10:00am Thursday 2nd July 2009
Fishing at Chew Valley Lake last week proved to be difficult at times although at times fish have fed well, often right on the surface.
At other times they have been very fussy feeding at odd times and in various areas.
Villice Bay and Woodford bank have been the most consistent areas but Spring Bay, Nunnery and Walley have also done well.
Bank anglers have found fish close in to the shore especially early in the morning and although the weed beds appear to limit places to fish, these have often been the most successful places to fish as the trout browse at the weed which is full of insect life.
Try fishing around the patches of weed or in holes with small dark dries or very small buzzers and nymphs under a bung.
Evenings have seen fantastic hatches of sedges and Caenis and the fish have begun to feed well on these.
It was a very similar story at Blagdon. Bank anglers have done well fishing from the north bank when the wind has allowed.
Butcombe has also fished better than for some time. Boats are still taking fish at the Top End but Home Bay and the Island are well worth a look.
Fishing methods are the same as at Chew.
Barrow No 2 is a little coloured at present though still seems to be fishing as well as 1 & 3. Good catches all round last week after a good stocking. Good evening rises though often very late on.
Chew produced a total catch last week of 703 fish averaging 2 lb 3 oz topped by a brown of 9 lb 4 oz (reported in last week’s notes) and rainbow 5 lb 12 oz with 32 limits.
At Blagdon 357 fish averaging 2 lb 6 oz were taken topped by a brown of 4 lb 8 oz and rainbow 5 lb 0 oz with 20 limits.
The Barrows yielded 290 fish averaging 1 lb 12 oz topped by a brown of 2 lb 8 oz and rainbow 3 lb 13 oz.
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On the Wessex Water trout fisheries Clatworthy continues to fish well with271 fish taken last week. Boats are still doing well in the Dam area, while bank anglers are catching plenty of fish from the Bay to the Fishing Lodge.
Orange tadpoles and Damsel flies are working well using a fast retrieve.
Two 5 lb fish were taken last week – one by Les Deer and the other by Eric Heaysman. Top five fish limit bag went to Steve Noble weighing 16 lb 5 oz.
At Hawkridge 160 fish were taken with a rod average of 2.1. Dave Dors had a five fish limit weighing 13 lb 1 oz.
Tom White took a 3 lb 10 oz rainbow. Fish are taking Hoppers, Buzzers, Damsels and Orange Lures. At Sutton Bingham plenty of fish have been showing but they have been difficult to catch for most anglers.
193 fish were taken last week. Adam McGhee took a five fish limit from the bank weighing 17 lb 0 oz with the best fish weighing 4 lb 2 oz.
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The Dynamite Baits match fished at Snake and Special Lakes produced some excellent fishing.
Top honours went to Warren bates from Keynsham with a carp catch weighing 120 lb 14 oz taken on pole fished paste for an easy win.
Chris Wills of Bristol AC took runner up prize with another carp catch weighing 83 lb 7 oz taken on pole fished pellets.
Gary Bedford of Sarfix SW clinched third prize with a carp catch weighing 80 lb 3 oz also taken on pole fished pellets.
Other placings: 4. Geoff Gamble Bristol AC 67 lb 7 oz; 5. Paul Faires Sensas Thyers 64 lb 4 oz; 6. Pete Sivell Dynamite Baits 57 lb 0 oz.
The Wednesday Open match at Viaduct Fishery again produced fantastic fishing with carp feeding ravenously and an excitingly close contest.
Top honours went to Phil Cardwell of Viaduct in a very close finish with a splendid carp catch weighing 157 lb 5 oz taken alternating with waggler and legered pellets.
Mike Aldis made the journey from Eastleigh to take home runner up prize with a carp catch weighing156 lb 0 oz taken on pole fished pellets.
Josh Garrett of Maver Veals clinched third prize with a carp catch weighing 155 lb 8 oz taken on pole fished pellets.
Other placings: 4. Paul Garrett Maver Veals 141 lb 9 oz; 5. Chris Aman Vespa Army 108 lb 11 oz; 6. Ian Oakley Warminster 88 lb 7 oz.
The Viaduct Fishery pairs competition again provided excellent fishing.
Roy Worth and Terry Bruton both of Thatchers Tackle took the Pairs event with both winning their sections for maximum 2 points.
Individual honours on the day went to Andy Power of Preston Innovation Thatchers with a carp catch weighing 155 lb 13 oz taken on waggler fished pellets.
In form Josh Garrett of Maver Veals took runner up prize with a carp catch weighing 143 lb 5 oz taken on pole fished pellets.
He was followed by Roy Worth of Yeovil with a carp catch weighing 111 lb 4 oz with Dave Hagg of Street in fourth spot with a carp catch weighing 106 lb 3 oz.
The Pole only Open at Avalon Fishery produced mixed sport.
Top honours went to Alan Oram of Dynamite Baits with a carp catch weighing 96 lb 2 oz taken on pole fished pellets.
Mosella star Tony Rixon again framed in second spot with a carp catch weighing 68 lb 0 oz taken on pole fished pellets.
There was a tie for third place between Roy Stark of Weston AC and Eric Wynne of Maver Veals both taking carp catches weighing 41 lb 4 oz on pole fished pellets.
