Sharpley Springs Fishing Report

How's it fishing

Cooler this week and a full moon changed fishing patterns this week. Double retreated to the deep spots, however plenty of good fish caught in the 2 to 8 pound  range. 

Tony Rowley  from North Shields returned 15, Glen  Appleby with a huge bag returned of 23 and Micheal Bollands with 10 fish.

Don't hang up your rods yet!! As we are starting an Indian Summer.

Rod average 

3.5

Tactics

Things turned decidedly cooler at the start of the week so a smattering of black buzzers came onto the scene, supplementing the ever-present olives. No surprise then that daiwl bachs fished.

As the weekend approached a ridge of high pressure warmed things up during the day but ensured evening and early morning anglers were met with cold temperatures and limited surface activity. Lessening breeze though had plenty of emerging midge bringing trout to the surface during the day.Their capture though was by no means a given and provided for captivating dry fly fishing with small f flies imitating the adults,and suspenders.

Fly box:

Black/olive buzzer

Daiwl bach

Hares ear suspenders

Dawson's olive 

Damsel nymph

Daddies/hoppers

G and h sedge

GRHE nymph

Brown f fly

Blobs

Best wishes

Carole

Sharpley Springs Trout Fishery

How's it fishing
The incredibly warm weather certainly subdued sport during the heat of the day though damsel flies took full advantage to mate. 
The Biggest fish was caught by John Sherma from Peterlee using a buzzer fetching to the net a 11lb 2oz Rainbow from a bag of 10 fish.. Ant Meadows from Chopwell returned the best bag at 20 trout despite challenging conditions in the heat. Andy Creighton from Sunderland used an Olive buzzer and a damsel Nymph, netting 12 trout also Rory Kernan  from Seaham netted 12 . Gary Mulholland from Gatershead 14.
Michael Bollards from Durham Took one fish and returned a further 16 as did David Todd from Gateshead using a black buzzer .
Rod average 
3.1
Tag £500 


Tactics
The incredibly warm weather certainly subdued sport during the heat of the day though damsel flies took full advantage to mate.Evenings though,as things cooled a little,provided good angling in the hatches of olive midges and sedge.Small,light green shuttlecock and Shipmans buzzers imitated the emergent midge whilst CDC and deer hair sedge patterns fooled the natural sedge feeders. The thunder storms were not conducive to subtle angling!
The small olive midge are the main food item at the moment and an upwind presentation is the key to success if not fishing the flat water.

Fly box:
Black/olive buzzer
Green shuttlecock/shipman's buzzer
GRHE nymph
Waddam's hares ear
Damsel nymph
Squirmy bloodworm
Dawsons olive
G and h sedge
Invicta


Hope you all have been enjoying this great weather.
Best Wishes
Carole

How's it fishing
The incredibly warm weather certainly subdued sport during the heat of the day though damsel flies took full advantage to mate. 
The Biggest fish was caught by John Sherma from Peterlee using a buzzer fetching to the net a 11lb 2oz Rainbow from a bag of 10 fish.. Ant Meadows from Chopwell returned the best bag at 20 trout despite challenging conditions in the heat. Andy Creighton from Sunderland used an Olive buzzer and a damsel Nymph, netting 12 trout also Rory Kernan  from Seaham netted 12 . Gary Mulholland from Gatershead 14.
Michael Bollards from Durham Took one fish and returned a further 16 as did David Todd from Gateshead using a black buzzer .
Rod average 
3.1
Tag £500 


Tactics
The incredibly warm weather certainly subdued sport during the heat of the day though damsel flies took full advantage to mate.Evenings though,as things cooled a little,provided good angling in the hatches of olive midges and sedge.Small,light green shuttlecock and Shipmans buzzers imitated the emergent midge whilst CDC and deer hair sedge patterns fooled the natural sedge feeders. The thunder storms were not conducive to subtle angling!
The small olive midge are the main food item at the moment and an upwind presentation is the key to success if not fishing the flat water.

Fly box:
Black/olive buzzer
Green shuttlecock/shipman's buzzer
GRHE nymph
Waddam's hares ear
Damsel nymph
Squirmy bloodworm
Dawsons olive
G and h sedge
Invicta


Hope you all have been enjoying this great weather.
Best Wishes
Carole

Sharpley Springs Fishing Report June 20th

Great fishing this week 
Evenings still had Caenis hatches and excellent,technical dry fly fishing. Glen Appleby from Peterlee returned 18 fish and also George Craig from Lumley with 14 in the net using Buzzers .
Howard Robison released one of the biggest bag of the week with 21 fish.
However the biggest bag of the week was caught by John Shema from Ryhope with 24 fish caught with a foam beetle. Edd Dunbar from Washington released a 10 pounder from a bag of 12 trout. Paul Robe released a 9 lb 8 oz rainbow caught on the Doxford lake using a Zonker.
Tactics
Great fishing, especially given cloud,when free risers can be targeted with CDC dries and Shipmans buzzers.
Most spoonings this week revealed tiny, olive buzzers so it was no surprise that small green and hares ear emergers ( foam-heads in particular ) were successful.Teeny nymphs like pheasant tails were deadly fished on the washing line also.
Sunny afternoons had Daphnia on the menu- so it was out with the Orange lures!
Evenings still had Caenis hatches and excellent,technical dry fly fishing. In addition,sedges are now very much of interest.Muddlers and CDC adults brought up fish out of the blue and a pulled Invicta was as efficient as usual.

