Fishing report for 10-23 March

Yes I know in my last report I said weekly, but we have been so busy, today is the first chance I've had to blog. I promise to try harder!

Simply fishing is good! Prior to the cold snap of the past week, a lot of trout were consistently feeding in the top 4 feet of water on the lakes by late morning, nymphs, wets and dries being effective.

The colder weather has put them back to winter feeding, fish moving a little deeper generally 4-8 feet, moving up some days around mid day. Success has been consistent, with clients catching rainbow trout of 2-13lbs using scruffy damsel, olive nymph, black and red buzzers, MFF leech and MFF zonker flies.

Good numbers of doubles are being caught at Lechlade (4 came out yesterday, including a 12lb fish to our client Mr. E Duggar), Loynton (over 50 doubles caught here in March)and Cound (12 that I know of landed so far in March). Lechlade is holding a green colouration from a recent algal bloom currently, making a sight fishing a challenge. If you want to stalk a biggie pick a bright day!

This weekend sees both Carsington Water and Willington Lake Trout Fishery open for the 2007 season. Both are open from Saturday 24th March, with the prospect of some excellent fishing for browns and rainbows from the start.

Carsington is stocking weekly this year, introducing rainbows in addition to the brown trout for which this venue is well known. Expect to see some big browns from this water during 2007! If you are planning a trip see our Carsington Water page.

Willington has received a stocking of 2000 rainbow and brownt trout to supplement the excellent head of grown on fish, so expect the season here to start with a bang.

I am on both waters next week, between bookings so expect an update on the fishing. If you want to book a guided day or tuition, April and May are filling up fast. I have 7 days left for April and May is already half full! For enquiries call +44 (0)1782 394564 or email enquiries.

Tight Lines

Steve