Naworth Fishery

Brampton in Cumbria

Fishing Report

24/7/11 Update: There has been a sudden slump in catches in the latter part of the week, this has to be due to the bright thundery conditions and fresh water in the lake, even the usual stock fish went to ground!!!. Late evenings have been the time, the lake has been alive with feeding trout, J Wardrope landed 14 fish one evening to a dry sedge. During the day has been poor, even the worm rods have been struggling. The forcast is for better fishing conditions towards the end of this next week.

26/7/11 Update: Catches have taken a sudden turn for the best and the lake has got back to normal. Fly is producing some good results. Good news for the worm Fishermen at Naworth, as from today the 5pm fly only rule has been scraped and it is now fly and worm all day. Also the day ticket times have been changed back to the full day and not the 5pm finish.

31/7/11 Update: By the end of the week the lake had fished reasonably well, just the odd day when fishing was hard due to the bright hot conditions. J Mcneill prooving it can be done, even in the worst conditions, landed 17 fish and then 16 fish to fly, on two midweek visits. ( brother paul should get a mention at this point, but his catches have slipped away, never been the same since he turned 40 ). M Westgarth also had a good day on fly, landing 17 fish to 3lbs. D Cruikshank was just piped to the post for the biggest fish of the week, his 7lb rainbow was beaten by P Taylor with a fish of 8.5lbs, part of his catch of 7 all to fly.

7/8/11 Update: Very mixed results up to midweek, then catches increased well to fly, though worm struggled at times. M Proudfoot landed the best catch of the week and the largest fish with 35 between 3lbs and 12lbs to fly, D Mknight landed 11 to 6lbs and J Gibson fishing an evening midweek landed 6 fish to 10lbs.

14/8/11 Update: Plenty of fish feeding all week, mainly to buzzers. Those fishing worm were struggling at times. J Wardrope fishing an evening midweek landed 20 fish to 5lbs on CDC buzzers. M Proudfoot landed the best catch of the week again! with 25 fish to 3lbs on fly, B Mcneill landed the best fish of the week at 10lbs to fly. Another catch of note was recorded by Bob Rowley with 19 fish all between 3-5lbs on fly. There is some dispute as to whether Bob actually caught the fish, some say it was Joe Rowley after all it took Bob half an hour to go round the island in the boat, having first tryed to go through it. Another entertaining thought is that Bob has put his name down for the competition!!, you never no after all the Mcneill's are on a down at the moment and one of them is so far down he's vanished".

21/8/11 Update: Yet again good numbers of fish surface feeding, but proving hard to catch. Worm was really struggling. Even so there were some good catches made, M Proudfoot landed the best catch again, with 26 fish to 10lbs, D Mcknight landed 11 fish and we'll give P Mcneill a mention with 9 fish to 6lbs all to fly. B Mcneill landed the best fish of the week at 14lbs!!!. Even today the number of fish feeding in places was big, but very hard to tempt. The list of dates for the competition will go up in the lodge next week and more details will be posted on the site. Joe Rowley wasn't out this week, we heard he's gone for rowing lessions, we got to no that he's finally got the hang of one oar, no one's told him he needs two!, mind Paul's not much better, asking, which end was the front.

28/8/11 Update: Another week of mixed results. Worm fishermen had another hard week, even the fly fishermen struggling at times. Plenty of fish moving, but very hard to find what they were feeding on. Fast stripped lures, olive nymphs, buzzers and hoppers all worked at times. D Mcknight landed the best fish of the week at 12lbs, part of his catch of 30 fish to fly. The best catch goes to M Proudfoot with 38 fish to 9lbs, J Mcneill with 16 fish to 4lbs ( in only a few hours ) and P Mcneill with 14 fish to 3lbs all to fly. We found Bob Rowley training for the 2012 Olympics, he's been picked for the rowing, "showing off"!!, he demonstrated rowing the boat with one anchor down, hours later and suffering from dehydration he landed. Next week he's going to row the boat with two anchors down. We needed the warning so we can ferry water over and a torch to keep him going.

