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Grafham Water Week Ending 14th June 2026





Rod Average - 3.0
Grafham Water experienced a changeable spell of early summer weather, with temperatures ranging from the mid-teens to low 20s Celsius. Sunshine and showers alternated throughout the week, while strong westerly winds towards the weekend created challenging conditions on the water.

Despite this, boat anglers continued to enjoy consistent sport across the reservoir. Savage's Creek was one of the standout areas, with fish taking Snake patterns on Di5 lines around six feet down, alongside Crunchers, nymphs and buzzers fished either straight-lined or beneath a b**g. Savage's Point also produced steadily, with trout falling to Tequila Blobs and black buzzers.

Valley Creek provided good sport, particularly on Daddy Longlegs and Claret Cripple Midge patterns, while Hill Farm and Pylon Point produced some quality trout on slowly fished black Snakes on Di3 lines. The West Bank remained productive despite the stronger winds, with fish taking Blobs, buzzers and a growing range of dry flies including Daddies and Yellow Owls.

Among the notable catches was a superb 7lb rainbow trout taken on a size 12 black buzzer. Gaynes also produced fish, while the week's most memorable capture belonged to Alan Carleton, who landed a huge pike estimated at over 35lb after a 35-minute battle on a 6-weight rod and 8lb leader. Believed to be one of the largest pike seen at Grafham Water for many years, it was a remarkable achievement on trout tackle.

Overall, fish were willing to take a variety of methods throughout the water column, with Snake patterns, buzzers, nymphs and dry flies all producing results. The Grafham Tuesday Evening Boat League also continued this week, with 19 anglers landing 44 fish for a rod average of 2.3. James Stuart and Albert Coles shared top rod honours with six fish apiece, while a couple of brown trout provided a welcome bonus.

Bank angling has remained most productive along the North Shore, particularly during the early morning and late evening periods. Based on catch returns and the limited information available, boat anglers are currently enjoying the more consistent sport. As always, our reports can only reflect information provided by anglers, and we welcome catch returns from both boat and bank anglers to help build a fuller picture of how the fishery is fishing.

Pitsford Water Week Ending 14th June 2026

Rod Average - 4.0
Pitsford is fishing well when the weather allows. Strong winds have made for difficult conditions but when the wind drops fish are being reported up in the surface.
Foam Daddies or dries have worked on these fish with washing line tactics also working with diawls and buzzers.
Bank anglers have found fish in Stone Barn and on the Gravel bank while the boats have concentrated in the Narrows or Pitsford Creek.
There are also fish being caught along the Causeway from the tunnel to Northfields, again Floating or tip lines working as these fish are in the top few feet.

Draycote Water Week Ending 14th June 2026





Rod Average - 2.0
Draycote weekly rod average of 2, and monthly of 4 shows how difficult things have been with recent changes in weather conditions.

Fish had started to move higher in the water, but the strong westerly winds and heavy downpours have somewhat sent fish deeper once again.

However, several anglers have reported healthy catch returns with one ST holder catching 8 fish totalling over 23lb. Others have also caught fish high in water on buzzers with a 4lb caught on second cast. Due to the unpredictable wind conditions, good starts to the day were halted with high winds.

Invicta FF fished Saturday with a tough 15mph westerly wind. Difficult conditions all round which shows in the catch returns. 26 rods returning 37 fish.

Further stocking takes place this week which should liven things up a bit.

A reminder for ALL anglers that as from Monday 15th June Severn Trent start work on the beach area in front of fishing lodge, this stops all access from this area with access now behind lodge and in through sailing club. Apologies on this which we expect to take no longer than 2 weeks.

Updates will be made available via our normal social media channels when/if available.

Tight Lines !!

Elinor Weekly Fishing Report Saturday 6th – Friday 12th June 2026 Weekly Summary

Anglers: 45
Total Fish Caught: 49
Fish Released: 43

We're sure your just as fed up with hearing about how windy it's been as we are writing about it, so we won't! Instead, a brief summary of last week and more focus on the week ahead.

The persistent winds over the past week slowed the damsel hatches and made fishing more challenging than usual.

Sunday's (yesterday) drop in the wind and warmer air temperatures saw plenty of fish moving throughout the lake, with fish in the East Arm, West Arm and across the middle. Plenty of anglers enjoyed success, with damsel hatches appearing all around the lake and fish readily taking the blue adult damsels. With a week of calmer weather forecast, we're looking forward to much better fishing conditions.

