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***  15/01/2025  SYON LAKE IS NO LONGER FROZEN, THE ICE HAS THAWED AND WE HAVE ICE FREE CONDITIONS.  TIGHT LINES *** 

15/01/2025 

We have had another stocking today, 120 quality Albury Estate rainbow trout, and 10 large stunning browns.  With a reduced day membership on offer, its a great time to come down to Syon. 

It’s 2025!  Happy new year to all of our members.  We hope you’ve all had a great festive period, and are now well rested and ready to get out and do some fishing.  With the cold weather coming in, please wrap up warm, and as we always say ‘keep moving!’.

We will be offering a reduced day membership rate of £12.50 until the middle of February.  Remember to purchase your day membership and tokens via our website.

The lake is looking really good at the moment.  We have a good flow coming in, and the water clarity is great.  Lures will be noticeable, and in my opinion, with the water clearing (and colder temperatures), the fishing is beginning to pick up.  Mornings seem to be the most productive at the moment.

We had a stocking of 125 Albury brown trout on 31/12/2024.  These were stocked either side of the net.  They are already coming out (well done Harry Gardner), and seem to have stirred the rainbows up and are getting them going! Absolutely stunning fish, almost resembling Tiger Trout with their pattern.  They put up a great fight!

 Joe had a belter of a day 09/01/2025.  A lovely brace of rainbows – one large brown and 2 rainbows in all.  All on a small BFD, fast retrieve, and top 2-3 feet of water.

In the deeper water, you definitely need to get your fly/lure deep, so a sink tip or intermediate line may be a good choice.  I would stick to a floating line in the netted area, with a weighted fly/lure.  Around the island fish have been taken.  Remember the key is to keep moving!

We have put the net across the lake at Syon, so the side before the bridge as you enter the fishery is enhanced fishing (smaller area=higher stocking density), the other side is more for those up for a challenge.  Both sides of the net were stocked.

Floating line, nice long leader, larger lures e.g black damsel, let it sink (save your arm, don’t start stripping straight away), then nice fast retrieve.  Leaving your fly/lure to sink and then a fast retrieve will present your fly throughout the water column as your stripping.  That is the best method and technique at the moment, you need to get them going and they will follow! Keep moving, fan cast, and a nice long leader.  

Get yourself some stalking bugs!  I got myself a bag of 10 on ebay, various colours, the white and yellow tailed have proven themselves shall we say!

Early mornings and late afternoon still seems the best time to fish at the moment.  Get your stalking bugs under those hard to reach trees where the trout may be. REMEMBER – KEEP MOVING.

Winter season membership is now available to purchase on line.  Winter season membership is great value for money, as this gives you unlimited access to Syon Park and some of the waters at Albury (Weston, Vale End, and the season members only lake – Powder Mills).

Please remember to purchase all day memberships and tokens via our website, as this speeds up the booking in process on the bank.  

Please can all of our members make sure you sign in and out of the fishery, record the fish that you take, and tokens MUST be placed in our returns box.  If you run out of tokens whilst fishing, please call the bailiff to top up your tokens, as all anglers must be in possession of fish tokens to cover the fish that you have caught, plus any other fish you wish to catch.

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It is all about method and finding the depth of the fish at this time of year.  We aren’t seeing fish showing on the surface, so this indicates that they will be low/deep.

Jan has fished at Syon and had this lovely bag of Albury Estate rainbow trout.  

He regularly changed his depth until he found the fish.  This is his method and has paid off. 1 foot down 15 mins – nothing, 2 foot down 15 mins – nothing, 3 foot down, bingo! 3 feet down under an indicator using an Olive tungsten head scud. 

If indicators aren’t your thing, an intermediate line with a sinking/poly leader with tungsten head lures or nymphs will give you that depth without touching the bottom.  These poly leaders all sink at different rates, so read the description before you buy any.  

If you only have a floating line, make sure you still use a sinking/poly leader or attach a sink tip to your floating line and use a fluorocarbon leader with a weighted lure.  Sinking/poly leaders are readily available online. 

There is so much information online now.  Guys have tried full sinking lines with boobies but their fly comes back in with weed off of the bottom.  

Something we commonly see here is anglers stripping lures on a floating line with monofilament leader, often too short, which will not reach the depth of the fish, leaving anglers frustrated.  It’s about presentation of your fly within the water column. Rule of thumb the leader should be the length of your rod at least (9-10 foot).  Fluorocarbon line/leader sinks faster in the water than a monofilament line/leader.

Floating lines are great here at Syon in spring and summer months when we begin to have buzzer hatches, emergers and surface insects.  The fish begin rising and are higher in the water column.  

Change your method, move around and cover different areas of the lake.  This is the best advice.  Also, speak to our other members and their tactics if they are catching.  Speak to the bailiff regarding where the fish are or have been being caught.

The lake here at Syon is a vast expanse of water, and the fish have the ability to go deep.  The lake in the deeper water is 10-12 foot deep. Its about locating the fish and the method approached.