Sweethope Fishery Report 6thApril

by Chrissie Lewis Sun Apr 06, 2014 5:36 pm

Sweethope Fishery Report 6th April 2014
Up until the week-end apart from Tuesday afternoon Sweethope has been a very misty and damp place raked by a cold East Wind. Tuesday’s sunshine saw fish breaking the surface all afternoon and evening, giving two members of the Benedictine club an excellent night’s sport, taking 3 rainbows and returning 8 fish.
The weekend has seen lots of activity: 10 rods caught 44 fish on Saturday and 19 fish were caught by another 10 rods today.
In total this week 104 rods visited the fishery and caught 104 rainbow, 1 blue and 1 brown trout. 75 fish were returned to the water.
The best fish was caught by Mr.Dales of Whitley Bay and was estimated to weigh 4lb.
Most fish have been caught on lures but as the water temperature has slowly improved natural patterns have been becoming more effective.
Successful fly patterns: Black Buzzer, Bloodworm, Damsel Flashback, Blue Flash Damsel, Tadpole, Emerger, orange Fritz, Orange Blob, Yellow Dancer,Olive Fritz, Dawson’s Olive.