4/9/11 Update: Catches at Naworth increased towards the end of the week with the colder conditions lowering the water temperature. Worm fishermen started to record some good catches with fish up to 6lbs and a good many bag limits. For the fly it was even better with plenty of fish on the move. B Mcneill landed the best catch of the week with 21 fish to 10lbs on fly, P mcneill landed 17 fish to 6.5lbs on fly, M Proudfoot landed 16 fish to 16lbs on fly, J Mcneill landed 11 fish to 12lbs on fly and will have landed more, E Harper landed 10 fish to 5lbs on fly ( the best being a 5lbs brown ) and G Swindon landed 8 fish to 6lbs to fly and very many more good catches. A word of caution!!, if you are to weak to lock up the boat, you will not be allowed to use it.

11/9/11 update: A good steady week of catches, even though the lake rose with flood water during the early part, but stayed clear. M Proudfoot landed the biggest fish of the week at 20lbs and then landed another of 9lbs part of his total catch of nine to fly. P Mcneill landed the best catch of the week with 20 fish to 7lbs, D Ronson landed 12 fish to fly and G Swinden landed 11 fish to 4lbs on fly. Many other catches of 5 -9 fish, with plenty of fish in the 3-5lbs range being landed. B Rowley, "always making headline news", in training for the competition in October, fishing with "no rod", managed to land the usual catch, but who no's on the day!!. With the competition sheets filling up, those who signed the initial paper in the lodge need to complete the date lists so we can see if there are places left.

18/9/11 Update: Even with the bad weather catch have been good at the lake all week, with plenty of fish surface feeding. M Proudfoot landed the best fish of the week at 12.5lbs. part of his catch of nine all to fly. The shock of the week is that B Rowley had the best catch, with 23 fish to 5lbs, this included two browns, the best at 4lbs, all to fly. It just goes to show, all that practice is paying off. It looks as if we might have a very interesting competition ahead. Good numbers of big fish have been landed this week to fly and worm, all between 5-8lbs, with some large blue's to.

25/9/11 Update: Yet another good week at Naworth, with the lake fishing well all week to both fly and worm. D Mcknight landed the best catch of the week with 26 to 4lbs on buzzers, while J Mcneill landed 18 fish, that included Rainbows of 10lbs and 12lbs on a Dawsons olive. S Allardice fishing an evening also landed a fish of 10lbs to fly. All the places in the competition are filled, with the first heat on the 15th October.

2/10/11 Update: A week of "plenty of fish feeding, but hard to catch", all due to the unseasonable change in the weather. Fly and worm were both still catching, but the amount of fish landed was down. Never mind next week the weather's back to normal!! and so should the lake.

9/10/11 Update: What a bad week!. We started off with a few decent catches, then with a change in the weather fewer and fewer fish were being caught. The lake at present is carrying flood water, though not discoloured, the forcast is for things to settle around midweek, so I hope we will start to see the lake producing some steady catches by the weekend. Saturday is the start of the competition, all entrants must be at the lake by 8:45am for a 9am start, I hope every things back to normal!!, but we'll give the stock a boost just in case.

16/10/11 Update: A slight change for the better, with catches picking up a little during the latter part of the week. Even so, you had to work for you fish. The best fish of the week was landed by D Cruikshank, with a rainbow of 14lbs to fly, M Proudfoot also landed a good fish of 12lbs to fly during the week. The best catch of the week was made by P Mcneill with 15 fish to 4lbs on a nomad. We willl see how he fairs in the next competition heat. The first Competition Heat held on Saturday was close for all entrants for most of the day, only on the last two pegs fished that any real winners were seen. It was a hard day, but even so 21 fish were landed giving a very respectable average of 2.6 per rod. Six rods were allowed to go through from this heat.

22/10/11 Update: Catches picked up today. The competition was again not easy and very close to the end. Full report tomorrow.

