Category: Fishing Reports

Overall great sport at the fishery with some good bags being caught by plenty of visiting anglers.
On the warmer overcast days plenty of trout have been surface feeding.

The largest rainbow of the month was taken by Mr Harrington, of Liskeard, who landed a good 4lb 8oz rainbow.
The total bag of four fish weighed in at 10lb 8oz and was caught on a Dawsons Olive.

Mr Girling, of Mount Hawke, landed a good 4lb 1oz and two other fish with a bag weight of 8lb 11oz also on a Dawsons Olive.
Mr Loader, of Bude, landed a good six fish bag for 15lb on a Black Fritz Hothead.
Mr Elphick, of Lostwithiel, landed six fish for 13lb 8oz fishing boobies

Cooler conditions have seen the trout move from deep in the lake closer to the surface. Good numbers of trout have been surface feeding throughout the day, especially in dull overcast conditions.
Mini lures, nymphs, buzzers and dries fished with floating lines have been successful.

Mr Twine, of Liskeard, took a good five fish bag of 11lb 2oz on a Dawsons Olive. The largest rainbow weighed in at 3lb 2oz.
Mr Dexter, of Pensilva, took five fish for 10lb 8oz fishing with a Montana Nymph and a Dawsons Olive.
Mr, Harrington, of Rilla Mill, landed five rainbows for 10lb 8oz fishing a Montana and a Dawsons Olive.

On the extremely hot days mornings and evenings have been the best time to visit the fishery.
On the cooler overcast days plentiful numbers of trout have been surface feeding on an abundance of insects.

Mr Twine, of Liskeard, landed five good rainbows for 10lb 1oz fishing a Dawsons Olive and buzzers.
Mr Harrington, of Liskeard, landed a good bag of five trout for 10lb 4oz fishing a Blue Flash Damsel Nymph.

Great top of the water sport has been had with plenty of trout surface feeding on the abundance of hatching insects.
In these conditions fishing a floating line with dry flies, buzzers or small nymphs being most successful.

Mr Coad, of Bude, landed the largest rainbow at 4 lb and took a second rainbow for a brace of 5 lb 12 oz on a dry Hawthorn.
Mr Dexter, of Liskeard, landed six rainbows for 11 lb fishing a Blue Flash Damsel Nymph.
Mr White, of Liskeard, landed a five fish bag for 10 lb fishing a Damsel Nymph. 

In the extremely warm conditions trout have been deeper in the lake but still have been caught in good numbers.
In these conditions trout have been caught with sinking lines fished with lures, boobies and static weighted buzzers. These are best fished with floating lines and long leaders.
In cooler conditions trout have been caught closer to the surface.

Mr Elphick, of Lostwithiel, landed a good eight fish bag for 16 lb fishing boobies. 

Mr Loader, of Bude, landed a good six fish bag for 13 lb fishing a Black Fritz Hothead, the largest rainbow weighed 3 lb.

Mr Twine, of Liskeard, landed a good five fish bag for 12 lb 8 oz. The largest rainbow weighed 3 lb 9 oz. The bag was caught on buzzers and a Dawsons Olive.  

April and now into May has had many prolific hatches of insects with plenty of trout surface feeding especially on the warm overcast days.
In bright conditions trout have been caught deeper in the lake.

Mr Wilton, of Holsworthy, landed a good brace for 5lb 12oz fishing dry flies. The largest rainbow tipped the scales at 4lb.
Mr Jewel, of Launceston landed a good eight fish bag for 15lb fishing an orange Cat’s Whisker.
Mr White, of Liskeard, landed a five fish bag for 10lb on a Damsel Nymph.

The largest rainbow weighed in at 4lb (pictured below)

On the warm overcast days large amounts of trout have been surface feeding on buzzers with plenty of trout caught on buzzers, nymphs and dry flies.
In cooler conditions trout have been deeper in the lake. 

Mr Girling, of Mount Hawke, landed eleven rainbows for 18lb 8oz and released a 35cm brown fishing nymphs and Cat’s Whisker lure.
Mr Twine, of Liskeard, landed a good seven fish bag for 15lb 9oz fishing dry flies, buzzers and a Cat’s Whisker. The largest rainbow tipped the scales at 3lb 2oz.
Mr Hosken, of Broadwoodwidger, landed the largest rainbow this month at 5lb which was caught on a Montana Nymph. 

On the warmer days plenty of trout have been surface feeding on good hatches of buzzers.
In cooler conditions trout have been caught deeper in the lake with boobies, mini lures and nymphs fished with sinking and intermediate lines.

Mr Elphick, of Lostwithiel, landed five good rainbows for 10lb 11oz. The largest trout tipped the scales at 3lb 3oz. The bag was taken on a Black Booby.

Mr Twine, of Liskeard, landed four good rainbows for 8lb 8oz fishing a Cat’s Whisker.  

Anglers braving the harsh wintery conditions have been justly rewarded.

On some of the warmer days trout have been surface feeding.

Mr Twine, of Liskeard, landed five good rainbows for 10lb 14oz fishing a Cat’s Whisker, Dawsons Olive and a Montana.
Mr Twine’s largest rainbow tipped the scales at 3lb 7oz and was taken on a dawsons olive.

On the warmer days plenty of trout have been surface feeding with trout being caught on dries, nymphs and buzzers.

Mr Elphick, of Lostwithiel, landed four rainbows for 8lb on a white Fritz.
Mr, Wheel, of Cawsand, landed a good brace for 5lb 4oz – The largest rainbow tipped the scales at 3lb 8oz. The brace was taken on a Black and Silver Humungus. 

Those anglers braving the wintery conditions have been rewarded.

On warmer days fish have been surface feeding.

Mr Grieve, of Liskeard, landed a good six fish bag for 11lb fishing emergers.

