Fish for week: 209 (season19,352) 
Returns: 83 (6,008)
Rod average: 2.51 (3.22)
Best rainbow: Various at 5lb
Best brown: The brown trout season ended on 29 October - any browns hooked must be returned alive as quickly as possible
Best boat areas: G buoy, Deep Water Point, Pylon Point, central drifts, I Buoy, North Tower, Hill Farm
Best bank areas: G buoy, Deep Water Point, Pylon Point, Mander car park frontage
Best methods: See report

Grafham Water has fished well this week. GWFFA members Brian Calvert and Harley Smith had a busy time boat fishing. The pair released 18 fish between them all between 3.5lb and 5.5lb. Brian, of Buckden, and Harley, from Stevenage, used Minkies fished deep on Di7’s around the inlets at I Buoy.

It’s been another good week for the bank anglers braving the cold along the North Shore.  The cooler weather has encouraged the fish to turn on to the fry that have started to move in the margins mainly along the North Shore as well as the Harbour. The best line of attack for these fish is either a floater or very slow sinker with a Minkie on the point and a couple of Nymphs on the droppers such as Crunchers and Diawl Bach’s with the occasional fish seen feeding heavily on corixa in the sheltered bays.

Forthcoming events:       
Pike – boat fishing with barbless lures and dead sea fish over 18cm – 16 October to 26 November
Fur and Feather Saturday 18 November
Tackle shop winter sales at Rutland, Grafham and Pitsford from Saturday 18 November to Sunday 3 December