Sharpley Springs Stillwater Fly Fishery - Spring fed trout lakes & children's worm lake - disabled access - Lodge - Tuition - Co. Durham - SR7 0NP - 0191 5818045
Friday, October 26, 2012
Monster fish stocked at Sharpley
A monster 22 pound Rainbow Trout was placed carefully in the Doxford Fishing Lake today. Simon the owner placed the fish carefully and gently into the lake and it swam away gracefully.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Fishing at Sharpley Springs Report
How's it fishing
Tempting trout with artificial s remains futile until dusk, using small Olive Buzzers is more dependable.
Howard Robinson from Ryton used a Blood worm to catch a fine fish at over 10 lbs. Glen Coldwell from Durham returned 4 the biggest at 6lbs 9ozs. Edd Dunbars best fish of the week was a 8 pounder from a bag of 6 trout.
The two tagged fish are still still not caught, both now at £500 a piece.
Rod average
3.1
Tactics
There are still plenty of olive uprights hatching after lunch so nearly all of the hare's ear family can be used as imitations. Waddam's and Shipman's buzzers are some of the most reliable.All need to be no larger than size 18 -and often preferably smaller.
Cinnamon sedge are showing at similar times,though tempting trout with artificial remains largely futile-until dusk that is!
Small olive buzzers,however,remain the most dependable net-fillers and these should be go-to patterns for anyone trying their hand at Sharpley.
Daddies and Hoppers will bring up fish when all seems quiet and the usual damsel nymphs are similarly reliable.
Cold snaps will see more lures and blood wormy activity!
How's it fishing
Tempting trout with artificial s remains futile until dusk, using small Olive Buzzers is more dependable.
Howard Robinson from Ryton used a Blood worm to catch a fine fish at over 10 lbs. Glen Coldwell from Durham returned 4 the biggest at 6lbs 9ozs. Edd Dunbars best fish of the week was a 8 pounder from a bag of 6 trout.
The two tagged fish are still still not caught, both now at £500 a piece.
Rod average
3.1
Tight lines
Tempting trout with artificial s remains futile until dusk, using small Olive Buzzers is more dependable.
Howard Robinson from Ryton used a Blood worm to catch a fine fish at over 10 lbs. Glen Coldwell from Durham returned 4 the biggest at 6lbs 9ozs. Edd Dunbars best fish of the week was a 8 pounder from a bag of 6 trout.
The two tagged fish are still still not caught, both now at £500 a piece.
Rod average
3.1
Tactics
There are still plenty of olive uprights hatching after lunch so nearly all of the hare's ear family can be used as imitations. Waddam's and Shipman's buzzers are some of the most reliable.All need to be no larger than size 18 -and often preferably smaller.
Cinnamon sedge are showing at similar times,though tempting trout with artificial remains largely futile-until dusk that is!
Small olive buzzers,however,remain the most dependable net-fillers and these should be go-to patterns for anyone trying their hand at Sharpley.
Daddies and Hoppers will bring up fish when all seems quiet and the usual damsel nymphs are similarly reliable.
Cold snaps will see more lures and blood wormy activity!
How's it fishing
Tempting trout with artificial s remains futile until dusk, using small Olive Buzzers is more dependable.
Howard Robinson from Ryton used a Blood worm to catch a fine fish at over 10 lbs. Glen Coldwell from Durham returned 4 the biggest at 6lbs 9ozs. Edd Dunbars best fish of the week was a 8 pounder from a bag of 6 trout.
The two tagged fish are still still not caught, both now at £500 a piece.
Rod average
3.1
Tight lines
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Fishing Report to 14th October
Hows it Fishing this week
With a bonanza stocking of fish and the cooler weather there has been easy fishing this week. Sharpley Springs hosted the Jack Charlton Disabled Children s Fishing Day for the 14th year. Despite a few heavy downpours in between sun the day was enjoyed by all and the fishing excellent with some big catches. A big thank you to all the volunteers.
