Fly Fishing Reports

Nothwest Odd And Sods 2009
Final standings
Sat 27th June & Sun 28th June

Name:                              Sat Rank    Sun Rank    Total    Place
Carl Nixon                         1st                6th               7          1st
Ian Greenwood               3rd               4th               7          2nd
John Calvert                    4th                5th               9          3rd
Paul Davison                    9th               2nd              11         4th
Stephen Bland                 2nd              10th             12        5th
Paul Bebb                          6th               7th               13        6th
Nick Halstead                  16th             1st                17        7th
Rob Denson                     7th                13th            20        8th
Ian Gaskell                       10th             12th             22        9th
Mark Howard                 15th              8th               23        10th
Bob Fitzpatrick             8th                 15th             23       11th
Chris Guthrie                 21st               3rd               24       12th
Peter Kirk                       14th               11th             25       13th
John Allen                     13th               14th             27       14th
Ben Dobson                   11th               16th             27       15th
Ian Ritchie                     5th                23rd             28       16th
Stephen Island            12th              21st               33       17th
Steve Ainsworth        26th               9th                35       18th
Steve Bland                  20th              19th              39       19th
Geoff Cole                     22nd             17th              39       20th
John Sykes                   17th             23rd              40       21st
Phil Burgess                 23rd             18th              41        22nd
Gary Allen                    19th             23rd              42        23rd
David Auld                   24th             20th              44        24th
James Semple             25th             22nd             47        25th
Terry Wilson               18th

Full results 2009 Odds and Sods day 2 (PDF)

Date:    Sunday            June 28th
Report Author:           Ben
Best Catch:                   8 fish for Nick Halstead
Heaviest Bag:              4 fish for 10lbs 2oz Carl Nixon
Best Rainbow:            3lbs 7oz Carl Nixon
Best Brownie:            3lbs Dave Lamb
Bank Rod Av:            2.7 fish per man
Boat Rod Av:             2.9 fish per man
Sport:                To Follow shortly

The table below shows the results to 11th place for the Northwest Odds n Sods that was held on Stocks this weekend. We are not sure just how many grand final places will be allocated to the Northwest region so we don’t know just where the cut off point will be. I would like to wish the best of luck to all those that make it to the final, I hope that you go all the way to the 2010 England Team. Ben

Name:                       Sat Rank    Sun Rank    Total    Place
Carl Nixon                     1st            6th               7           1st
Ian Greenwood           3rd           4th               7           2nd
John Calvert                4th            5th              9            3rd
Paul Davison                9th            2nd             11          4th
Stephen Bland             2nd          10th            12          5th
Paul Bebb                      6th            7th              13          6th
Nick Halstead             16th           1st               17          7th
Rob Denson                 7th           13th              20         8th
Ian Gaskell                  10th          12th              22         9th
Mark Howard            15th            8th               23       10th
Bob Fitzpatrick           8th          15th               23       11th

Date:    Saturday 27th June
Report Author:    Pete
Best Catch:    13 fish by Carl Nixon
Heaviest Bag:    17lb 8oz for four fish by John Calvert
Best Rainbow:    9lb 8oz by John Calvert
Best Brownie:    5lb 8oz by Philip Broadhurst
Best Blue:    N/a
Bank Rod Av:    3.4 fish per angler
Boat Rod Av:    6.17 fish per angler
Sport: The weather this morning was perfect for the first day of the Northwest odd and sods eliminator, with some of the countries best anglers fighting it out for a place in the final to represent England. The 26 anglers that took part landed a total of 142 fish with an average of 6.17 per angler. Cracking angling!! The results were as follows
1st    Carl Nixon 13 fish   26lb 13oz
2nd   Stephen Bland      11 fish   21lb 12oz
3rd    Ian Greenwood     10 fish   21lb 8oz
4th    John Calvert         7 fish     19lb
5th    Ian Ritchie            7 fish     16lb 8oz
6th    Paul Bebb             8 fish     15lb 13oz
7th    Rob Denson          7 fish     13lb 9oz
8th    Bob Fitzpatrick     7 fish     13lb 7oz
9th    Paul Davison        6 fish      13lb
10th   Ian Gaskell           6 fish      12lb 15oz
All 26 anglers will be back again tomorrow to do it all over again on day 2 with an accumulative score over the two days determining the winners
On the bank today Peter Atkinson had a cracking days sport on a five-hour ticket landing and releasing 8 fish all from Bell Point on Hoppers and Kate Mclarens peter commented on the fact that the browns were going mad for the dries today. Also on Bell Point Phillip Broadhurst had 4 fish with a cracking 5lb 8oz included in his bag his best fly was a pheasant tail nymph. With warmer cloudy weather forecast for tomorrow the fish are bound to be looking up again. See you in the Lodge Pete.