23/10/11 Update: Catches have steadily picked up all week and continued over the weekend. Both fly and worm have been producing some good results, with fish up to 6lbs being landed to worm, two big fish lost on fly. If the weather stays reasonably settled then there's no reason why the lake should not keep producing. All the finalists for the competition need to confirm the date with the fishery.

30/10/11 Update: Some good catches this week, with the lake settling back to normal. J Mcneill landed the best fish of the week at 14lbs, part of his catch of 12 fish to fly and G Swindon also landed a good fish of 10lbs to fly. Many other good catches have been made,with some nice blue trout to most rods. We'll have to wait and see but next week could be interesting. Plans are being made for next season, with a good competition on the top of the list, open to all, and a prize worth having, so it will draw anglers from all over. So for the three winners of this years competition, there might be a little spin off, and we'll say no more!!.

6/11/11 Update: Even though some struggled to catch, others did well. Some good fish landed this week mainly to fly, but worm was starting to account for some good bags as well. The best catch of the week goes to M Proudfoot with 22 fish to fly, this included fish of 14lbs, 12lbs and 10lbs, P German landed 11 fish to 3lbs on worm, D Mcknight landed 10 fish to 7lbs, E Harper landed 9 fish on fly, this included fish of 12lbs, 6lbs, 4lbs and a brace at 8lbs, J Gibson landed 8 fish to 8lbs, B Mcneill landed 7 fish at 12lbs, 5lbs and a brace at 8lbs and G Swindon landed 6 fish to 8lbs all to fly. With the weather to stay the same, so should the catches!!. Even with the competition next Saturday, half of the lake remains open to day tickets on that day.

13/11/11 Update: An excellent competition final and close right up to the end. The top 3 will represent the fishery in next years competition. Sport has been good for most all week, with intermadiate lines producing the best results. Even on worm, ledge was doing well. J Wardrope landed the best fish at 12lbs to fly, D Mcknight landed a fish of 10lbs, part of his catch of 9, E Harper also landed a fish of 10lbs, part of his catch of 15, all to fly. Other good catches were made by J Gibson with 17 fish to 7lbs on fly and A Bell with 11 fish to fly and worm.

20/11/11 Update: The lake seems to be settling down to some good winter sport. Both fly and worm have been producing some good results to most rods, with plenty of good fish landed. M Proudfoot landed the best catch of the week with 28 to 9lbs on fly, closely followed by D Mcknight with 20 fish to 8lbs. Even Bob Rowley managed a staggering catch, with 16 fish to 9lbs to fly, this is just not normal!!, we'll just have to put it down as a one off, unless proven different!!. The best of the fishing was on intermediate lines and lures. For the worm, ledger was the best method and produced fish up to 8lbs.

27/11/11 Update: Some good fish landed this week and a excellent rod average of five fish. We'll only mention fish over 10lbs in this report. M Proudfoot landed fish of 18lbs, 16lbs, 14lbs and 10lbs, D Cruikshank landed fish of 14lbs, 13lbs, 13lbs and 12.5lbs, C Dinning landed fish of 15lbs and 10lbs, G Dickinson landed a fish of 12lbs, D Mcknight landed a fish of 11lbs and J Tuck landed fish of 18lbs, 12lbs and 10lbs, all to fly. Worm fishing is steady with some fish in the 4-7lb range being taken. Lots of Blue's up to 3lbs in most catches.

4/12/11 Update: Bad fishing conditions this week, flood water, rain, hail and strong winds. But it takes a lot to more than that to stop some rods from fishing, the word is "mad". While we are on the subject of "mad", Bob Rowley was out and about on the lake this week and proved that he can catch fish even on a second outing landing nine fish to 16lbs to fly,"Just proves there's something wrong with the fish". Even though catches were down some good fish were landed, M Proudfoot with 13 fish to 16lbs to fly, P Mcneill with fish of 18lbs, 4.5lbs and 4lbs, B Mcneill with a fish of 12lbs, D Cruikshank with fish of 14.5lbs and 8lbs, J Wardrope with a fish of 12lbs and K Buchanan with a fish of 10lbs, all to fly. Worm was struggling for some reason.

