Sharpley
Springs Fly Fishery has had a cracking start to 2014, with some great fishing
had by all despite yet another week of changeable weather!
It seems to
have been a week of all weather, we had a mild start to 2014, however as the
week has progressed we have had sunshine, rain, blustery, windy weather and
frosts!!
Tom Stevenson
from Rowlands Gill was the First Angler of the New Year and had the best
fishing of the day, catching 6 fish in total using a Damsel.
Thursday 2nd
was a busy day on the lakes; the weather was bright, mild, but windy. The
fishing was mixed with better fishing had in the afternoon. Lee Cartman caught
6 fish from the Hangman in the late afternoon using a Cruncher.
Friday 3rd
saw some great fishing, with a variety of flies used. Peter Davidson and Rob
Frame caught between the two of them 37 fish in all from the Doxford, Hangmans
and Noose using Bloodworm.
Andy Saunders
from Aycliffe caught 13 fish on the Albert and Alice and Doxford using a Zeech.
On the
Saturday the 4th is was a damp wet day, but good fishing was had
particularly in the morning. Paul Ronee and Ben Race from Great Ayton caught 30
between the two of them, but chose to keep their fly choice a secret!
On Sunday the
5th we hosted the fritznflies competition organized by Jim Turk,
with Lee Cartmail being the overall winner, catching 8 fish in total off 6
pegs. There were 58 fish caught in total over the competition with an average
of 3.8 per competitor.
We would also
like to commend Tom Snowdon, Tom Stevenson and Peter Mathews who where all new
qualifiers to the Fritznflies competition.
The Big Fish of the week!
We have had a
good week for large double LB trout being caught.
Of particular
note was Ryan Coldwell aged 14 yrs from
Durham who caught his first double a 14.5 lb Beauty on the Doxford with a Blue
Flash Damsel using his new Sonic SK8 rod he got from his father Glenn for
Christmas. Ryan has been coming to the lakes since he was 4yrs old, starting on
the children’s worm lake before progressing to the fly lakes.
Congratulations also to Luke Radcliffe
from Sunderland caught a 20lb Stunner on the Alice and Albert using a
Bloodworm.
A Double Congratulations should go to
Lee Cartmail also caught a 20lb Head turner during the fishing competition that
took place on the Sunday at Sharpley – Fritznflies
Fly Box
Damsel Buzzer
Black Fritz Cruncher
Black Buzzer Bloodworm
Black Orange Lure Cats Whisker
Zeech Olive worm
Olive Nymph Diawl Bach
White Zonker Blob
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