Northwest odds and sods eliminator day one full results (PDF)

Date:    Friday 26th June
Report Author:    Matthew
Best Catch:    9 fish for Chris Stanley
Heaviest Bag:    5 fish for 12lb Chris Stanley
Best Rainbow:    3lb 8oz Chris Stanley
Best Brownie:    Several for 2lb 8oz
Best Blue:
Bank Rod Av:    2.20 fish per angler
Boat Rod Av:    3.7 fish per angler
Sport:  The wind has certainly started to drop away and while the temperatures remain high the fish are certainly looking up again. Chris Stanley had a good session from the boat with 9 fish. Chris commented that a number of fish were coming short right at the boat, and maybe with a longer hang they would have connected too.
With tomorrows competition looming few boat anglers were keen to divulge the killer methods! However I can reveal that while I was out on the safety boat there were rods bending all over! Out side of the practice boats the top methods seemed to by either dries (be it daddy’s or beetles) or indeed nymphs just fished subsurface.
Numerous bag limits reached today and am sure it’s going to be a top weekend.
I have just taken a look at the forecast and believe me this could be one of the best weekends so far this season!
Tight lines Matthew

Date:    Monday 22nd June.
Report Author:    Paul.
Best Catch:    10 fish for Mr Dunn.
Heaviest Bag:    5 fish weighing 20lb for Mr Dunn.
Best Rainbow:    10lb for Mr Dunn.
Best Brownie:    Several weighing 2lb 8oz.
Best Blue:    2lb.
Bank Rod Av:    2.20 fish per angler.
Boat Rod Av:    4.33 fish per angler.
Sport: Today we saw some great weather with warm overcast conditions this morning then this afternoon the sun came out. With the cloud cover this morning there were plenty of trout rising but there was a spell at about 2pm when the surface of the reservoir was crawling with fish, I can only remember one other time when I have seen more rising fish. With all this surface activity it is no surprise that dry flies were by far the best patterns with all the best catches being taken right off the top. Mr Dunn and Mr Leyland caught 15 fish between them with Mr Dunn landing 10 including a super overwintered double weighing exactly 10lb. Hoppers were their most effective pattern and as predicted yesterday they caught all their fish drifting right in the middle of the reservoir. Frank Hartley landed a credible 7 fish with specimens weighing up to 6lb. As with other successful anglers, Frank fished various dry flies right out in open water. With the warm weather set to continue we should see more great top of the water action.  See you on the water Paul.

Date:    Sunday 21st June.
Report Author:    Paul.
Best Catch:    13 fish for Bob Fitzpatrick.
Heaviest Bag:    5 fish weighing 14lb 4oz for Mr Niel.
Best Rainbow:    5lb for Mr Dryden.
Best Brownie:    Several weighing 3lb.
Best Blue:    4lb.
Bank Rod Av:     2.07 fish per angler.
Boat Rod Av:    3.50  fish per angler.
Sport: Today we saw light winds and warm temperatures and although the sun tried to break through it never really managed. There were some reasonable catches made today with the boats having the best luck. Quite a few anglers caught 5 fish but by far the best catch went to Bob Fitzpatrick and Steve Bland who landed a total of 22 fish in their boat. They fished right down the middle of the reservoir to catch their fish with a variety of dry flies being the most successful patterns. Although Bob and Steve landed a good number of fish they also said that they lost a lot and had countless other offers, they had a hectic day. Other effective patterns today included damsel, diawl bach and cats whisker and with the fish so well spread out you could do worse than try a drift right down the middle of the reservoir. See you on the water Paul.

Date:    Saturday June 20th
Report Author:    Pete
Best Catch:    13 fish by Steven Lind
Heaviest Bag:    10lb 12oz for 5 fish by Stuart Morgan
Best Rainbow:    4lb 8oz by Steven Lind
Best Brownie:    3lb by Dennis Dougan
Best Blue:    N/a
Bank Rod Av:    4.25 fish per angler
Boat Rod Av:    5.36 fish per angler
Sport: The day started well with good cloud cover and only slight winds these picked up a little as the day progressed but this didn’t seem to put the fish off with some good catches coming from both the boat and the bank. On the bank Stocks season ticket holder Rudolph Quigliana had a cracking days sport with 7 fishing falling to drys with a daddy long legs being his top pattern. Rudolph commented on how exciting the fishing had been and the fact that one of the stocks monsters had grabbed his daddy, took off and never stopped, smashing his 10lb fluorocarbon like it was 1lb line. Also on the bank regular Dennis Dougan had a good days fishing catching 5 fish from Grindys lawn including a beautiful full finned and spotted brownie, which he quickly released to fight another day.
Out on the boats Stuart Morgan had a good days fishing catching 8 fish from the alders and weighing in the heaviest bag of the day with 5 fish weighing 10lb 12oz. Also on the boats Stocks G-Tec anglers Nick Halstead and Carl Nixon had 16 fish between them all on dries with a new pattern under test called a Chebley???? (Don’t ask cos I don’t know) But top rod today was Scottish angler Steven Lind who had a cracking 13 fish from the East Bank, Steve was pulling lures just under the surface and found the fish eager to chase. With dries being the best tactics at the moment make sure to stock up on daddies, hoppers and beetles when you arrive because the action will be electric. See you in the lodge Pete.

