November 2022
Firstly, apologies for the delay in updating the news feed – as many of you know Phil & Danni have been away and fishing in Thailand. Between them they landed fish up to 115lb and Phil will gladly show you all the bragging photos if you’re interested next time you visit us.
Our October’s League was a fantastic, albeit extremely wet day with 23 competitors in attendance. Ray Burt came first with an impressive 4 fish bag of 14lb 13oz. Mark Leeves came in second with a healthy 11lb 9oz and in 3rd place was Bob Hussey. Well done to all who attended – the cumulative scoreboard is very tight throughout and with the removal of the time bonus each match is worth top efforts! We do have reserve positions each month so if you or someone you know would like to come along to an incredibly friendly, banter-filled and rock cake fuelled competition with the chance of winning monthly prizes from ourselves and our sponsors Snowbee & Geos Coffee House then give us a call.
We have had 6 inches of much needed rain in the early weeks of November and as you would imagine this has greatly helped with the water levels in all lakes. Brick and Well Lakes are now full, and Stag and Spring Lakes are not too far away. As many of you know, we are very lucky here in that the lakes do not colour up hugely as we do not get much run off from the fields so clarity remains very good. Brick lake is the only lake that takes on colour but this generally clears within a day or two – and a shiny new cat’s whisker still tempts the trout.
Fishing has been fantastic recently with consistent regular catches. The fish of the week has to go to Bill Frances who caught a stunning 10lb 12oz Rainbow from Spring Lake. Uncommon for the double figure fish, it gave a very impressive fight and even took Bill down to the backing. It slipped out of his net twice so left him panicking that his barbless blue flash damsel was going to lose the fish – thankfully it didn’t and he bounded into the Lodge all smiles showing off his catch (and apparently gave him full bragging rights at the pub that evening too!) The old favourite Rainbow Warrior fly is proving popular again now that the waters are much cooler, and Daddies are still producing a few fish (although we would expect them to fade out soon).
Upcoming Events: Please have a look at the calendar page of our website for upcoming events. Sunday 20th November sees us hosting a memorial day for the late John Carden. The fishery will remain open as usual but there will a raffle in the Lodge so bring some cash for some tickets and we’ll take your details if you’re not here at draw-time.
Sunday 27th November will be the next Brick Farm League match meaning Brick & Spring Lakes will be closed until 1pm.