Peter Appleby from Bishop Auckland returned the biggest fish this week a whopping blue trout at 16lbs 8oz from netting 9 fish.Andy Grabham also returned 2 doubles a 10 and 14 pounder from the biggest bag netted this week of 23 trout, a mixture of hard fighting blues and rainbows.Both Conner Dodds and Paul Hughes used a Zonker to net a Trout of 7lbs and 7lbs 8ozs. P Weathering from Prudoe used a cats whisker to 27 fish.
www.sharpleyspring.co.uk is now up and running again!
Tagged fish stake has reach over £1000 divided between two tags
Rod average
4.1
Tactics
More excellent buzzer hatches this week though the cold mornings meant that most activity was confined to the early afternoon. Small Shipmans and cdc f's in medium olive tempted those trout taking the adult midges in the calm water.Others fell for small,green pupae and traditional nymphs like PTN.
There were plenty of sedge around in the afternoons too though artificials proved largely ineffective unless a warm evening ensued.
The upwinged olives that also make afternoon appearances provide superb opportunities to hone dry fly techniques.A down-wind drifted hackled olive,f fly or hare's ear emerger are all worth a try-but don't expect it to be easy!
Fly box;
green shipmans
black buzzer
brown mini f
PTN
cdc sedge
hackled olive
daddy
damsel nymph
goldhead GRHE
montana
With a bonanza stocking of fish and the cooler weather there has been easy fishing this week. Sharpley Springs hosted the Jack Charlton Disabled Children s Fishing Day for the 14th year. Despite a few heavy downpours in between sun the day was enjoyed by all and the fishing excellent with some big catches. A big thank you to all the volunteers.
Peter Appleby from Bishop Auckland returned the biggest fish this week a whopping blue trout at 16lbs 8oz from netting 9 fish.Andy Grabham also returned 2 doubles a 10 and 14 pounder from the biggest bag netted this week of 23 trout, a mixture of hard fighting blues and rainbows.Both Conner Dodds and Paul Hughes used a Zonker to net a Trout of 7lbs and 7lbs 8ozs. P Weathering from Prudoe used a cats whisker to 27 fish.
www.sharpleyspring.co.uk is now up and running again!
Tagged fish stake has reach over £1000 divided between two tags
Rod average
4.1
Tactics
More excellent buzzer hatches this week though the cold mornings meant that most activity was confined to the early afternoon. Small Shipmans and cdc f's in medium olive tempted those trout taking the adult midges in the calm water.Others fell for small,green pupae and traditional nymphs like PTN.
There were plenty of sedge around in the afternoons too though artificials proved largely ineffective unless a warm evening ensued.
The upwinged olives that also make afternoon appearances provide superb opportunities to hone dry fly techniques.A down-wind drifted hackled olive,f fly or hare's ear emerger are all worth a try-but don't expect it to be easy!
Fly box;
green shipmans
black buzzer
brown mini f
PTN
cdc sedge
hackled olive
daddy
damsel nymph
goldhead GRHE
montana
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Wizardora at the Jack Charlton Disabled Children's Angling Event
Jackie Charlton Children's Day at Sharpley Springs...":
Thank you very much for have me (Wizardora) and Mr Bunny at your special day, it was a lovely atmosphere and all the kids were great x
Thank you Wizardora for giving the children such a great fun experience.
The best children's entertainer.
Thank you very much for have me (Wizardora) and Mr Bunny at your special day, it was a lovely atmosphere and all the kids were great x
Thank you Wizardora for giving the children such a great fun experience.
The best children's entertainer.
Jackie Charlton Children's Day at Sharpley Springs
The day went really well despite the occasional downpour. A big thank you to all that came to make the day special. Results and more pictures to follow in the next few days. 
Monday, October 8, 2012
Fishing Report weekend ending 7th October
How's it fishing at Sharpley Springs
Buzzers and Midge are the main dietary items at present on all lakes. Andy Warring from Whitburn, Sunderland took an eleven pounder using mainly buzzers. Peter Kirkhole from Sunderland tryed a Olive Dun Dry Fly to bring to the net a hard fighting Blue of 14 pounds. A Murray from Newcastle also took a 14lb 2 oz trout using a Hares ear. Egvin Dodds from Bedlington took fish of 7lbs and 6lbs 8oz. T Sharp released 14 using mainly bloodworms.
