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The Club AGM will take place in the Leconfield Hall on Wednesday 13th March at 6:30pm. It is a relatively informal evening and an opportunity to chat to fellow members over a drink. We hope many of you and your guests, will be able to attend.

The River Day – join us for some drinks and nibbles, including cake, down by the river on the Sunday 5th May at 16:00. An experienced member of the club will provide valuable insights into some of the best fishing spots and talk fly selection. This is always a fun and relaxed evening and we hope to see as many members there as possible.

The Spring barbeque will take place on Sunday 19th May at Great Springs.

The Autumn barbeque is provisionally set for Sunday 29th September, dependent on weather.

 

 

 

“The final week of the season was well attended, thanks to some generally drier weather and plenty of fish were caught.
We have various infrastructure repairs to attend to between now and opening day next year, so we are hoping for plenty more dry weather!
Wishing all members a very happy Christmas and tight lines in 2024. We look forward to seeing you again next season.”

– Andrew Thompson

River Rother in flood – photo by Andrew Thompson

“The wet autumn continues, members are still testing themselves in the challenging conditions. Successful flies last week included; cats whisker, black gnat, Montana, blood worm, daddy, blue flash damsel, white damsel and beetle.” – Andrew Thompson

“Some cold dawns have meant that the fish haven’t started feeding properly until mid morning in the past week. After that time, any fly from the box was producing success!”

Andrew Thompson

Rainbows of 6lb and 4lb 8ozs were caught from Luffs and Upper Figs respectively. A brown trout of 5lbs was caught and returned at Little Bognor.

“When members could dodge the rain, good fishing was to be had at all the lakes, with some large fish amongst those caught. Successful flies included: black gnat, GHRE, DDL, Palmer nymph, Montana, black beetle, bloodworm, Diawl Bach and damsel nymph.” – Andrew Thompson

Little Bognor – Photo by Andrew Thompson

“Despite rather murky conditions in the rainbow trout lakes, members enjoyed some good sport. Among the returns were a 6lb, 5.5lb and a 4lb fish. Once again, a large variety of flies proved successful including fry imitations, daddy-long-legs, Klinkhamer, various nymphs (mainly black-based) and Montana. “

Andrew Thompson

Photo by Andrew Thompson

Photo by Andrew Thompson

A lot of water is flowing through the rainbow lakes !

Little Springs, photo – David Taylor

“The rainbow trout lakes are back! Much heavy rain led to colouring, though members still enjoyed good fishing despite this. The most successful flies used were fry imitations. Though as usual, a great variety of flies produced results, including blue flash damsel, stalking bug, daddy-long-legs, olive emerger, montana, klinkhammer, CDC and diawl bach. The continuous heavy rain meant we effectively lost the final week of the season on the river unfortunately, the last day is October 31st.“

Andrew Thompson

Early morning member

Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear, always worth a try

“There has been a significant drop in water temperature to below 16 degrees on the rainbow trout lakes and restocking will recommence there this week. The downpour on Friday coloured and brought the river level up, hopefully encouraging the return of good numbers of sea trout which we expect at this time. It is clearing and dropping quickly and members returned to the river yesterday. “

– Andrew Thompson

Catch and release on the rainbow lakes has resumed.