Another Month At Wimbleball- Full Tailed Rainbows on the agenda until end of November!
West Country Fly-Fisher’s have enjoyed an exceptional fishing season at Wimbleball Reservoir where Mark Underhill has transformed the quality of the fishing stocking regularly with hard fighting rainbow trout.
The season at Wimbleball continues until November 30th and will when conditions permit offer anglers the chance of some superb sport. I intend to make at least one more visit to the fishery before it close for the winter.
On Sunday October 27th they hosted Kennick Flyfishers for the final round of their Snowbee Top Rod Competition 2019. The weather was kind, considering recent conditions, providing the 14 anglers taking part with a dry, sunny day & cool northerly breeze. After a good day on the water they managed 52 fish between them, with 8 anglers getting their bag limit, the action was mostly in the Bessoms & Ruggs areas. Best fish of the day went to Alan Riddell of Newton Abbot with a fine Rainbow of 8LBS 6OZ, (pictured). Top 3 anglers were:
1ST ALAN RIDDELL OF NEWTON ABBOT – 5 FISH 19LBS
2ND TOM HENDY OF CHUDLEIGH – 5 FISH 15LBS 11OZ
3RD ANDY WATSON OF BOVEY TRACEY – 5 FISH 15LBS 3OZ
Stafford Moor – Autumn Form
(Above) Alan Clarke banked13 fish from fragile rock swim 8 up on lodge lake. Alan was fishing with DT baits super fruit and oily chicken and white wafters.
(Above) Steve Penn who fished on the back bays (swim 9) on Beatties lake and had 6 fish out fishing with Baitworks Atlantic feat boilies.
(Above) Tony Woods who fished on swim 12 on the spit up on lodge lake. Tony had 2 fish out up to 28lb caught on Sticky Baits Manilla & Krill boilies.
(Above) Jim Gillard who had 12 fish out up to 26lb 12oz which is Jim’s new personal best from the inlet swim on Beatties lake this weekend. Jim caught on Sticky Baits Manilla boilies in pva bags.
RAY ON A WET AND WINDY NIGHT
Autumn nights give the chance of a wide range of species with ray, tope, conger, bass and Huss all on the agenda. Shaun Quartly fished a wet and windy night at a popular Ilfracombe mark and caught a small eyed ray of 8lb 10oz.
Shore Caught tope for Kody
Kody Chugg has landed a fine tope of 45lb. The specimen was the result of many hours spent in pursuit of a one of the greatest shore challenges for the UK shore angler.. The fish was caught from a North Devon Rock mark.
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Hounds are still about !!
Late October but summer species are still about. Kevin Kirby sent me this report of smoothound caught from a North Devon shore mark. The hounds scaling 10lb 6oz and 8lb 9oz were tempted using whole squid baits. I have noticed that each autumn the hounds are staying later with some specimens showing light up until Christmas they also seem more inclined to take squid baits at this time of year.
Clover at Furzebray _ 46lb 8oz
At Furzebray Carp lakes Neil Glover banked the mirror carp known as Clover at a weight of 46lb 8oz.
Stafford Moor – Another thirty Plus
Richard Deakin who fished up on swim 4 (the gap) up on lodge lake. Rich had 2 fish out up to 31lb 12oz which is Rich’s new pb so well done 👍 caught on a pop up over bottom Baits snowman style on a multi rig.
Lower Slade 27lb 4oz Carp
Mark Brown fished Lower Slade near Ilfracombe and landed a fine common carp of 27lb 4oz.
North Devon Match Group – Upper Tamar Lake
North Devon Match Group fished at Upper Tamar where it proved very tough going for most! very cold and with the wind forecast to blow hard onto the Cornish bank they decided to fish the early pegs on the Devon bank. Paul Elworthy fished an outstanding match winning by a country mile with 29lb 15oz, skimmers on the tip did the trick with corn on the hook, next to Paul, Graham Colman fished the same and ended up with 16lb 8oz, Neilsen Jeffery finished third with mostly perch on the whip weighing 10lb 9 oz and last in the money was Benjamin Woods who weighed in 7lb 10oz on the tip from the goarse bush peg.