Tactics & Advice
Keep your flies in the top foot - The most successful methods have been fishing a floating line with a Damsel B***y or FAB, with Diawl Bachs or Crunchers on the droppers. Dry or wet Hoppers, Daddies, and white or green lures pulled close to the surface have also accounted for plenty of fish.

Catch Report Highlights
Plenty of 2s and 3’s but the standout catches were Darren Oram who managed 6 on Saturday and congratulations to Declan Farrell who had 8 on Friday and bag of the week on blue flash damsels, in the West Arm.

Flies
Black/Olive Buzzers • Red Holo DB • Crunchers • Muskins • Orange/Tequila • Candy • Coral FAB • Cat B***ys • Cormorant B***y • Pitsford Peas • Black Snake • Olive Snake • Blue Flash Damsel • White & Green Lures • Yellow Owl CDC • Orange Foam Daddy • Brown Foam Daddy • Crippled Midge

Water Temperature: 18°C
Water Clarity: 2 - 3 feet
Next Stocking Friday 19th June 2026

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Rutland Water Week Ending 7th June 2026





Rod Average - 3.0
Rutland water has been busy this week, with a large number of boats out most days! The fishing has been good, despite the mixed weather again ! Best boat areas have been old hall bay, sailing club bay, Dickensons, green bank and road end to barn hill creek on the peninsula and manton bay. The fish are going crazy for pin fry in all areas, and anglers are reporting seeing fish moving constantly, the can be tricky but little cdcs, holo diawl Bachs, and larger patterns to distract the residents. Interestingly, anglers are reporting that the best methods for catching these fish are buzzers kept well near the surface, washing line being the go to method. Bank wise the fishing has been good, with the wind being the biggest factor, if you can get a favourable wind the fish are happily feeding in the margins, dries and buzzers still the best option, in areas such as the normanton bank, Ernie's point, Stockie bay, Damsels have been hatching, not in vast numbers, but anglers are reporting catches on them, so something to consider. Also this week Rutland also hosted the ladies fly fishing international, with England, Scotland and Wales all competing for the title. England were overall winners with 41 fish, Wales second with 33 and Scotland third with 28. Best methods for the ladies were floating and tip lines, in conjunction with black diawl bachs and buzzers, sometimes fished with a bit of colour like a fab on the point. Best areas were transformer and Dickensons. A very well done to England and all that competed in a great competition. With hot weather on the horizon and and the aerators maybe on more, maybe things will change next week, but for now, Rutland continues to fish very well !

Thank you to Phil McGuire for submitting this awesome photo of a Rutland rainbow that has clearly been gorging on pin fry!
For some anglers Pin fry feeding is one of the highlights in the season, for others not so much 😄
Where do you stand on pin fry feeders? Exciting challenge, or pure frustration?
Tight lines

Draycote Water Week Ending 7th June 2026





Rod Average - 4.0
Despite the slight drop in the weekly rod average of 4, the fishing at Draycote has been pretty good, given the constantly changing and sometimes stormy conditions.

As it stands there seems to be fish all over in the water column, with some high up and others down a bit and others deeper still.

Fish are still been caught all over the reservoir, mostly where it is sheltered out of the wind on the day. Keeping on the move is the key thing at the moment, especially now that the algae is starting to appear in certain areas.

Areas that have been producing Rainbow Corner, along the Farnborough Spit, Toft Shallows, around Hensborough Bank, around the different Shoals, Aerators and along the Dam wall.

Main tactics have been varied depending on the day, some have fished deep with buzzers (straight lining or under a b**g at 15-20ft) while others are starting to catch on dries with patterns like Yellow Owls, Daddies and CDCs. There are also some fishing mid-water on washing line setups (buzzer, dawls bachs with FABs) and are getting interest.

Our best advice is trying one of these methods for a while before going to another and keep rotating through until you start getting takes.

A cooler weather forecast is again showing for the next week, hopefully this will encourage more dry fly action and evening rises leading into summer.

Please note to all anglers the out of bounds area on the Hensborough Bank.

The siphon project surrounded by yellow bouys is strictly out of bounds to all anglers, this includes drifting, anchoring near or motoring through if on the boats. If in doubt, please contact the Draycote ranger mobile.

