Albury Estate Park Syndicate Fly Fishing Reports
Regular updates on how it’s fishing at Albury Park.
Albury Park Fishery
28th February
Day 4 of lake drainage, currently about 2/3rds empty, but pumping down on quite a high water table at the moment!
Fishing can resume on Park lake from around 20th March.
High river water and excessive rain with storm Dennis, saw lake lose it’s best clarity with so much surface runoff. Now trying to keep Storm Jorge out of the lake this weekend!
Recent fishings – 15 fish caught in the week to 9th February, 11 fish caught by Phil Gayford on 4th February.
Latest big ones – 9.10 rainbow for Cecil Duguid, 7.2 rainbow for John Blanks (23rd Jan), 6.4 rainbow for Trevor Coxon (23rd Jan).
A newsletter with terms for the 2020 Syndicate was sent out to Syndicate members on 13th December – please let me know if you would like a copy of the Prospectus.
Fishing will again available in 2020 on a Family Rod, Full Rod, Half Rod or, Quarter Rod basis. Also, by appointment, a very limited number of day admissions, designed for lapsed members, or prospective members interested in joining.
Park lake was exceptionally clear all summer, enhanced by deepwater weedcutting. The lake is fishing well for the ‘back end’, lake inlet closed during heavy rain to preserve the clarity. Some river flooding over weekend 21/22 Dec following incessant rain. Lake drainage now postponed until 24th February.
Luke Padberg’s bag of 14.8, 10.8 and 9.0 rainbows on 19th October
Steve Coote with a lovely rainbow of 8.3 taken on a Detatched Daddy, one of several large fish taken at the fishery in October
Chris Way with a nice trio of rainbows, 22nd August
Lake Drainage will take place in 24th February 2020 for some routine maintenance work, so carry on fishing for now!
6lb 8oz rainbow for Gordon Hunter on BFD, 1st September
Prospective new anglers can, however, trial a day at Park Fishery, please call Tony for further details.
Thx, Tony 07812 765362
Fishing is available this year on a Family Rod, Full Rod, Half Rod, Quarter Rod, and by appointment, a limited number of day admissions. (For lapsed members, or prospective members interested in joining).
For further information, and a prospectus, please email Tony by clicking this link [email protected]
Below……..our last river monitoring session in September 2017, together with some archive pics………………
Colin Spicer who leads our monitoring group writes:
“It was a very good session with specimens found from all of the monitored groups. As usual for our stretch of the Tillingbourne there were excellent numbers of freshwater shrimp. This month we also found this year’s crop of mayfly, flat bodied and baetis nymphs. Still very small and not due to hatch until next year or in the case of the mayfly in two years time. The mayfly photo illustrates the difference in size between the different age groups. There were a few caddis larvae found including some hydropsyche and as shown in the photo numbers of tiny goeridae with very large (for them!) anchor stones on each side. These will hatch next year from May to August into a medium sized Sedge fly”.
Small mayfly nymphs turned up in good numbers
Goeridae
Jo OHara returns a 10″ native brown to the Park river
For prospective new members, Park Fishery’s three greatest attributes are (1.) Peace and quiet compared to the busier day waters and (2. ) bespoke stocking of brown trout on the river beats. In addition, you also, (3.) have the free reign to fish over all our other waters, which is the most cost effective way to fish our dynamic range of lakes and river sections.
For Syndicate members latest updates, why not join our new Private Facebook Group, which posts daily updates and pics on how the fishery is progressing. If you search in Facebook for ‘Albury Park Fishery Syndicate’ and look under the Group tab you will see our group and can request membership.
This facebook page is ONLY FOR EXISTING PARK MEMBERS. To join the Park Fishery, email Tony in the first instance on [email protected]
Some archive pics……
Park Lake end of May
Cracking wild brown
Sub-Imago Danica on Weston Beat
Weston Beat late May
First thing on Church Beat
Lower Beat mid April
Park Lake in mid-summer……………
For a 2020 prospectus with a view to joining Albury Park Syndicate, please email [email protected]
Early morning on Lower Beat
Middle Beat in fine fettle
6.2 brownie for John Tobin taken from Park Lake
Bank repairs on Weston Beat