Well what a difference a week makes the water has cleared up and the fish have really turned on with a rod average of 5 and the fish averaging nearly 3lb anglers can't go wrong.  This weeks fishing at Foremark has been hard to believe, anglers have been taking fish all over the lake and on a wide variety of methods from dries to Di 7's.  The boats are fishing better than the banks but Brian Crockett, Trev Gee and Derick Smith took 24 fish up to 5lb between them off the boat jetty fishing floaters and small black buzzers, other hot spots off the banks have been along the Dam Wall, Sailing Club, Verdun's Point and down the Cavers as the Mayfly is still coming off.  Top patterns and methods from the banks have been floaters and nymphs but the dries are well worth a go later in the day as the fish have been rising really well on the Sedge and Caines in the evenings.  Boat anglers have been filling their boots with some of the best fishing you will see anywhere with fish rising and more than willing to take a dry its great sport.  Iain Barr showed how deadly the dries are at Foremark by taking 17 fish for the day with drifts off of Hut Point to the lodge bank, with the wind blowing from the East the fish were still willing to rise.  Iain had some good fish in his bag none better than a 5lb 2oz Brownie,  he lost another brown under the cage which was even bigger.  With strong winds on Sunday the second leg of the England qualifiers were called off so i finally got a day on the lake i fished with Steve Peart from Newcastle who showed me how many fish there were to be had, we were drifting from Bramble Bay straight across to the Cascade all day and what a day we put 28 fish in the boat missed just as many again and lost a lot.  The method was orange blob on the top dropper and a white Humungus on the point Di 5 fly line and pull as fast as you can!!!!   Top boat areas have been down the Cavers, around the Cage and Sailing club area and the Boils are holding that many fish you flies don't have time to settle on the water before a trouts on it.  Hopefully now the water will stay clear and the fish will keep pulling with free rising fish to cast at.  Don't be afraid to drift the open the open water there are plenty of fish out there. 

Tight Lines Phil Dixon.

 Pic:-  Iain Barr 36 an I.T Manager from peterbough with a fine bag of fish all taken on a floating line with dries from a drifting boat.