DAY AND SEASON PERMITS

Permit rooms are closed until further notice. Please purchase your day and season permits here or call one of our team on 01566 771930.

 

Reminders & Requests

• Please send me any photos of your catches, lakes or any nature or wildlife pictures that we could utilise for press articles or social media posting. It would also be great to have some clear and close up photos of some of the flies used, and would be very keen to see flies tied at home as well, so if you have any photos to hand please send them to- [email protected]

 

• Please complete Catch Returns online, this will enable us to gain a clearer picture of our lakes and stock levels which of course in turn will help us to continue to improve our Anglers experience.

 

• Any Roadford Brown Trout with adipose removed as part of the project study please record and send any photo/details of these Brown Trout caught.

 

Bag, Catch & Release limits:

• Rainbow Trout- Bag Limit is 5 fish. Catch & Release limit is 10 fish per day – we would kindly ask that all anglers purchase a further ticket if they would like to continue fishing.
• Brown Limit– Bag Limit is 4 fish. Catch & Release is unlimited (if you’re lucky enough to catch good numbers of our Brownies then we feel it’s well deserved!) 

 

BOATS 

 

We currently have four boats available at Kennick, three at Roadford and one at Stithians. The two boats for Siblyback will be available soon.

To book a boat for the fisheries please click here.

 

News and Highlights from the week:

 

Changeable weather creating challenging conditions this week, with anglers switching up techniques to produce some successful fishing. Highlights include:

• A stocking of 300 rainbows up to 4lb at Kennick
• Large beetle falls and mayfly hatches across the sites resulting in high fish activity levels
• 9 full bags at Kennick
• A respectable rod average of nearly 4 per person at Fernworthy.

 

 

There are still plenty of spaces left for qualifying for the Best of the Best Competition:

The qualifiers have a maximum of 12 people per heat with the top 6 qualifying for the £2000 final at Kennick on 17^th October. 

Places still available for the dates below - To book in please call our office on 01566 771930. Don’t delay!

 Burrator – 18 September (New date)

Kennick – 25 September (New date)

Kennick – 2 October

 All the information and rules can be found here: https://www.swlakestrust.org.uk/best-of-the-best

 The full list of qualifiers will be posted on our Best of the Best page on our website (link above).

 

Please keep the catch reports coming in, we really do appreciate the depth of information they offer and it’s a great help to us. Thanks also for the great photos and videos we’ve received so far.

Wistlandpound

Photo: David Tremaine

Many thanks to David T for this photo of one his 2 brownies caught at Wistlandpound last Saturday: ‘warm and sunny, fresh wind from the North. Fished 1100 -1430. No insects hatching. Floating line, flies fished dry. No response to submerged flies except Roach.’

Kennick  

Rod Average: 2.67

Another bumper week for catch returns for Kennick, with 22 day permits purchased and 30 brilliantly detailed catch returns received, which is much appreciated.

  

Photos: Stephen N

Anglers reporting most successes from the boats this week, particularly from the narrows, with trout favouring the deeper waters. A sinking line fished deep with a slow figure of 8 retrieve has proved a popular method with 9 full bags achieved throughout the week. Mike H got the most catches with 6 rainbows, followed by David M with 5 and Mark S with 4 around the 2lb mark. Also some success from the bank anglers with Jeff F's 2 brownies who were in 'very good condition' and Geoff V with his 4 rainbows at 2-2.5lbs.

There was a large hatch of mayfly during the week and some anglers reported that they struggled to catch the interest of the trout whilst they were feasting on the mayflies!

On Friday Kennick was stocked with 300 rainbows up to 4lb.

 

Thank you to Matt Cox and Graeme Webster for these photos with their catches!

 

 

View the full Catch Report here

Check out the Kennick fishing map here

The Kennick fishing guide is here

Siblyback

Rod Average: 2.13

Lots of insect and fish activity reported this week, as summarised by Phil M-R: 'Hot and sultry at times, with wind speeds between 5 and 10mph and from the North to NW. Loads of cormorants and geese again. Quite a varied fly life, lots of sedge first thing along with buzzers and damsels (loads of damsels) and the beetles came out early in the day which surprised me. Hectic day stacks of fish moving I landed 7 - but missed well over a dozen takes and lost a large number (8 plus - I lost count) off the hook, a number of them right at the net which was frustrating. Another good day.'

Chris H caught a literal mixed bag with 4 rainbows at 14-18", 1 12" brown and a blue at 18".’

Shawn Hale with his first ever fish, 1.75 lb rainbow on Orange Hopper. Photo: Tony Hern

Tony Hern held his ‘Learn to Fly Fish’ tuition session with Shawn Hale on Saturday 26^th: ‘First ideal fishing day I’ve had for ages, usually plagued with wind or rain or bright sun! Amazed that nobody else was fishing at Siblyback yesterday, but there about 200 people there enjoying the facilities. Fish were rising most of the day in spite of water being warm to the touch, 16c perhaps.’