Mr Thomas, of Newquay, landed a super brace for 10lb on a Cormorant mini lure with the largest rainbow of the brace tipping the scales at 8lb.

On the warm overcast days plenty of trout have been surface feeding.
Floating lines fished with buzzers, nymphs and mini lures have been most productive.

Mr Loader, of Bude, landed the best rainbow so far this month at 4lb 10oz which was taken on a Black Fritz Hothead. Mr Loader also landed a 2lb 12oz rainbow on a Mini Cat.

Mr Twine, of Liskeard, landed a good five fish bag for 10lb 13oz fishing buzzers, a Dawsons Olive and a Stimulator dry fly.

Good sport has been had by all anglers visiting the fishery.

Trout have been feeding close to or on the surface and therefore floating lines have been most productive fished with a variety of flies.

The largest rainbow this month was taken by Mr McGibbon, of Warwickshire, who landed a good 3lb 8oz rainbow fishing a black fry pattern. Mr McGibbon also took a second rainbow for a brace weighing 5lb 8oz.

Mr Elphick, of Lostwithiel, landed eight good rainbows for 16lb fishing a white booby just below the surface.

Also, weighing in a good eight fish bag was Mr Jewell, of Launceston. The eight fish bag tipped the scales at 16lb 4oz and was taken on an olive humongous.  

A variety of flies and techniques have been effective this month.

Generally the bright days have seen trout caught deeper in the lake with flies fished on sinking and intermediate lines.
On the warm overcast days the fishery has had good surface activity.

Mr Jewell, of Launceston, landed a cracking 6lb 7oz rainbow and a second fish for a total weight of 7lb 15oz. The brace was taken fishing a Damsel Nymph.
Mr Twine, of Liskeard, landed a good eight fish bag for 17lb 1oz fishing dries, boobies and buzzers. The largest trout in the bag tipped the scales at 4lb 7oz and fell to a Stimulator.

On another outing Mr Twine landed three rainbows for 7lb 12oz fishing a mini cat.

July and now into August have seen some exceptional days of sport.

Warm overcast days have seen good hatches of insects with plenty of trout surface feeding.
In bright conditions trout have been caught deeper in the lake.

The largest rainbow of the month was caught by Mr Jewel, of Launceston, landed a good brace containing a 5lb rainbow fishing a whiskey fly pattern.   

Mr Twine, of Liskeard had a lovely rainbow tipped the scales at 4lb 7oz. The trout was taken on a dry stimulator pattern.
Mr Twine’s eight fish bag totalled 17lb 1oz. with other fish in the bag caught on boobies and buzzers.

Mr Girling, of Mount Hawke, had an exceptional day landing fifteen rainbows for 26lb 11oz caught on various flies including a dawsons olive, cat’s whisker and a blue flash damsel.

During two visits to the fishery, Mr Elphick, of Lostwithiel, accompanied by Mr. Elphick senior, landed 15 rainbows weighing 29lb caught on a white booby fished slowly just below the surface of the lake. 

July has been variable in conditions but anglers braving the elements have been rewarded.

On the cooler overcast days buzzers and dry flies have been productive.
On brighter hot days sinking or intermediate lines worked well fished with nymphs and mini lures.

 Mr. J. Twine, of Liskeard, landed a good brace of rainbows one of which was the largest rainbow of the month at 3lb 6oz. The brace was taken on a dry fly and weighed in at 5lb 10oz.
Mr. S. Cooper, of North Devon, landed a good five fish bag for 15lb fishing a Cat’s Whisker.
Mr. A. Valence, of Holsworthy, landed a four fish bag for 9lb 15oz fishing a Viva and Brown Montana. 

Cool overcast days have seen plenty of trout surface feeding and in these conditions trout can be caught with floating lines fished with dry flies, buzzers and nymphs.
In warm bright conditions, trout have been deeper in the lake.

Mr. Dexter and Mr Harrington, of Liskeard, landed twelve rainbows for 26lb.
The largest rainbows each tipped the scales at 3 lb. The bag was taken on a Blue Flash Damsel.

Mr Munnery of Liskeard and Mr Parrott of Bodmin landed twenty three rainbows for 41lb fishing boobies and blobs in bright hot conditions.  

On the cooler overcast days plenty of trout have been surface feeding and floating lines fished with nymphs, buzzers and dry flies have been very effective.
When bright and hot, fish have been caught deeper in the lake with sinking lines fished with nymphs, mini lures and boobies.

Mr Girling, of Mount Hawke , landed ten rainbows for 18lb 6oz fishing a blue flash Damsel Nymph and a Dawsons Olive.

Mr Richardson, of Launceston, landed four rainbows which included the best rainbow of the month at 4lb 8oz. The four fish bag totalled 9lb 12oz and was taken on a Dawsons Olive.

On the warm overcast days plenty of trout have been surface feeding on good hatches of buzzers.
In these conditions trout have been caught with floating lines fished with buzzers, small nymphs and dry flies.
In brighter conditions fish have been deeper and caught with sinking lines.

Mr Richardson, of Launceston, landed a good six fish bag for 13 lb 2 Oz. The largest rainbow tipped the scales at 3 lb 1 Oz and the bag was taken on a mini orange Cats whisker.

The largest rainbow of the month at 4 lb was taken by Mr Loader, of Bude, and caught on a black and green buzzer.

Warm overcast days have had some great hatches of buzzers with plenty of trout surface feeding.
Fish have been caught deeper in the lake in brighter conditions.

Mr Twine, of Liskeard, landed six rainbows for 11lb fishing buzzers.
Mr Barnicoat, of Bodmin, landed a good six fish bag for 12lb 8oz fishing a Dawsons Olive with the largest rainbow tipping the scales at 4lb 8oz.