17th Apr 2023 - fishing report W/E 16-4-23
Another week of unsettled weather has not put the fish off feeding though it wold be fair to say that some days have been better than others, things improved at the end of the week and the forecast looks promising for the week to come. On Saturday we held our final heat of the UK fly fishing Championship it was a close run contest with 3 of the top 6 on 20 points. A 179 fish were caught on the day and 5 Qualifiers went through to the grand final in November. Results were 1st Peter Appleby 29 points Already Qualified. 2nd Barry Nicholson 21 points. 3rd Davy Kay 20 points 4th Jim Burtle 20 points. 5th Carl Crompton 20 points. 6th James Stephenson 19 points. On Sunday we had a visit from the Chopwell Chancers over 30 anglers turned up for their annual Darren McNestry Memorial competition A Great turnout and a good day had by all.
· Bill Mcrurie netted 8 on Coe Crag using Top Hats.
· Ross Calder returned 8 on Coe Crag using Shammies
· Matty Devine released 21 on Long Crag using Nymphs.
· Ian Santos returned 14 using Nymphs and Bloodworms.
· Alec Harvey returned 12 to Long Crag using Nymphs and Buzzers.
· Clayton Bell released 6 using Top Hats and Buzzers.
· R Hill returned 6 using various flies.
· Steve Mole returned 8 using Buzzers on Long Crag. And another 11 later in the week
· Bryan Ion released 9 on long Crag using Damsels.
· Garry Surtees returned 9 using apps and Damsels on Long Crag.
· Tyler. Got wet but returned 8 on Long Crag during an evening session.
· Matty Robson returned 11 over both lakes using Dries and Lures.
· R Munro released 1 and kept 5 on Long Crag using Dries and Lures.
· M Munro returned 8 and kept 5 using Dries and Lures.
· Ali Tait had 2 visits on his Float Tube this week releasing 13 fish over both using mostly Dries.
· Jim Lumsden returned 10 to Long Crag using Beadies.
· Ken Ward returned 5 using Beadies to Long Crag.
· Geoff Huscroft released 9 on Long Crag using Top Hats and Buzzers.
· Rod Reed returned 6 on Long Crag using Buzzers and Cats Whiskers.
· N Heburn returned 5 and kept 5 on Coe Crag using Black Gnats.
· Colin Smith returned 5 to Coe Crag one at 8lb using black Caddis.
· R Wood released 8 to Coe Crag one at 9lb using Buzzers.
· Steve Noble released 8 on Long Crag using dries.
· Dave Millican returned 20 to Long Crag using Cheese Minnow and Dries.
· Ken Glenton returned 21 to Long Crag using Dries and Buzzers.
· John Alison returned 2 and kept 5 using F’Flys in Coe Crag
· Trevor Wadds returned 7 on Diawl Bachs.
· Mick Brown released 20 using lures on Long Crag
· M Crosbie returned 6 on Buzzers on Long Crag
· Brian Thompson released 8 on Coe Crag using Buzzers.
· Dave Murray returned 17 on Coe Crag using green damsels’
FLY BOX; Buzzers Top Hats. CDCs Hares Ears, Damsels Blobs. Fabs hoppers.