when sedges are generally making a huge appearance. Fish small dry sedges and be patient. Also do not neglect the sedge pupa in the early evenings as they can be superb. Beetles fall onto these waters at any time in summer so dont be caught without some foam ones in black and brown.
River Kent
Since my last report we have had quiet a few heavy very short showers and eventually it was enough to produce two small rises in the river and this is what the migratory fish were waiting for and at last we have sea trout and salmon in the system.
Huge numbers of fish were not taken as the water height did not last but Salmon to 11lbs have been caught plus a superb seatrout of 8lb 8oz which was taken on the fly at night. Since the water air temperatures in day time dropped suddeny to 12c maximum with correspondind very cold nights and this knocked the sea trout off the feed. temperatures are again creeping up so sea trout fishing should improve. The Salmon were taken on the usual wide variety of methods including, fly, spinning and worm. Prospects are quiet good. Trout fishing will also improve with the better flows but now that migratory fish are about the brown trout will not receive much pressure.
Lancaster Canal
Very good tench fishing but mostly in the early mornings and late evenings as these fish tend to be shy in the clear shallow water.Maggots, bread and corn working best especially if the swim has been raked and then pre baited. Odd nice carp taken but these appear to be spawning. Good perch fishing to worm in the day and pike fishing remains good to plug anglers and roving fishermen twitching small deadbaits.
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