Fly box:
Olive buzzer
Hares ear emerger
GRHE nymph
Teeny pheasant tail
Olive shuttlecock
Hares ear shipman's
Caenis dun/spinner
CDC sedge
Muddler
Invicta
Damsel nymph
Squirmies (pink/orange )

Rod average 
4.1
Tagged fish
2x£500
Best wishes 
Carole

Sharpley Springs Fishing Report

How's it Fishing
Warm days at the start and end of the fishing week saw hawthorns on the water- and the trout were quick to home in on them. 
Big fish this week were caught by Jack Hodgson from South Shields at 15 pounds on a Black Fritz. David Todd from Gateshead used a Black Hopper to bring to the net, lucky  13 fish with the biggest a 13lb 8oz Trout.
Jake Caidecott from Seaham a 15 pounder and Tom Reay a from Seaham a 14 pounder and Dan Swale with the biggest at 16lbs 2oz. 
Plenty of big bags netted with Ant Meadows from Chopwell and Barry Nicholson from Guidepost both  releasing 17 Trout each . Lewis Meek from Newcastle caught 25 and Ben Race from Great Ayton released the best bag of the week with 28 fish using all dries. 
An excellent week with more to come.

Tactic
Warm days at the start and end of the fishing week saw hawthorns on the water- and the trout were quick to home in on them. Low slung patterns gained favour towards the end of the week whilst higher sitting flies like black hoppers were good in a stiff breeze when the unfortunate naturals found themselves on the water. Tippets needed to be beefed up a bit too!
Sharpley also saw several midge species including those huge blacks that leave shucks more than an inch long!
Afternoons had hatches of up-winged olives ,so flies of the hares ear family were worth a place on the cast. Shuttles,f's and nymphs all worked.
Some of the evening sessions were prolific.
An excellent week with more to come.

Fly box:
Olive shuttlecock
Black shipmans
Hares ear foam head
GRHE nymph
Hawthorn
Knotted midge
Daddylonglegs
Black spider
Zonkers 
Blobs/tinnies
Black f fly

Sharpley Springs

How's it fishing this week

Things are definitely starting to liven up,and with calmer days mid-week small black midge hatched in abundance and littered the surface at times.
This made for superb dry fly angling,challenging and delicate.
The biggest double of the year so far with a cracking massive 20lb 4oz Rainbow caught by Glen Appleby from Peterlee on a 6lb lead using drifting buzzers total for the day 15 trout. James Stephenson from Great Ayton came second in the biggest fish of the week with a huge 18lb 6oz Trout netting 10 in total. Tommy Stephenson from Rolland Gill returned a lucky 21 fish including one at 12lbs 4oz. Pam Pratt totalled 39 fish in one session using Drys to return the biggest bag of the week. Nick Hart from Stanley returned 24.
Rod average 
4.9

North East premiere Trout Fishery 

Tactics
Anglers using their finest tippets and smallest black dries found success-but only when coupled with thoughtful presentation.
One day required small,hackled adult imitations twitched downwind,the next,these were ignored but vertically hanging foam head emergers fooled the trout.Experimentation,as always,was the key.
The Spring warmth also initiated a lot of Corixa activity and one or two of the 
less successful divers were visibly taken.
The Albert and Alice lake has fished particularly well.Cats Whiskers were unbeatable  on it one day.

Fly box:
Black spider
Griffiths Gnat
Black/brown f fly
Black foam head emerger
Black teeny nymph
Bloodworm
Cats Whisker
Yellow blob
Olive worm

Sharpley Springs Fishing Report up too 8th March

How's it fishing 
Watch the fly life as weather warms up, producing great catches. 
Terry Wood from Bolton Colliery released a 15 pounder , Ben Race from Great Ayton netted the biggest rainbow of the week with a 17lb 8oz fish caught using a Zonker, his total catch at 13 Trout. John Parker from Stockton netted 16 fish his best of the day an 12 pounder. Plenty of big bags with Paul Tennick from Weardale with 18 Trout. Andy Grabham from Long Newton with 20 Rainbows and 19 on a second visit. Colin Gray from Gateshead netted 24 but one of the best bag of the week was caught by Gary Mulholland releasing 30 Trout only beaten by Peter Appleby from Bishop Auckland at a huge bag of 35 fish. 
Rod average
5.1
Tactics
On Thursday, things warmed up a tad and midge activity meant buzzers were firmly on the menu.
Black pupal imitations with either white or orange cheeks (aka wing buds) and just a little weight were taken enthusiastically especially hard to the down-wind margins.
Pre and post hatch,the larval stages were predominant so worm pullers saw success.
Yellow and pink were the most popular colours.vPerhaps underwater these resemble the olives and orangey-reds of the naturals.
White lures ( and worms !) remain go to chucks.

Fly box:
Black buzzer
Weighted Diawl bachs
Pinky
White/yellow worms
Zonkers
Cats whisker