April 16 - 22

 

182 anglers caught 686 fish of which 398 were returned

 

Rainbow

13lb 12oz  Ray Goodfellow, Kettering, diawl bach

12lb 0oz   Simon Blake, Peterborough, sunburst blob

10lb 6oz   Steve Johnson, Raunds, black buzzer

10lb 2oz   Fred Martin, Oundle, red diawl bach, boat

9lb 0oz     Ian Gedney, float tube

8lb 9oz     Colin Heather, Thrapston, diawl bach, boat

8lb 3oz     Dave Brown, Stanwick, boat

8lb 1oz     Mick Johnson, Peterborough

7lb 10oz   John Owen, Kettering

7lb 6oz     Doug Whibley, Wollaston, black buzzer

 

Brown

6lb 8oz    Norman Sketchley, Leicester

5lb 8oz    Pete Welch, Boston

5lb 2oz    Sam Last, Spalding

 

Best Areas

 

Bank - east arm, coarse bank, gravel bar

Boat - west arm

 

Best Patterns

grhe, black or olive buzzer, red diawl bach, fraser nymph, damsel, hares ear cdc, cats whisker

 

An excellent week saw fish moving on the surface all day and evening when there was cloud cover. Pond olives and buzzers are hatching in good numbers and the imitative approach is proving best, especially in the West arm which is like a jacuzzi at times! Best dry flies have been hares ear emergers.

 

Next stocking: April 23 & 27

 

Edward