Christmas book!

[flappy]

I'll give you another clue mate, here's another pic that Bob took of me from the other end of the boat on the same day.

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Rutland.

 

[Kine262]

Rutland.

Nope. Much smaller!

 

[flappy]

Nope. Much smaller!

Grafham

 

[Kine262]

Grafham

Still no, although I have fished both.

 

[flappy]

Still no, although I have fished both.

Pitsford

 

[Kine262]

Pitsford

The clue is in the boat.

 

[flappy]

The clue is in the boat.

I know.. thought it was an Anglian water boat.. but maybe chew or blagdon…?

 

[Kine262]

I know.. thought it was an Anglian water boat.. but maybe chew or blagdon…?

I'll give Rich one go before I reveal where it is. He may recognise it.

 

[richtic]

I'll give you another clue mate, here's another pic that Bob took of me from the other end of the boat on the same day.

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Draycote on a sunny calm day ?

 

[Kine262]

Draycote on a sunny calm day ?

No mate, not even near! @flappy was correct when he said Anglian water but when I said the clue was in the boat, I really did mean 'in the boat' as Bob was wearing a lifejacket provided by the venue with it's postcode painted on in big letters. Admittedly, you can only see the NN start but it was a big clue.

It was Ravensthorpe.

 

[flappy]

No mate, not even near! @flappy was correct when he said Anglian water but when I said the clue was in the boat, I really did mean 'in the boat' as Bob was wearing a lifejacket provided by the venue with it's postcode painted on in big letters. Admittedly, you can only see the NN start but it was a big clue.

It was Ravensthorpe.

That was my next guess.. probably the only other one left…!!

 

[richtic]

No mate, not even near! @flappy was correct when he said Anglian water but when I said the clue was in the boat, I really did mean 'in the boat' as Bob was wearing a lifejacket provided by the venue with it's postcode painted on in big letters. Admittedly, you can only see the NN start but it was a big clue.

It was Ravensthorpe.

Nice I was just going through some of the limited waters I've fished, not fished many big reservoirs, I've always been more of a running water man

 

[Kine262]

Nice I was just going through some of the limited waters I've fished, not fished many big reservoirs, I've always been more of a running water man

I much prefer rivers myself but Ravensthorpe is fairly small and intimate at just 45ha (compared to somewhere like Draycote at 243ha or Rutland at a massive 1,333ha) but more importantly as his health deteriorated, it was fairly close to where Bob used to live.

 

[Beach]

I much prefer rivers myself but Ravensthorpe is fairly small and intimate at just 45ha (compared to somewhere like Draycote at 243ha or Rutland at a massive 1,333ha) but more importantly as his health deteriorated, it was fairly close to where Bob used to live.

I fished at Rutland a few years ago in a boat, if you manage to find some trout don't move as most of them are shoaling around the area you are fishing. Anywhere else on the water it's a blankety blank.

 

[Kine262]

I fished at Rutland a few years ago in a boat, if you manage to find some trout don't move as most of them are shoaling around the area you are fishing. Anywhere else on the water it's a blankety blank.

I get what you are saying, as many of the fish do tend to shoal quite tightly but there are multiple areas around the reservoir where they do this. The wind and water depth is key to finding fish at Rutland, but there are lots of areas that may not provide many fish but do hold some really big fish. The lodge will always offer some excellent advice on where to fish but local knowledge and experience is essential on such a big water.

 

[Beach]

I get what you are saying, as many of the fish do tend to shoal quite tightly but there are multiple areas around the reservoir where they do this. The wind and water depth is key to finding fish at Rutland, but there are lots of areas that may not provide many fish but do hold some really big fish. The lodge will always offer some excellent advice on where to fish but local knowledge and experience is essential on such a big water.

I used to prefer Hanningfield reservoir for fly fishing as it was closer before they went to any method which ruined it. Not sure about Rutland nowadays. Bewl Water has gone the same as Hanningfield, hence why I went back to sea fishing off the beach.

 

[Kine262]

I used to prefer Hanningfield reservoir for fly fishing as it was closer before they went to any method which ruined it. Not sure about Rutland nowadays. Bewl Water has gone the same as Hanningfield, hence why I went back to sea fishing off the beach.

I'm with you on any method. Thankfully none of the local waters have followed that route and are strictly fly only, apart from a couple that allow limited access pike fishing with large lures during the winter, when fly fishing has stopped anyway.

 

[richtic]

I'm with you on any method. Thankfully none of the local waters have followed that route and are strictly fly only, apart from a couple that allow limited access pike fishing with large lures during the winter, when fly fishing has stopped anyway.

Lake Vynwy is the only larger water that i ever venture to now, its a beautiful brown trout fishery, well worth a visit

Fly Fishing - Lake Vyrnwy

Lake Vyrnwy Fly Fishing

www.lakevyrnwy.com

 

[Si-fly]

Afternoon folks
Got this book for Christmas.
Has much changed since it was published???

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I'd say there is probably only about 1/5 of the fish left since then