December 2006 Fly Fishing Report

Happy New Year everyone!

December was a very busy month both for us and fisheries. During the Christmas break many waters were packed with anglers, which was nice to see. After 2 days of over eating, it's nice to hit the water and it seems many people feel the same.

We have yet to experience any really cold weather and fish are very active for the time of year. Loynton, Cound trout fishery and Lechlade all produced good numbers of double figure rainbows during December to both lure and nymph tactics. The same tactics also caught good bags of fish at these venues.

Marton Heath and Danebridge fished well, responding to a mixture of lure and buzzer patterns to suit conditions. I saw only a few anglers fish Willington, which is a shame. Yes it can be a difficult water in winter as it is not stocked as heavily as smaller waters and the trout often hold deep.

However, carefull fishing with bloodworm, buzzers, damsels and shrimp flies can put you in contact with some well conditioned fish to around 8lbs. It's not a numbers game, but if you enjoy challenging fishing for grown on fish I suggest giving it a try. They fight like hell too, this is the only water I've ever been taken into my backing on and it's happened 3 times in 2006.

Looking to January sport will continue much the same unless we a hit a prolonged cold spell. Heres the the good fishing continuing!

Tight Lines

Steve