Grafham Water Week Ending 7th June 2026





Rod Average - 4.4
After a warm and settled spell, conditions turned noticeably cooler, breezier and more changeable. Grafham Water saw a mix of cloud, sunny intervals and passing showers, with moderate winds often around 10–20 mph and occasional stronger gusts. Rainfall was generally lighter than in western parts of the UK, and conditions gradually became brighter towards the end of the period.
Despite the changeable weather, anglers fishing from the boats have continued to find fish across the reservoir, with success coming to those adapting their tactics to the conditions.
A variety of methods have been producing throughout the week. Snakes fished on DI5 lines and retrieved at pace have been particularly effective when conditions have favoured a more aggressive approach. At other times, FABs, buzzers, Diawl Bachs, Humungous patterns and natural imitative flies have all accounted for fish, with fly choice often dictated by the day's weather, light levels and fish activity.
The most productive areas have included Gaynes Cove, Plummer's Bank, West Bank, Savages and Lodge Bank, with these locations consistently providing opportunities for anglers covering the water carefully.
Line choice has been key, with floating, intermediate and sinking lines all producing catches. Washing line tactics incorporating natural patterns have worked well when fish have been feeding in the upper layers, while pulling snakes on sinking lines has proved a deadly method when trout have been willing to chase. Floating and intermediate lines fished with FABs, buzzers and Diawl Bachs have also been responsible for some excellent catches.
Overall, anglers prepared to vary their approach and match their tactics to the prevailing conditions have enjoyed the best results from the boats.
The latest Tuesday Evening Boat League saw 14 anglers land 74 fish for an excellent rod average of 5.3, despite stormy skies and the threat of thunder throughout the evening. The majority of boats found fish along the West Bank, where sinking lines fished with pulling tactics and Humungous patterns proved particularly effective. Savages also produced, with washing line tactics and natural patterns accounting for several fish. Top rod was Rob Edmunds with an impressive 19 trout, followed by Keith Jones with 13 and Albert Coles with 10, highlighting the quality of sport available across the reservoir. These results mean the overall rod average is actually 4.4.
Bank sport has proved challenging recently, with catch returns indicating very few, if any, fish being reported from the shoreline. The combination of cooler, changeable conditions and fish distribution across the reservoir appears to have made consistent bank catches difficult to achieve.
Based on recent returns, anglers looking to maximise their chances of success may be better served fishing from a boat at present. The majority of reported catches have come from boat anglers, who have been able to locate fish more effectively and adapt to their movements around the reservoir.
While opportunities will always exist for the dedicated bank angler, current conditions suggest that boat fishing is offering the more productive option, with significantly greater access to the areas where fish are being encountered.
To help us provide the most accurate and informative fishing reports possible, we encourage anglers to submit catch returns with details of successful methods, fly patterns and productive areas fished. The more information we receive, the better we can keep fellow anglers informed about how the fishery is fishing.
Lastly, as a polite reminder, we kindly ask all anglers to follow our boat etiquette guidelines to help maintain the condition of the fleet and ensure a smooth experience for everyone. Recently, we have noticed an increase in mud and blood being left in the boats.

LLYN BRENIG FISHING REPORT - Week Ending June 6th, 2026, 2026.
Migration, a call from the wild, to the homeland, a return from where one came. We are all
migrants of one sort or another, descended from those Saxon hordes sweeping across
Europe or from early man, traversing the earth, looking for a haven, a place to call a home.,
or migrants forced by bitter circumstance. Animals migrate just as humans do, sometimes
inspired by generational instinct at other times by the need to adjust and survive. A
powerful force driven by nature, inspires the Salmon to cross vast seas to return to it’s
home so that life can go on. Migration, seen as the great question of our times, but in

reality, it’s just as it always has been and as it always will be for man and beast in our ever-
changing world.

