Witton Castle Fishery Report Week Ending 20.8.07

Autumn is upon us as the water temperature just start to drop to normal. Fish are grubbing off the bottom and are coming to a slow retrieve with Black and orange Zonkers and cats Whiskers being the order of the day.

On slightly milder days, late evenings and a floating line, long leaders fishing Diawl Bachs, Black Pennell and Klinkhammers and Bumbles , fish are in the 2 ½ lb to 4lb category and they have all been actively feeding.

This baremetric fluctuation doesn’t help at all , however Stuart Hambleton from bishop Auckland coaxed a belter of 18lbs on a Black zonker and completed with a further 2 and a 3 ½ lber .

Steve willkinson from Bishop Auckland matched pair at 4lbs each fell to a small damsel nymph completing with a 2lber along with along with Terry Ross from Willington securing a nice bag at 6lbs, 4lbs and 3 ½ lbs On their first visit A. Campell and D. Allsop from Langmouth commented on  a superb days fishing with bags of 4lbs, 3lbs and 2 ½ lbs and 3lbs, 3lbs and 3 ¼ lbs all on black buzzer , bumble and Klinkhammers, these guys are certainly welcome back.

Sporting permit anglers have again had good sport with Keith Stevenson  from Consett returning 15 fish on black fritz and cats whisker. Along with John Barnett from Ferryhill, on cdc emergers , 10 fish best to 6lbs.

A superb 6lb brown trout was caught and released by Gareth Tilley from Lancester on a black zonker , fish are obviously feeding for the forth coming winter months ahead.

RIVER WEAR.

Another lift of water came this week and is just fining off into a nice tea colour. However fishing is difficult and virtually impossible at night until these conditions drop even further for night anglers . Reports of some good shoals of salmon coming in on the tide on the lower reaches of the Wear , but are yet to enter the main river and up into our beats. At the moment they are moving in and out on the tide.