A very varied month in terms of weather, with the water levels reducing over the last few weeks. The fishing has remained busy however, and in recent weeks Fernworthy and Colliford have shown particularly great sport . The rain of the last few days will also freshen things up and we hope to see a rise in the water levels over the coming days. Fingers crossed for some more rain soon…

Kennick

Kennick has continued to fish well in June, with rods averaging just under three fish.

On Sunday 26th June, 23 anglers gathered for the Peninsula Classic bank competition on what turned out to be another enjoyable and successful day. 78 fish were caught with a rod average of 3.4. Coch-Y-Bonddu, Black and peacock, Diawl Bachs, Damsels, Hares Ears and Cats Whiskers used on floating and intermediate lines were popular techniques. Each of the fishing zones yielded a good number of fish: Zone A- 17, B- 17, C- 19, D- 25. The day ended with a BBQ (thanks Mark!) and a chance to chat and relax. We would also like to say a big thank you to Fly Fishing Tackle Crediton for being sponsors of the event and their generous contribution to the prizes. They are local stockists of a wide variety of fishing tackle and equipment (as well as friendly advice!) so it is well worth a visit.

1st Prize: Darren Penfold- 8 fish (bag weight of 14 lbs 11 oz) winning a Kennick Season Permit worth £505.

2nd Prize: Andrew Gooding- 8 fish (bag weight of 13 lbs 10 oz) winning a £100 voucher and Cortland Fo-Tech Fly-Line.

3rd Prize: Mike Western – 8 fish (bag weight of 13 lbs) winning a £50 voucher and Cortland Fo-Tech Fly-Line.

Heaviest Fish: Chris Bolt with a 2 lbs 10z fish, winning a £25 voucher and Cortland Fo-Tech Fly-Line.

A wide variety of techniques have yielded success at Kennick this month, with fish being found in many areas - particularly Clampitts, Narrows, Oaktree point, Poplar Bay, Heather Bank and Boat Bay. Popular flies used have been Diawl Bachs, buzzers and catch reports have mentioned seeing a lot of surface and sub surface activity, with fish chasing Coch Y Bonddu and many anglers managing to capitalise on this.

Peter Gilpin from Newton Abbot caught a total of 10 trout from his boat in early June, landing 4 rainbows to 3.25lb as well as 6 blues to 3lb 12oz on an orange and black booby with slow retrieve.

Burrator

Some great sport at Burrator this month, with plenty of fish seen at the surface enjoying feeding from the beetles dropping from trees and floating beetle patterns working well as a result. Slow and steady retrieves have been key. Mike Lunne from Dousland had a great day, catching 10 rainbows from a boat and there was an overall rod average of 3.88 in June, with the highest rod average being mid-June and slowing a little with the onset of the hot spell.

Siblyback

A great month at Siblyback with an overall rod average of just over 4. As with other sites, there was plenty of surface activity reported by anglers with fish seen chasing beetles across the water. Anglers have enjoyed some hard-fighting fish. Small black patterns have generally worked very well, with varied retrieves. Stocky Bay and Crylla Bay were particularly popular spots to fish.

Martin Stevens from Liskeard had a good day, catching 10 rainbows during the session.

Stithians

There was more surface activity noted through June, with a particularly large beetle hatch spotted earlier in the month which led to some great sport. With an overall rod average of 2.75, fish were largely taken on floating lines on dries and drowned dries.

Black and blue beetle, hopper, green nymph, hare's ear, sedge, damsel, black para-midge, black buzzer were all popular.

Simon Peters from Cusgarne had a brilliant day with rainbows to 2.5 lbs and Mike Lunney from Dousland caught 10 rainbows to 1lb 7oz from a boat during a morning session.

North bank, Goonlaze, the dam, Shallows and Pipe Bay were some of the areas that fished particularly well.

Fernworthy

A fantastic month at Fernworthy after a quieter start. With an impressive rod average of 5.2, the surface action increased as the month went on with anglers having success on floating lines with slow, twitchy retrieves and figure of eights working very well. One week saw 141 trout caught between just 16 anglers who mimicked the beetles and insect hatches the fish were feeding on. Tony Hill had a brilliant day with 20 brown trout. The car park area, North Bank, Thornworthy, Brownhills, Picnic Area, South bank, Lowton bay and Potters bank were the most popular areas to fish from. Flies used included Hare's ear, soldier palmer, black foam beetle, blue olive, Royal Coachman, parachute Adams, black midge, pheasant's tail, GRHE, bibio, beetle, Murray's blue bottle and sedge

Colliford

Colliford has seen some brilliant sport this month, with anglers averaging nearly 5.5 fish each. Due to the volume of beetle falls, many fish were seen at the surface and floating lines with varied retrieves worked especially well. Cloud cover also created excellent conditions. Brian Hitchcock from Budleigh Salterton caught 20-25 browns around 12oz on a floating line fished at surface level, while Dean Boucher from Gunnislake caught 10 browns to 14": Paul Mockford from St Wenn caught 23 brownies to 30cm on a foam beetle, while Alex Johnstone from St Austell caught 8 and Keith Burnett from Newquay caught 9 on a floating line with fast retrieve.

Beetle, soldier palmer, bobs bits, black sedge, blue zulu, tadpole, hare's ear and bibio were all popular choices of fly.