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In about 2 weeks time, we are into 2025.  Where has this year gone!  The team here at Syon would like to wish our members a joyful Christmas period, and a prosperous new year!  

We look forward to seeing you on the bank over the Christmas break.  We are open everyday, except Wednesday 25th (Christmas Day).  The fishery is closed on 25th December.

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, small weighted nymph with some flash, 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).

We shall also be open to day membership here at Syon over the winter.

Over August and September, we continued our general maintenance around the lake, as well as some essential maintenance works – this was a partial drain down.  The overall aim of this was to help dry out the reeds, bank faces and the concrete stanchions on the bridge to help control Argulus (lice).  It also allows us to replenish the lake with fresh water. 

The Albury weed boat has been taking some action here at Syon.  We undertook some weed removal as we do every year, and a general tidy up of floating debris.

We have also had a stocking of quality Albury Estate rainbow trout over the last couple of days, so we are all set for the re-opening of Syon lake @ Albury Estate Fisheries.

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.

Please like and follow our facebook page.  Keep your eye out for some great fishing pictures.  You can also find us on X (previously twitter), where we also post regular updates and photos.

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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.