Thank you to Phil M-R for these pictures of his home-tied beetle flies:

  

On the left is the version he ties with no legs, relying on the hackle for representation. On the right is his varnished version with rubber legs.

 

 

View the full Catch Report here

Read our guide to fishing at Siblyback here

Check out our Siblyback fishing map here

Burrator

Rod Average: 2.07

  

Photos: Alan Lawson

Very changeable weather this week, from bright sunshine to torrential rain and everything in between, presenting tricky fishing conditions: Pete L 'Fished from 10.30 am till 1700 hrs stiff breeze from the west until about 1600 hrs then it dropped away to almost nothing, experienced two heavy downpours in between, fished all depths, multiple changes of flies only managed two half-hearted tugs all day, no other anglers seen. The surface water temp was quite warm, maybe this was the cause of fish inactivity.' Despite this we still got a fair few good bags with Mike E catching 9 1lb rainbows from his boat, and Robert S and Glyn managing 4 each, from boat and bank respectively.

Thank you to Al Lawson for his report and pictures: ‘Tricky day on burry yesterday with rises few and far between. Bright sunshine at times with very little breeze. Managed one within the first hour taken deep on a black Fritz. I could still see beetles on the surface and buzzer shucks as the day went on so switched back to the floating line and fishing the tree lines. With some cloud cover and gentle ripple things looking better. Two short drifts along discovery bank at the end of my session produced four fish best just over pound and a half and fighting well. Great day.’

Photo: Al Lawson

Thankyou to Terence Nyland for this lovely photo of a lizard he spotted at Burrator:

View the full Catch Report here

Read our guide to fishing at Burrator here

Check out our Burrator fishing map here

Stithians

Rod Average: 1.91

A big thank you for all the catch returns received this week; 23 day permits were purchased and the same number of catch returns were received which is a great help to us and fellow anglers. Keep them coming!

Some challenging conditions reported this week, as summarised by Simon P: '1 fish for 6 hours fishing! Wet and windy conditions. Lots of fish on the surface at 5.30am but didn’t seem too interested in feeding. Tried loads of different methods / Flys. Around 7am the fish disappeared totally, no bites no fish evident and looked like a blank was on the cards! Finally managed 1 small rainbow on a tequila blob at 11am. Loads of Rudd caught.'

Barry J, Paul W, Graeme C and Robert L also reported a fair few Rudd with 18 caught between them, but still a respectable number of trout caught totalling 44. Simon P's perseverance paid off with a full bag of 1-1.5lb rainbows caught from Pipe Bay in a float tube. 

 

View the full Catch Report here

Read our guide to fishing at Stithians here

Check out our Stithians fishing map here

Fernworthy

Rod Average: 3.86

Lots of activity reported this week, with a large fall of chafer beetles tempting the fish to the surface, as reported by Terry H: 'Large fall of Coch -y- bondhu on the north bank and with a northerly wind many blown onto the water with fish rising everywhere. A fantastic day with 8 fish to hand and as many lost.' Louise didn't have such luck with a nil catch but had a great day nonetheless: 'Overcast and humid. Missed at least a dozen fish. Too busy watching the swallows and baby mallards. Also maybe not concentrating. Coch-y-bondhu fall was epic! Had a fantastic day albeit fishless.'

Other notable catches included Clive G with 5, and Roy G with 7.

 

View the full Catch Report here

Read our guide to fishing at Fernworthy here

Check out our Fernworthy fishing map here

Colliford

Rod Average: 2.60

Full bags achieved by George W with 6 brownies under 1lb, Andy B with 9 more small ones (and a 4lb carp!) and Nigel B with 5.  Christopher B had less luck with nil catches but reported 'perfect overcast conditions with a nice breeze, alas nothing hatching/ being blown on, I fished for 3 hours and had one tentative take, I think the fish have moved out to cooler deeper water??'

 

 

View the full Catch Report here

Read our guide to fishing at Colliford here

Check out our Colliford fishing map here

Roadford

Rod Average: 0.50

A low rod average this week due to only 4 day permits being purchased and 2 catch returns received.

Nick F reported one brown trout at a respectable 30cm on a floating line, whilst Nigel H had a good day’s perch fishing with 5 caught from the bank.

 

View the full Catch Report here

Read our guide to fishing at Roadford here

Check out our Roadford fishing map here

 

Wildlife Round-up:

Common Lizards at Burrator, Swallows and Mallards with ducklings at Fernworthy and Cormorants, geese and damselflies at Siblyback.

 

  

Hope to catch up on one of our waters in the very near future.

Tight lines!

Dil