Sweethope fishery report 11th May

by Chrissie Lewis Tue May 12, 2015 11:09 am

Sweethope Fishery Report 11th May 2015
A successful week at Sweethope with both Monday and Sunday giving great conditions. On Monday 10 rods caught 41 rainbow, 3 blue and 2 brown trout from the top lake and 8 rainbow and5 blue trout from the bottom. Both Nick Dales and Grant Howie did well but prize fish went to a young visitor, Harry Raynor who caught a 4lb rainbow as his first ever fish.
Sunday saw an even larger number of fish caught with 21 rods catching 54 rainbow, 5 blue and 2 brown trout from the top lake and 20 rainbow and 2 blue trout from the lower lake. Harry Raynor paid us a return visit with his sister Millie both catching a rainbow trout as did another young visitor to the fishery, Aidan Russell.
Statistics:
205 rainbow, 30 blue and 4 brown trout caught
60 visiting rods
209 fish returned
Successful fly patterns: Buzzers, hoppers, bibio, black spider, Kate McClaren, hare’s ear, cat’s whisker, orange fritz.