Date:    Friday 19th June
Report Author:    Matthew
Best Catch:    13 fish for Peter Andrews
Heaviest Bag:    5 fish for 12lb 6oz Steve Ainsworth
Best Rainbow:    3lb 9oz Peter Scholes
Best Brownie:    3lb Anton Gysbers
Best Blue:
Bank Rod Av:    2.71 fish per angler
Boat Rod Av:    4.71
Sport: Today we held the final qualifying heat of the Anglian water Airflow competition. Three teams set to the water to battle for two places in the final. Taking the top spot were the Stocks Falcons with 31 fish for 64lb 8oz. A cracking team effort with Ian Gaskell also taking top rod with 11 fish. Good angling guys! Second place went to the Stocks Barracudas with a strong performance netting 25 fish.
Commiserations to Team Enterprise who narrowly missed out.
Out side of the competition Cyril Procter and Peter Andrews had a super day with 22 fish! They found the fish at the dam and Newclose bay.
This morning saw the bulk of fish coming to the dry fly with Daddy long legs and hoppers doing the trick. Other methods doing the business seem to be the washing line with the good old cats booby accounting for a lot of fish! Buzzers and diawl bachs are still performing well with fish also eager to chase flies across the surface.
I now it sounds daft but dries, pulling, wets, nymphs are all accounting for good scores! As for areas now that the water has warmed up a little I would be just as happy drifting the middle basin as I would tight along the shore in New Close Bay.
Tight lines Matthew

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The Stocks Falcons

Date:    Thursday 18th June.
Report Author:    Paul.
Best Catch:    Several anglers landed over 10 fish.
Heaviest Bag:    2 fish weighing 14lb 8oz for Brendan Ginty.
Best Rainbow:    6lb for Mike Laycock.
Best Brownie:    12lb 4oz for Brendan Ginty.
Best Blue:    N/a.
Bank Rod Av:     5.33 fish per angler.
Boat Rod Av:     8.42 fish per angler.
Sport  The wind was the main feature of the weather today with a strong, squally southerly hampering presentation and casting but despite these conditions there were some fantastic catches made and some cracking specimens landed including a super 12lb 4oz brownie that was caught by Brendan Ginty. Brendan caught his huge fish from Hollins bay with a pink disco fly. (See pic tomorrow) The boats fished exceptionally well today with several anglers landing well into double figures of trout. It was hard to say which was the best method because there were a variety of flies and patterns working well and many areas producing good catches. If the wind had not been so strong we would have seen some cricket scores. See you on the water Paul.

Report Author:    Pete
Best Catch:    15 fish by Mr Blair
Heaviest Bag:    14lb 11oz for 5 fish by Alan Southern
Best Rainbow:    9lb 8oz By Stuart Cullen
Best Brownie:    Several at 2lb 8oz
Best Blue:    N/a
Bank Rod Av:    3.83 fish per angler
Boat Rod Av:    7.91 fish per angler
Sport: Well if you weren’t here today you missed an almost perfect day for fishing warm light breeze and decent cloud cover. This meant there were free rising fish over almost the whole reservoir with the best fishing coming from the boats with an average of 7.91 fish per angler. Top rod goes to Mr Blair who had all his fish on diawl bachs fished just under the surface. Also on the boats Stocks guide Paul Bebb was out with hic client Jimmy brown they drifted most of the reservoir and landed in excess of 20 fish all on dries. Our own Matt Taylor was also fishing this evening with Regular Rob Denson they had a cracking Haul of twenty fish again on nymphs and dries. On the bank Stuart Cullen had a cracking days angling with 10 fish from Hollins Point including a lovely fish of 9lb 8oz, most of his fish fell to damsel nymphs and shipman’s buzzers. See you in the lodge Pete