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The lake is well stocked and fishing well however the fish are deeper and a sink tip or sinking line is best. THE FISHERY IS FULLY BOOKED ON THE 19TH FEB AND THEREFORE IS CLOSED FOR DAY TICKETS 24 Dec The fishery is well stocked and open with a good head of fish. A recent feature by Total Fly Fisher saw plenty of fish banked to a variety of tatics with small weighted lures on a floating line very effective. 29 Nov Trout are active all over the lake chasing the vast shoals of small perch - a great time to fish a lure. Anglers have been catching limit bags as a result of this. White & orange lures fished with short pulls very effective! 21 Nov Lures working well - the fishery is well stocked with Bibury fish and the heater is on in the anglers rest......... 11 Nov More like spring than winter with fish all around the margins. The water is gin clear with stalking fish a good option. Try a weighted ptn and a buzzer on the dropper! 04 Nov The fishery is very well stocked we are sticking with slightly smaller fish until the rains freshen things up. We have found the smaller fish fight harder and take more readily through the summer/autumn months. Orange blobs are the going method!
22 Oct
14 Oct Fishing very nicly again small lures working best on a floating line. Some good limit bags being recorded. 25 Sept Lots of fish being caught this weekend floating and sinktip lines with a weighted white lure - deadly! Plenty of fish stocked. 22 Sept The lake is alive with fish and fishing really well.Small lures on a sink tip will deliver the goods. Plenty of daddies around and these are worth a try with some quality browns showing in the margins at the moment. 16 Sept As below with plenty of fish still being caught... The fishery is closed for a corporate day on Friday 23rd of Sept and lake will be full of fish the next day!!!!!!!! 09 Sept Again the water nice and clear with fish starting to feed in midlayers which is a good sign. White lures, montanas and daddies best flies. 29 August Water still very clear. Plenty of fish moving. Some very nice rises in the evening to emergers and cdc emergers have proved effective. On breezy days try a daddy twitched. The last few nights have been cold so the fishing will start to come on now with prospects for September looking good with plenty of fish to be stocked. 18th August The boat has been very productive with some limit bags and fish lost. Notably Mr Jones from Pewsey had two fish in one cast one on the point and one on the dropper to buzzers. Yesterday a 12lb brown trout was landed. The rain today should freshen everything up and maintain the good standard of fishing through August. 12th Aug The Bibury fish are very active since stocking with some nice silvery fish being caught in the boat. Early and late is best with PTN's,buzzers and damsel flies working well. Lots of fry about so any weighted white lures should be productive. 5th Aug The Bibury Trout have performed very well in the warmer weather so we are stocking again on Monday. For best results fish well down with a sink tip line counting to 15 and a slow retrieve, try a damsel fly. Fish being caught are silver and hard fighting. 22nd July Fish moving on the top and the water lovely and clear. Bibury trout farm are making a delivery on monday keeping the lake nicely topped up. We have asked for fish of about 1.5lbs as they hold up better in the warmer weather so tight lines............p.s. still plenty of big fish in the lake to go after..... 15th July Water still lovely and clear. Tactics as below still best. Mr Williams from Hereford had a fantastic 14lb brown and a 7lb rainbow using this tactic yesterday both in A1 condition and extremely hard fighting. 5th July Plenty of fish still being caught but you need to be on a sink tip or sinking line. Big browns are smashing into the perch fry as I write with the water still very clear. If you can fish a fast sinker 8 foot leader minimum of 10lbs breaking strain and a large booby nymph be prepared for the fish of a lifetime. You need to make a long cast so shooting heads are a good idea and figure of 8 once the line is tight on the bottom. Keep retrieving until the fish starts to pull you in! This is a deadly method for the big fish that have overwintered...... 28th June A group of anglers this last weekend caught 6 brace of trout all imaculatly conditioned rainbows with many in the 3 - 4 lb range. Sink tip and intermediate lines best with buzzers and damsels working well. Plenty of surface action on cooler breezy days. 12th June The lake is fishing very nicely. Plenty of fish showing and being caught. Sink tips and sinking lines are well down are deadly with beaded damsels. There are some cracking fish in the lake to be caught with plenty of limits being recorded. 29th May The lake is fishing very well with the water gin clear. The trout are feeding hard on buzzers with plenty of fish showing so floating lines with long leaders with green or black buzzers will work well. It really is perfect conditions at this pretty lake so dont leave it to late to pay us a visit. Remember you can get 10% discount on a block of ten tickets! or recieve 11 tickets for the price of 10 (based on half day tickets) 25th May Plenty of fish moving. The cold nights are really helping to keep the fish up in the water and the fish are in pristine condition. 19th May 2011 The fish are moving up in the water with fish following the wind. A few mayflies about and a good evening rise going on. Beaded Damsel fly nymphs working well in the deeper water. Remember there is free tea and coffee in the anglers rest and there are many good sized fish about at the moment so remember your 6lb line. 14th May 2011 The fishery is well stocked with fish feeding deep on damsel nymphs.
For best results use a sinking line and a long shank beaded nymph
or Montana. Find the deep water and let the fly get well down. A
regular angler today caught two fish over 3lbs each losing 4!
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