30/04/2026
Latest from Bessy Beck, cold and strong east winds had a detrimental effect on fishing during the middle of April, the fish were feeding well on the surface when the wind dropped. Richard Newbolt fished hard and caught over 20 during his three day visit. Dave Scott had 15 one day using buzzers and returned later in the week to catch 17 on small Griffith Gnat. Howard Croston used Beetles to catch 12 during a short session. Swinton Trout farm stocked fish into all three lakes on Monday 27th and these have encouraged the resident fish to start taking and huge catches were recorded. Stephen Hogg had his best ever day catching 29 mainly on a Blue Flash Damsel and J Johnston caught 21 during a 4 hour session. On 29th Robbie Cardwell caught 32 in 4 hours using an Egg Fly and later in the day, fishing into the evening, Lee Cunningham returned over 30 using a Black Beatle. The strong East winds are continuing, however they are getting warmer and more flies can be seen on
on the surface, the first Hawthorn flies were seen 30th of April heralding good dry fly fishing. The extending daylight hours are making a late session possible, and the evening rise is on. We are not open on Mondays
