Author: leconfieldflyfishingclub

A tricky week at the brown trout lakes, but the river continued to provide excellent sport, along with several sea trout being seen jumping. The cooler night-time air temperatures are helping to lower the water temperatures throughout the fishery.

Access track repairs continue: this week the potholes in Kilsham Lane are being repaired.

Successful flies last week included:

Brown trout lakes: Grey Wulff, Green gnat and spider
River: PTN, Silver Invicta, Daddy, small Mayfly, Grey Wulff, Black Klinkhammer

Andrew Thompson

Both the river and brown trout lakes provided fine sport over the past week. Purple loosestrife is in full flower along the river banks, aesthetically adding to any fishing visit!

Successful flies used, included . . .

Brown trout ponds: Buzzer, Gnat, Klinkhammer

River: Grey Wulff, Hot-spot PTN, GRHE, Dry daddy, Klinkhammer

Andrew Thompson

Repairs to the river access tracks begin today, starting with the old railway line. The annual mid-summer ‘high vegetation’ cut is nearly complete, so members should find it easier to cast.

Successful flies used last week included:

Brown trout ponds: Caddis, Klinkhammer, Diawl Bach, Olive

River: Caenis, CDC emerger, Alder fly, Black sedge, Black nymph

Andrew Thompson

At last, water temperatures have started to drop … by 2.5 degrees throughout the fishery over the past week. However, dawn and dusk are still the best times for seeing movement.

Successful flies used last week included:

Brown trout lakes: Size 16 CDC emerger, Klinkhammer, Caddis, CDC emerger

River: Small mayfly, Parachute Adams, Beaded PTN, Beaded Daddy, Spider, Black nymph
 
Andrew Thompson

“The water temperature at the fish pass was nearly 20 degrees centigrade at 11:30am this morning. ” Nigel Rainton

Photo – Andrew Thompson

“Extremely hot conditions continued, resulting, unsurprisingly, in a quiet week on the fishery. Let’s hope everything starts to cool down soon … ” Andrew Thompson

For the members who battled the continuing high temperatures (both water and air) the usual great variety of fly-use enabled some good sport to be had.

Successful flies last week included:

Brown trout lakes: GRHE, Sedge, Alder, Diawl Bach, BFD

River: GRHE, Silver sedge, Spent gnat, Klinkhammer, Damsel, Mayfly, PTN, Daddy, Stoats tail

Perfect weather helped set the scene for our annual ‘river evening’ yesterday (Sunday). A good number of members attended, both new and established. Thanks to Mark Temple for giving useful advice and for demonstrating ways of fishing our stretch of the river. Thanks too, to Poppett Hosp for providing wonderful refreshments once again!

Extremely high temperatures meant that not many members ventured out last week. For those that did, the cooler waters of the spring-fed brown trout lakes and the river, were by far the best places to cast a fly.

Successful flies used included:

Brown trout lakes: Shipman’s and various buzzers, Black gnat, Klinkhammer, Damsel, Spider

River: Stonefly nymph, Butcher, Woolly bugger, Adams, Sedge, GRHE, CDC emerger, Spider.

Andrew Thompson

Successful flies included:

Rainbow trout lakes; PTN, Emerger, Klinkhammer, March brown, Ally McCoist, Mayfly.

Brown trout lakes: CDC Emerger, Sedge, Hopper.

River: Beetle, Klinkhammer, Daddy, Spider, Invicta, French partridge, Green damsel.

Andrew Thompson

Unsettled weather led to a quiet week on the fishery.

The weed was removed from Luffs, Lower and Upper Figgs, using a Truxor machine (see photos). The resulting large piles of weed now on the banks will be removed and composted once they have dried out and become more manageable.

Successful flies used included the following:

Rainbow trout lakes: GRHE, BFD, Daddy, PTN

Brown trout lakes: Klinkhammer, Emerger, Orange damsel, Fritz

River: Invicta, Black/blue bucktail, Green damsel

Please note, the lane to the Little Bognor lakes will be closed from both ends for the day, on June 16th, while roadworks take place.

Andrew Thompson

The past week was unsettled, with much heavy rain – this both helped and hindered us!

The water temperature on the rainbow trout lakes dropped by three degrees, improving conditions there, whilst the on the river, levels rose and fell twice – and became coloured. Writing this on Monday morning, the river is still coloured and about 30cm above normal level, though improving. With another unsettled week forecast, do ring me for the latest water condition update.

Please be aware that all this week, contractors will be using a floating excavator to remove the excessive weed growth from Luffs and Lower Figgs, from 8am to 5pm each day. Though interesting to watch – and feel free to do so – please stay well away from the working machine!

Andrew Thompson