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Junior member Eloise, with her fine catch this week

A great week around the lakes, with some larger fish amongst the returns!

A large variety of flies were successful over the past week, including . . .

Rainbow trout lakes: Daddy, Montana, Ally McCoist, GRHE, Oarang and white fry, Orange Fritz, March brown spider, Black spider, Damsel, Cats whisker, Streamer, Green + purple gold-headed nymph, White fry, Alexandra, Bloodworm

Brown trout lakes: Coachman, Buzzer, Invicta (wet), Cat whisker, Daddy (wet), Sedges, Beaded nymph, PTN, Snipe and purple

Andrew Thompson

A good week on all our waters and the weather was kind for the last week of a great season on the river.

Successful flies:

Rainbow trout lakes: Buzzer, BFD, Green nymph, Ally McCoist, Cats whisker, Alexandra, San Juan

Brown trout lakes: Damsel, Daddy

River: Montana, Dry pheasant tail, Dry Midge (size 22!)Damsel, Beetle, Sawyer bug, San Juan, Alexandra, Beaded olive nymph, Klinkhammer, GRHE nymph

Andrew Thompson

The much-needed heavy rain in the past week has started to restore the lakes to their normal levels. The river rose a metre and coloured slightly, but should be fishable within a couple of days, to enable members a few more visits before the end of the river season (the last day is October 31st). The lakes will remain open until December 20th.

Successful flies used last week included:

Rainbow trout lakes: BFD, Montana, GRHE, San Juan, Beaded daddy, Cats whisker, Baby doll

Brown trout lakes: Olive, Daddy

River: Daddy, wet and dry, Buzzer, Sawyer bug, Klinkhammer, Beaded olive nymph, Mayfly nymph, PTN, Roach

Andrew Thompson

A still, autumnal morning at Little Bognor

Autumn fishing got well underway on the lakes this week, with a large variety of flies providing some good sport. Fine sport is also still available on the river, as we enter the last two weeks of the season there …

Successful flies included:

Rainbow trout lakes: Shrimp, Damsel, Ally McCoist, Montana, Coachman, Connemara black, Tadpole, Buzzer, Black nymph, Olive nymph.

Brown trout lakes: Daddy, Klinkhammer, Sedge, Black gnat.

River: Daddy, GRHE, Olive, White, Black Wooly Bugger, Caenis, Beaded stonefly, Damsel.

Andrew Thompson

An LFC member of several decades, enjoying some time at Little Springs this week

A kingfisher amongst the river-side reeds, at the riffle on beat D

With the rainbow trout lakes kicking back into action, please note the catch and release option will operate from the start, apart from at Upper Figgs, where it is ‘catch and take’ all season.

A stand-pipe has been installed adjacent to Great Springs hut, to facilitate the washing of members’ boots and equipment.

Successful flies used on the river and brown trout ponds:

Daddy, sedge, Klinkhammer, Buzzer, Ally McCoist, CDC, Grey Wulff, Coachman, Beetle.

Beetles were falling off the overhanging alder trees in significant numbers last week – much liked by our trout!

Andrew Thompson

photo by Andrew Thompson

The great variety of flies successfully used by members continued on the river last week:

Grey Wulff, Red tag, Various black, Wet and dry Daddy, Gold headed PTN, Parachute Adams, Klinkhammer, Zulu, Butcher, Dry GRHE, Alexandra, Buzzer, Olive

Andrew Thompson

Unfortunately the temperature on the rainbow trout lakes has stuck at 18 degrees this week, so stocking must wait a little longer: as soon as we can, we will!

Meanwhile, another consistently good week on the river. Most members still concentrating their efforts to beats D and E. Our tractor is back in action after a breakdown, so access will be be improved in the coming days.

Successful flies on the river last week:

Daddy: beaded and dry, Sedge, Klinkhammer, Oliver emerger, Buzzer, Montana, Grey Wulff, PTN, Wickham’s Fancy, Spider, Diawl Bach

Andrew Thompson

The settled weather returned and so on the river, normal levels and good water clarity, with corresponding successes from the banks. On the brown trout lakes, the spring water has brought the temperature down to manageable figures but the rainbow trout lakes temperature remains high; a week or two more of cold nights will help immensely.

Successful flies on the river: Grey Wulff, Daddy, Adams, CDC emerger, Damsel, Stonefly, Bumble, GRHE, Silver-blue and teal, Montana.

Andrew Thompson

A member enjoying a busy afternoon on Beat E – photo Andrew Thompson

Another productive week on the river!

Successful flies used included:
Daddy, Klinkhammer, Montana, various Olives, GRHE, PTN, Alexandra, Diawl Bach, Sedge, Moth, Bloodworm

Andrew Thompson

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While we wait for conditions on the lakes to improve (hopefully within the next two to three weeks) members continued focussing on our incredibly resilient river, though with mixed fortunes.

Successful flies included: Daddy, Klinkhammer, PTN, Emerger, Olive

Please remember to drive slowly on the re-surfaced river access lanes and tracks – and all estate roads!

In view of the prolonged hot summer we’ve all experienced, we will be extending the fishing season on the lakes until December 20th; fishing on the river will finish the last day of October, as usual.

Andrew Thompson