Fish Wives – Fishing Report: Holbury Lakes 19^th June 2013

Weather:

Sunny, with some cloud and light winds.

Water:

Crystal clear on Island and long lakes.

Who Fished:  

Andrea Smith, Jas Barker, Rosemary Jones, Harriet Spain, Becky Frost (Photographer) Tracy Thew.

Holbury Lakes

The lodge and facilities make this a really good location for Fish Wives.  We had a great day and hooked a new member. The three new ladies had never fished before.

Andrea, Jas and Rosemary started the day with a walk around the lakes. Tracy talked about the different aspects of fly fishing, equipment, casting, river craft, this gives new people time to take in the outstanding beauty of the place.  

The two now experienced Fish Wives Harriet & Becky set off to fish and soon came back with two fish and settled down for a chat and a coffee whilst we began the day by learning about the outfit and getting used to the rod. We quickly moved onto the overhead cast and as all three ladies were quick learners we were on the water and fishing before lunch. Andrea and Jas landed a fish before lunch and Andrea went on to catch four more fish during the afternoon one of which Rosemary landed successfully.  Andrea as Fish Wife of the day took membership and as she says is hooked. 

The fly of the day was definitely the ‘blue flash green damsel’ which worked well.

Holbury Lakes will host Fish Wives on Thursday 26^th September and again on Wednesday 2^nd October. Book soon.

Becky Frost has the photographs on http://rebeccafrostphotography.com 

Jamie Butler at Meon Springs fishing reports  http://www.meonsprings.com/fly-fishing

Fish Wives blog  www.tracysfishwives.blogspot.co.uk

Future Dates:

Mon 2^nd Sept Western Court

Tue 10^th Sept Moorhen Trout Fishery

Wed 18^th Sept Meon Springs

Thur 26^th Sept Holbury Lakes

Wed 2^nd  Oct Holbury Lakes

Fish Report from our day at Western Court!

Fish Wives – Fishing Report: Western Court 8^th Aug 2013

Weather:

Lovely summers day, warm with some cloud and light winds.

Water:

Crystal clear with some weed

Who Fished:  

Christine Ames. Sue Law, Penny Down, Harriet Spain, Jessica Bartlet & Becky Frost (Photographer).

Western Court this lovely private, fishery with three lakes stocked with rainbow trout and a stretch of the river Arle stocked with brown trout; is ideal for Fish Wives.  We were delighted to find that The Big Green Egg Company had installed their Chelsie Show Stand on the edge of the lake which gave us a wonderful location for lunch.

We had a very good, third day here with 14 fish caught between us. Jessica and Harriet arrived early. Harriet went off to catch the first fish on a green nymph. Tracy gave Jessica a lesson including the roll cast and overhead cast leaving her to practice for a while before putting a fly on. She successfully caught and landed her first fish after lunch.   The other ladies arrived and after we had enjoyed a coffee and a walk round the lakes we got on with some fishing.  

Christine was straight into her first fish catching three in total. Tracy gave Sue and Penny a lesson on the roll cast.  Penny landed a very nice fish off the deck, followed later by Sue, who caught on a Black Gnat., always a useful fly in the sunshine. 

After tea we went to fish onto the bottom lake and Becky caught a couple of nice fish. The only disappointment was that Tracy managed to lose a big one, at the net. It can happen to us all. We  had enough fish for everyone to take a couple home.  

Many thanks to Toby Coles for permitting us to use Western Court for the day and we look forward to coming back on 2nd September.

Future Dates: 

Aug	Tuesday	13rth	Meon Springs
	Monday	19th	Holbury Lakes
Sept	Monday	2nd	Western Court
	Tuesday	10th	Moorhen Fishery
	Wednesday	18th	Meon Springs
	Thursday	26th	Holbury Lakes

Booking form email tracyfishwives@gmail.com

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Becky Frost has the photographs on http://rebeccafrostphotography.com 

Jamie Butler at Meon Springs is posting our fishing reports  http://www.meonsprings.com/fly-fishing

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