Report for week ending 11th August 2001
This season’s record for Brown Trout was shattered, by an amazing2 lb 6 oz this week when 12-year-old schoolboy Sam Gilman landed a 6lb 3 oz specimen from the Aerators.
Sam, who comes from Burton on Trent, was fishing over the Aeratorswith fishery ranger Dave Granby when he hooked into the superblyconditioned Brown Trout.
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Sam was fishing an Olive Tadpole to a floating line and wasretrieving quite slowly when “everything went tight”. It took Samquite some time to land his fish after it made several runs and tookhim round the boat a few times. Eventually Dave managed to get thenet under it and said, ” I couldn’t believe the size of, severaltimes I thought he had lost it”
I suspect this was one the 55,000 fingerlings that were introducedto the water a few years ago. A lot of anglers have been brokenrecently and I wouldn’t be surprised if these Browns were theculprits.
Dave Ritchie from Coalville also had something to talk about whenhe landed the weeks biggest Rainbow. A 7 lb 3 oz full-finned fishthat, judging by the amount of tail growth, has also been a long termresident of Foremark.
Other very notable fish caught this week include 7 lb Rainbow toan Olive Hopper – Reg Sweetmore. 6 lb 5 oz Rainbow by C. Griffin. 6lb Rainbow to Paul Walker. 5 lb 2 oz Rainbow – Alan Topping, OliveDamselfly, Aerators. 5 lb Rainbow – Tony Edwards.
Best Areas
– Aerators
– Dam Wall in front of the fishing Lodge
– Stones in front of the Kiosk on the Ticknall Bank
– Carvers Arm from the Cascade to the Gorse Bushes
Best Patterns
– Olive – Tadpoles, Damselfly Nymphs or Fritz Lures
– Montana Nymphs
– Black Buzzers
– Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs
Week totals – 289 fish caught from 88 returns giving a rodaverage of 3.28 and an average weight of 2lbs 3oz.
Seasons totals – 8632 fish caught from 3015 returns givinga rod average of 2.9, top rainbow (so far) is 15lbs 2oz and top brownis 6lbs 3 oz.
Colin and Pat can be contacted at the Fishing Lodge from 7am – 7pmon 01283 703202 and more details can be found on www.foremark.co.ukand www.anglinglines.com.
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