The Wednesday Open match at Avalon Fishery produced top class sport with carp feeding well. In form Tony Rixon o Mosella captured another fine win with a carp catch weighing 130 lb 1 oz taken on pole fished pellets.
Alan Oram of Dynamite Baits took runner up prize with a carp catch weighing 99 lb 14 oz also taken on pole fished pellets.
Similar tactics gave third prize to Martin West of Landsend with a carp catch weighing 96 lb 12 oz.
Weights were fairly even in the Chippenham Evening match fished on Monday on the Bristol Avon at Chippenham.
Top spot went to Kevin Williams of Chippenham with a catch of small chub weighing 9 lb 15 oz taken on waggler fished bronze maggots. Kevin Rowles from Devizes finished a close runner up with another catch of small chub weighing 8 lb 14 oz also taken on waggler fished bronze maggots.
Stuart White from Chippenham clinched third prize with a mixed catch of roach and chub weighing 8 lb 2 oz taken on pole fished casters.
Other placings: 4. Mick Ashe Chippenham 6 lb 8 oz; 5. Mick Gale Calne 6 lb 6 oz; 6. Dave baker Trowbridge 5 lb 9 oz.
Fish proved hard to tempt in the Trowbridge Open match fished on Wednesday on the Bristol Avon at Staverton.
Rob Randall from Gillingham carried off top prize with an all roach catch weighing 13 lb 8 oz taken on pole fished red maggots for an easy win.
Gary Etheridge from Devizes took second prize with a mixed catch of roach and bleak taken on whip fished red maggots.
He was followed by Paul Barnfield from Bath with a perch catch weighing 3 lb 2 oz taken on pole fished worm.
Other placings: = 4. Dave Foster & Dave Baker Trowbridge 2 lb 7 oz; 6. Gerald Lugg Beckington 2 lb 5 oz;
Weights fell somewhat below their best in the Bathampton Over 55s/Disabled match fished at Bridge Pool on Thursday.
Top honours on the day went to Mike Nicholls from Bitton with a mixed catch of carp and skimmers weighing 42 lb 0 oz taken on pole fished casters.
Terry Bruton from Stoke St Michael took runner up spot with an all carp catch weighing 40 lb 14 oz taken on waggler fished pellets.
Third prize went to Pete Phillips from Keynsham with a carp catch weighing 39 lb 12 oz taken on pole fished pellets.
The silver fish prize went to Mike Nichols with a skimmer catch weighing 22 lb 7 oz. Other placings: 4. Bob Price Bristol 24 lb 10 oz; 5. John Bradford Bristol 16 lb 10 oz; 6. Mike Jones Bristol and Bob Tilley Bristol 15 lb 12 oz each.
The Wilts Angling Open evening match at Rood Ashton on Thursday produced good sport with carp.
Top honours went to Tony Gilbert of Melksham with a carp catch weighing 66 lb 4 oz taken on pole fished paste.
In form Jamie Smith from Frome again framed in second spot with a carp catch weighing 54 lb 6 oz taken on pole fished paste.
Matt Skyrme from Trowbridge used identical tactics to clinch third prize with a carp catch weighing 40 lb 2 oz. Other placings: 4. Sean Rhodes Trowbridge 35 lb 0 oz; 5.; Larry Willetts Bradford 30 lb 6 oz; 6. Pete Neate Holt 26 lb 0 oz.
Competitors enjoyed mixed sport in the Lavington match fished at Ellis Lake on Sunday. Top honours on the day went to Oliver Keates of Hilperton with a carp catch weighing 55 lb 0 oz taken on pole fished sweetcorn.
Pete Craig of Potterne took second prize with another carp catch weighing 38 lb 10 oz taken alternating with pole fished sweetcorn and luncheon meat.
Graham Pearce of Lavington took third spot with a mixed catch of carp and silver fish weighing 37 lb 4 oz taken on pole fished red maggots. Other placings: 4. Stan Keates Hilperton 22 lb 9 oz; 5. John Cooper Lavington 18 lb 4 oz; 6. Chris Brown Worton 13 lb 10 oz.
Weights were fairly even in the Trowbridge Open match fished on Sunday on the Bristol Avon at Staverton.
In form Rob Randall from Gillingham hit the jackpot for the second time in four days with a roach catch weighing 10 lb 0 oz taken on pole fished red maggots.
Kevin Rowles from Devizes took runner up prize with a mixed catch of roach and small chub weighing 9 lb 2 oz taken on waggler fished red maggots.
Steve Saunders from Bath clinched third prize with a mixed catch of roach and perch weighing 8 lb 1 oz taken on pole fished red maggots.
Other placings: 4. Nigel Bartlett Gillingham 7 lb 9 oz; 5; Kevin Abigail Westbury 6 lb 2 oz; 6. Robin Guy Melksham 6 lb 1 oz.
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Future events:
Friday Jul 3: Airsprung evening match at Barton Farm S
aturday Jul 4: Calne match at Christian Malford
Sunday Jul 5: Chippenham match at Chippenham Airsprung v Waterside match at Barton Farm
Monday Jul 6: Chippenham evening match at Pockeridge
Tuesday Jul 7: Calne evening match at Hazeland
Wednesday Jul 8: Trowbridge Open match at Staverton
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