Latest news from Albury, Surrey
Updated April 25th
‘Species Challenge Competition’ – Last week we stocked some lovely tiger trout (see pic below) and we are running a competition that if you can catch a tiger, blue, brown and rainbow trout in the same day you win a free season rod. This must be witnessed by an Albury or Syon bailiff. Please note that tiger trout have ONLY been stocked into Weston and Syon and only one season rod prize is available.
Alexander Jaffery came close to completing the species challenge last week when he caught an 8lb rainbow and a 5lb blue trout (see pic below). He then went on to lose a brown and a tiger trout.
20 anglers enjoyed a thoroughly enjoyable talk and demo by Peter Cockwill (see pic below) on Tuesday 24th April. We will be running another Albury Fishing Club event soon so please keep an eye on the website.
Last week produced a catch of 184 fish to the week ending 22nd April. The fishing last week was hampered for large parts by very bright conditions and hot weather but as soon as you got a bit of cloud cover the fish switched on. Tactics wise there has been a shift from using small lures to using more imitative patterns with buzzers and small nymphs being effective. Anglers who enjoy stalking have been concentrating on Wood Lodge Pool, Kingfisher Pools, Belmont and Powdermills which are crystal clear at the moment.
Our annual Troutmaster Competition was held on Saturday 14th April at Weston with the winner going on to represent the Fishery at the final at Draycote later in the year. We had 12 anglers on the day battling it out for top spot (see pic below)
The eventual winner was Phil Gayford (pic below) with 4 fish weighing in at a comp weight of 16lb 5oz. Second place was to Cliff Pearce with 13lb 12oz and 3rd Suajunas Zilius with 13lb 9oz.
The river fishing has really picked up with the warmer weather with the first fish of the season coming to the dry fly. Below are some pics of some river fish caught recently.
The longest stretch of day ticket river fishing is at Vale End with a good variety of water including deep pools and fast riffles. Office Beat at Weston although only short holds a good head of wild brown trout as does the river at Powdermills.
In the absence of Albury Game Angling shop we will now be selling Fulling Mill flies, spools of leader and tapered leaders. These will be available from the bailiff. We will look to expand our range over a period of time.
Be it lake or river sport, the infrastructure of the Albury Estate Fisheries backs up an expert fisheries management team, offering a quality of fishing that is really second to none.