11/12/11/Update: With the lake very lightly fished this week due to the severe weather conditions, there's just not much to report. Catches picked up over the weekend however and looks to stay mild for the rest of next week. M Prodfoot landed the best fish of the week at 14lbs, part his catch of 5 to fly, while D Cruikshank landed 7 fish, with his best just under 10lbs to fly.

18/12/11 Update: The lake was very lightly fished in the early part of the week and was frozen over by the weekend. However the weather forecast is for very mild weather to come in next week and over the Christmas period, so the lake should be well open for then.

20/12/11 Update: The lake is partly open today and is expected to be fully open by tomorrow. With very favourable weather conditions forecast for the Christmas period and a stocking of fish planned, sport should be good.

1/1/12 Update: The first report of the New Year and the fishery open for a change!!. This has been a Christmas of Big Fish and not big catches, however some good numbers have been caught at times. The Big Fish landed list starts here: D Cruikshank landed the best at 15lbs to fly, D Mcknight landed fish of 14.25lbs and 10lbs to fly, M Proudfoot landed a fish of 14lbs to fly, P Macdonald landed a fish of 12lbs to fly, S Park landed a fish of 10.5lbs to fly, I Davidson took a fish of 10.5lbs on worm, L Wilkinson took a fish of 10lbs to fly and J Wardrope landed a fish of 10lbs to fly. Many other fish between 6-9lbs also caught, with the bulk released to fight another day. We hope all our regular and visiting fishermen a very good New Year.

7/1/12 Update: Bob Rowley gets the new year off to a good start with a 20lb rainbow caught on a catswisker.

8/1/12 Update: Bob Rowley starts ,the 2012 season off well by landing fish of 20lbs and 12lbs to fly, unbeliavable I no, but that's the fact!. The next best fish were landed by P Mcneill with a fish of 12lbs, B Mcneill with a fish of 10lbs, W Yates with as fish of 10.5lbs and T Davidson with afish of 10lbs, all will have to try harder, as it's quite a target to beat. D Cruikshank landed the best catch of the week with 13 fish, followed by M Proudfoot with 12 fish, all to fly. The lake is holding some colour from flood water, but catches seem to be holding up. Worm rods are also doing well at times landing some fish in the 6-10lb range.

15/1/12: A bad start to a new season, the fishery has had to ban two northeast rods for abusing the fishery rules. They sorted through fish they landed and only killed the largest, with fish up to 14lbs, and decided to fish the day on a four hour ticket. This matter is still being looked into and may result in an example being made. The result of this will be a close record of catches and a future restriction on the size of fish allowed to be taken. I must point out that these were fly fishermen and not worm rods that usually get the bad press. The fishery needs to trust its customers, " If you can not be trusted don't turn up ".

22/1/12: Update: The fishery was back in action by midweek after a brief freeze. M Proudfoot landed the best fish at 18lbs, D Cruikshank landed a personal best with a fish of 17.5lbs, R Rowley landed a fish of 14lbs, A Brown took a fish of 10lbs and R Wood landed fish of 10lbs and 7lbs all to fly. The best news of the week is that Bob Rowley has finally been caught and is being deported by prison ship to Australia, this will give every one a good chance to catch a fish bigger than 20lbs.

26/1/12: Competition dates have been posted, first come basis. We have fixed a closeing date by the 31/5/12.

28/1/12: Update: The lake is frozen over by a thin layer, with the forecast staying cold for the next few days, it looks like no change. The site will be updated as soon as the lake is open. It is a shame because on Friday the rod average was over 9 fish, with a good number of large fish being landed.

A FINAL reminder to all rods on killing tickets, you must keep your limit before you may release any, if you sort though and keep only the largest fish, there will be a size limit enforced.

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