Tactics
Plenty of different buzzer species were in evidence this week and this was reflected in the fly patterns that proved effective.These ranged from dry olive shipman's buzzers during an obvious hatch to larger,black pupae fished in standard" drifted figure-of-eight "style. Also those hung under small indicators This latter method proved deadly on several afternoons,especially in the lee of the island on the Doxford lake.
On the Hangman's lake tiny adult midge were the main dietary item so tiny hackle spiders and f flies were the way forward. This was primarily during flat calms so utmost care needed to degrease tippets-and these needed to be as fine as the kit would allow.
Large lures continue to show on returns too.
Fly box;
black buzzer
olive shipmans
diawl bach
PTN
brown f
black grizzle spider
bloodworm
cats
black fritz
Buzzers and Midge are the main dietary items at present on all lakes. Andy Warring from Whitburn, Sunderland took an eleven pounder using mainly buzzers. Peter Kirkhole from Sunderland tryed a Olive Dun Dry Fly to bring to the net a hard fighting Blue of 14 pounds. A Murray from Newcastle also took a 14lb 2 oz trout using a Hares ear. Egvin Dodds from Bedlington took fish of 7lbs and 6lbs 8oz. T Sharp released 14 using mainly bloodworms.
Tactics
Plenty of different buzzer species were in evidence this week and this was reflected in the fly patterns that proved effective.These ranged from dry olive shipman's buzzers during an obvious hatch to larger,black pupae fished in standard" drifted figure-of-eight "style. Also those hung under small indicators This latter method proved deadly on several afternoons,especially in the lee of the island on the Doxford lake.
On the Hangman's lake tiny adult midge were the main dietary item so tiny hackle spiders and f flies were the way forward. This was primarily during flat calms so utmost care needed to degrease tippets-and these needed to be as fine as the kit would allow.
Large lures continue to show on returns too.
Fly box;
black buzzer
olive shipmans
diawl bach
PTN
brown f
black grizzle spider
bloodworm
cats
black fritz
Fishing report for week ending 31st September
Hows it Fishing
An Indian Summer has begun, giving, going fishing a little warmth before winter. The warmer weather has kept Buzzers hatching this week,with anglers fishing with dry's and emerging patterns.
Terry Sharp from Middlesbrough released 17 for over 36 lbs and David Todd from Gateshead used an Olive Nymph to net a 10lb 8oz Trout. Andy Grabham from Longbenton released 15 for over 32 lbs, also Derrick Grabham from Middlesbrough released the same. John Knox from Burnmoor took a 6lb 7 oz Trout with a Hair sup.
Tactics
The excellent buzzer hatches continued this week so anglers fishing dry,emergent patterns did well. Green Shipman's buzzers were unbeatable at times-so long as they were no larger than size 18!
Upright olives are still about to liven up the afternoons and still moments found cinnamon sedge mating in the surrounding vegetation. It was hard to decide whether splashy rises were to olives,sedge or adult midge.
Daddies,damsels and large lures have taken their share too.
Fly box;
green shipmans
olive f
olive waddam's
black buzzer
cdc sedge
invicta
daddy
damsel nymph
cats
black nomad
An Indian Summer has begun, giving, going fishing a little warmth before winter. The warmer weather has kept Buzzers hatching this week,with anglers fishing with dry's and emerging patterns.
Terry Sharp from Middlesbrough released 17 for over 36 lbs and David Todd from Gateshead used an Olive Nymph to net a 10lb 8oz Trout. Andy Grabham from Longbenton released 15 for over 32 lbs, also Derrick Grabham from Middlesbrough released the same. John Knox from Burnmoor took a 6lb 7 oz Trout with a Hair sup.
Tactics
The excellent buzzer hatches continued this week so anglers fishing dry,emergent patterns did well. Green Shipman's buzzers were unbeatable at times-so long as they were no larger than size 18!
Upright olives are still about to liven up the afternoons and still moments found cinnamon sedge mating in the surrounding vegetation. It was hard to decide whether splashy rises were to olives,sedge or adult midge.
Daddies,damsels and large lures have taken their share too.
Fly box;
green shipmans
olive f
olive waddam's
black buzzer
cdc sedge
invicta
daddy
damsel nymph
cats
black nomad