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Fishing at Chalk Springs is different from most other still water fisheries because of its clear water. You can see fish
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Here is a selection of the fishery`s most productive flies, how to tie them and which materials to use.
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Last updated on Friday 23rd July 2010.
  During the last week 126 fishermen caught 377 fish, including 51 over 4lb. Catch rate - 78%.  
  Best fish:  
    Rainbows 10lb 3oz P Davy on a damsel.  
      10lb 1oz Simon Jones on a cats whisker.  
      9lb 13oz Harvey Green on a damsel.  
    Browns 10lb 7oz Graeme Smith on a damsel.  
      9lb 11oz Paul Harper on a bloodworm.  
    Blue Rainbows 5lb 4oz Trevor Thompson on a hare`s ear.  
      5lb 1oz Phil Young on a daddy longlegs.  
  Click here to see a gallery of some recent catches.  
 
 

The fishery continues to fish well with plenty of fish coming out - even during the hot and bright weather.

Lots of big olives and sedges are hatching most days and the fish are coming up to dries - mainly in the evening. Otherwise, goldhead damsels, hare`s ears and bloodworms remain the most popular and most effective flies. These should be fished on a floating line with a fairly long leader - 10ft plus. Varying the depth of the fly and the speed of retrieve are two of the best ways to entice the fish.

We currently have a sale on all Bob Church fly rods - 15% off. Ask staff for details of rods available.

Pictured below are this year`s recent Invitation `World` Cup winners (from left) - Neil Bowen, Lionel Swain, Hugh Pollard and Adrian Faulkner. The competition involved `teams` of 4 fishing under a football team name to catch the heaviest bag over the day. The winning score, caught by the `German` team, was 38lb 5oz for the combined bag of 3 fish each. The only `hat-trick` was scored by John Medlow - who caught a brown, rainbow and blue.

Pre-booking by `phone is always advisable, especially for weekends. Please check the pre-booked `full` dates below and the answer-phone outside working hours.

PLEASE NOTE - The dates below are the pre-booked `full` dates. However, the fishery may be full on other days (not listed), as we limit the number of fishermen on the lakes at any one time and operate a `first-come, first-served` basis - so telephone booking is always recommended.

    2010      
      July 25. Fly Dresser`s Guild.  
      July 31. Croxley Green Flyfishers.  
      August 1. Newick Crown Flyers.  
      Sept 6. Fully booked.  
      Sept 8. Sept Singles.  
      Sept 10. BSS.  
      Sept 25. FDG vs Royal Navy.  
      Oct 8. Peter White.  
      Oct 24. Crawley FF.  
      Oct 31. Wessex FF.  
      Dec 8. Brass Monkeys.  
      Dec 18. Alan Belk.  
    2011 Jan 2. Newick Crown Flyers.  

 

 

  Rainbows 20lb 9oz Paddy Hill Photo  
      18lb 5oz Hugh Pollard  
      18lb Dave Davies  
      17lb 13oz Peter Cockwill  
      17lb 7oz Hugh Pollard  
  Browns 19lb Darren Short Photo  
      18lb 8oz John Medlow  
      17lb 8oz Paul Woolvern  
      17lb 4oz Colin Beddoe  
      17lb 1oz Frank Warburton  
  Blue Rainbows 17lb 6oz Jim Curry Photo
      15lb 2oz Anthony Maclaren  
      13lb 14oz Hugh Pollard  
      12lb 11oz Kevin Hunt  
      12lb 9oz Andy Cooper  
  Tigers 14lb 2oz Paddy Hill Photo  
      11lb 1oz Hugh Pollard  
      9lb 15oz Steven Gallagher  
      9lb 12oz Dean Dodds  
      9lb 7oz Alan Estill