Fishing is a unifier of humankind as it is a universal activity that engages people from all
walks of life and cultures from the ice fishermen of the frozen North and the spear
fishermen from the warm tropical seas of the South to the fly anglers of the windswept hills
of Llyn Brenig. We all fish and we all rely on the bounty of the seas, lakes and rivers.
The lake was stocked on Monday June1st, with 300 being by the Visitors Centre, 350 by the
Horseshoe bend in Sailing Club Bay, and 350 by the Ring of Stones.
Weather wise the week has seen some very changeable weather with some rather cold and
blustery winds sweeping the lake and a week of grey skies and rain., the water temperature
is still quite cool at 14 degrees which has kept the fish down in the water. However, having
said that there have been days when the fish have been showing on the surface and top
and tailing and the dry fly and floating line have been king. Mr. Chris Jones can testify to
this when he wrote,’ Fabulous on the top sport’ commenting after a day on the Brenig.
As with last week both wet and dry flies have been doing well with fish being caught on the
top and in deeper water. Mr. Neil Wakeman caught the biggest fish of the week landing a
lovely 5lbs Brown Trout whilst Mr. P. Tandy had the biggest recorded bag of the week for six
fish caught weighing in at 16lbs 8oz.
As you now are aware the site will be open to boat anglers every Wednesday until 8.00pm
with boats being available at half price on that day.
You can also purchase a half day boat from 12pm for £20 from now until the start of the
school summer holidays.
The top flies this week have been viva, bibio hopper, sedge, cats whiskers, damsel,
cormorants, montana, daddy long legs, buzzers, and various blobs and bo***es.
Top spots for boats and bank have been much the same as last week with the Visitors
Centre, Tower Bay. Sailing Club, the Coves and Water sports Bay all fishing well with fish
also being caught along Hafod Lom shore and Nant Glyn shore.
The main gates will be shutting at 5.45pm this week and all boats need to be back on the
jetty by 5.30pm
Tight Lines –Jim Jenkins – Seasonal Ranger

Bank Fishing
Hot Spots

Visitors Centre, Tower Bay. Sailing Club, the Coves and
Water sports Bay all fishing well with fish also being
caught along Hafod Lom shore and Nant Glyn shore.

Boat Fishing
Hot Spots

Visitors Centre, Tower Bay. Sailing Club, the Coves
Water sports Bay , Hafod Lom shore and Nant
Glyn shore.

Top Flies viva, bibio hopper, sedge, cats whiskers, damsel,
cormorants, montana, daddy long legs, buzzers
, and various blobs and bo***es.

Top Bag (6 fish
caught)

16lbs 8oz - Mr. P. Tandy .

Biggest Fish 5 lbs 0oz - Mr. Neil Wakeman
Rod Average 4.2 fish per angler.

Elinor Trout Fishery
Fishing Report Saturday 30th May – Friday 5th June 2026

Anglers: 57
Total Fish Caught: 127
Fish Released: 101

After the very warm spell the previous week the lake's surface temperature reached 22°C. The continuous strong winds and cooler weather have thankfully brought the water temperature back down to 17°C, although the persistent winds continue to make fishing conditions challenging.

Friday's stocking went in well and included some lovely blue trout!

The fish are feeding closer to the surface, although proving quite challenging to catch. Good numbers of fish are now showing in the East Arm beneath the wires and around the Course Bank Lagoon.

With cooler weather forecast for the week ahead, anglers can look forward to some improving sport. Bank fishing continues to be most productive during the morning, before the fish move further offshore as the day progresses.

Tactics and Advice
The most successful methods have been fishing a floating line with a Damsel B***y or FAB, with Diawl Bachs or Crunchers on the droppers. Dry or wet Hoppers, Daddies, and white or green lures pulled close to the surface have also accounted for plenty of fish.

Successful Fly Patterns: Black & Olive Buzzers, Red Holo Diawl Bach, Crunchers, Muskins, Orange Tequila, Candy, Coral FAB, Cat Bo***es, Cormorant B***y, Pitsford Pea, Black Snake, Olive Snake, Blue Flash Damsel, White & Green Lures, Yellow Owl CDC, Orange Foam Daddy, Brown Foam Daddy and Crippled Midge.

Notable Catches
Catch returns were low this week due to the difficult weather conditions, but there were still some notable catches.

Tuesday: Adrian enjoyed an excellent session in the West Arm, landing 20 trout.

Friday: Matt Skinner landed 15 trout, including one at 8lb and another at 6lb, fishing with Blue Flash Damsels and Green Crunchers. Adrian also finished his session with 6 trout while Paul Davies caught 4 trout,

Water Temperature: 17 deg

Next Stocking TBC