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Elinor Trout Fishery

Aldwincle

kettering
Tel 01832 720786

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Opening weekend Feb 20th & 21st

96 anglers caught 779 fish of which 465 were returned

Rainbow

12lb 1oz Michael Watts, Milton Keynes, orange lure

10lb 15oz Eliot Deag, Kettering, black & green lure, boat

9lb 3oz J. Gardiner, Milton Keynes, montana

8lb 2oz Iain Barr, Yaxley, apps bloodworm

6lb 14oz Tim Barley, Gt Doddington, orange booby

6lb 12oz Jimmy Kelly, Corby, cats whisker, boat + a further 37 fish over 5lb

Best Ares Bank - gravel bar, coarse bank Boat - gravel bar, west arm

Best Patterns black/green lures, white/green lures, orange blob, apps bloodworm.

10lb 15oz Eliot Deag

6lb 14oz Tim Barley

Despite the low temperatures Elinor fished superbly over the opening weekend with boat and bank anglers getting amongst the fish. However the fish were in unusual areas for early season. The dam, normally a hotspot early and late season produced very few fish. Most of the large catches came from the coarse bank. Notable performances included world champion Iain Barr with 50 fish from the coarse bank, floater, apps bloodworm in orange or yellow. England youth team member, Kieran Bonas from Oakley caught 35, mainly on an intermediate, damsel, coarse bank. Jimmy Kelly took a boat out and landed 41 from the west arm on intermediate with cats whisker.

Cliff Waters came down over the weekend. His photos can be found at www.fishypics.co.uk

Next Stocking Feb 23rd & 26th

Edward

Elinor opens on Saturday Feb. 20th

Tickets on sale from 6.30am.

Fishing starts at 7am for both season and day ticket anglers. Prospects look superb. The lake was completely frozen over for nearly 3 weeks in January so the cormorants have struggled to make a dent in the overwintered stock. The flood prevention improvements carried out last year have kept the water incredibly clear. Last week the Environment agency came to net Elinor to remove any coarse fish. Only a few perch and pike turned up apart from plenty of superb, full tailed Rainbows which were carefully returned. One small area in the West arm that was netted produced over 40 trout, quite a few over 4lb. Restocking started on Feb. 10th. Nearly 2000 Rainbows will be introduced before opening day.

Day Ticket £20 Juniors/OAP £15 Day Boat £9 Boat bookings/info Tel 01832 720786

Have you got any friends or relatives interested in taking up flyfishing?

Elinor instructor Allan Sefton is offering a completely FREE OF CHARGE one hour lesson at the fishery! Tel 01480 465723 or 07850 759751 www.allanseftonfishing.com

Edward

November 16th - 30th

212 anglers caught 645 fish of which 380 were returned.

Rainbow 10lb 4oz Mike Creamer, Oakley

9lb 3oz George Piccaver, Farcet, boat

9lb 2oz Ronnie Madder, Oundle, black lure

9lb 0oz John Owen, Kettering, white/green lure

8lb 12oz Derek Benamore, Finedon, damsel

8lb 8oz Jim Nixon, Kettering

8lb 4oz Brian Carter, Peterborough, damsel

8lb 1oz Jim Nixon, Kettering

7lb 8oz Mr Pratt, Milton Keynes, white/green lure

7lb 2oz Dave McEwan, Sandy, hares ear

7lb 2oz Brian Carter, Peterborough, damsel

6lb 8oz Dave Miles, Wellinborough, black buzzer, boat

Best Areas Bank - dam, lodge bank, lagoon Boat - gravel bar, boat bay, lagoon

Best Patterns small damsel, grhe, black spider, black buzzer, apps bloodworm, montana, cats whisker Fish are still well spread around the lake and being caught near the surface. Optimum time is 11am onwards. Spooned fish have revealed plenty of immature damsel nymphs as well as the usual bloodworm and tiny black buzzers.

Pike fishing Elinor is holding three pike fishing weekends for boat anglers: December 12 & 13 January 9 & 10 January 23 & 24 Bookings/further info telephone Derek 07721392645

Next Stocking December 3rd & 4th

Edward

Brown 5lb 2oz Jim Palmer, Whittlesey, diawl bach

Jim Palmer from Whittlesey caught and released this lovely resident 5lb 2oz brown trout from the pylon peninsula on a diawl bach.

Bryce Hanlon of Desborough fished on Sunday and landed this 15lb 9oz Rainbow from the Brookside bank on a floating line and red diawl bach

Nick Middleton from Thorpe Waterville kept up his good form with another big fish from Elinor. His evening session produced this 14lb 2oz Rainbow on a black buzzer from the Brookside bank. The fish was safely released after weighing.

Roger Ingham from Little Cransley, near Kettering caught this 10lb 9oz Rainbow from Elinor on a damsel from the lodge bank.

Nick Middleton from Thorpe Waterville caught this 10lb 4oz rainbow from the bank in the east arm on a black buzzer.

Paul Whitehouse from Coventry with a 7lb 7oz Rainbow taken on a black/green lure

Robert Barton of Blunham with a 6lb rainbow caught on a montana from the Coarse bank

Michael Watts from Milton Keynes caught this 5lb 9oz Rainbow from the bank on a cats whisker

Elinor opens this Saturday, Feb 21 at 7am Tickets on sale from 6.30am at the lodge, no fishing before 7am for both day and season permit anglers on opening day please. Although the water has some colour prospects look excellent with the milder weather along with a stocking during the last three weeks of over 2000 triploid Rainbows between 1lb 4oz & 15lb !

Edward

Lawrence Ball,owner of River Gwash trout farm stocking a 15lb + rainbow into Elinor

A fin perfect double going into Elinor

Simon McGovern from Market Harborough caught this 8lb 10oz Rainbow on a black/green fritz lure

2008 season.

Hi Edward

Just to let you know what a great days sport my 13yr old son and I had on Saturday in the freezing cold winds at the dam end. Ashley Gillies my son caught a tail perfect pb at 6Ib 12oz on a cats whisker he also had fish of 4lb 6oz and 2lb 7oz in his 6 bag limit. I also had a 6 fish limit with fish to 3lb 7oz mainly caught on an orange Fritz ,the total 12 fish weight was over 30lbs

Thanks for a great day and an enjoyable season so far at Elinor

Mr P D Gillies

Master Ashley Gillies

Desborough Northants.

Paul Haskey (aka Buzz Lightyear) from Rugby wasn't put off by the wintry Easter weather. He caught and released this lovely 5lb 7oz overwintered Brown on a black blob fom the lodge bank.

Nick Middleton from Thorpe Waterville caught and released this 9lb 6oz Rainbow from Elinor on Saturday. Nick was using a floating line and damsel nymph from the bank in the West arm.

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27th July 2007

Ray Goodfellow of Kettering caught this 12lb 6oz Rainbow at Elinor on a damsel from the bank in the East arm.

Nick Middleton, Thorpe Waterville, with the 16lb 15oz Rainbow well done Nick

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The late Tommy Wood from Peterborough had a great day nymphing from a boat at Elinor last Thursday.
He landed 22 fish anchored in the deep hole off pylon point. Best fish was this 8lb 3oz rainbow.
His catch also included a 4lb 2oz brown, a 5lb + rainbow and three other 4lb + rainbows!
Tommy was fishing a floating line, 22ft leader, black/orange torpedo buzzer on the point, olive buzzer middle dropper, red diawl bach top dropper.
All the fish were carefully returned.

Boat Bookings/further info: Elinor 01832 720786
Ringstead 01933 622960