Rutland Water Fish week 2,148 (Season 7,918) Returns 390 (1,479) Rod average 5.5 (5.35) It’s May and Rutland Water is on fire with buzzers galore.  Anglers are recording some memorable catches despite the changeable weather conditions.   There are huge columns of buzzers around the entire reservoir and with such exceptional water quality the trout […]

  Week ending 24 April 2016   Outstanding sport across the board and some great match reports from all of our fisheries    Happy 50th Birthday to Grafham Water As part of the forthcoming Grafham Water 50th anniversary we are organising a boat pairs match to celebrate 50 years of fly fishing at Grafham Water. […]

 Latest News and Information from            Week ending 17 April 2016     •             From a 30lb Pike to a 13lb Rainbow Ravensthorpe had it all last week!   •             Rutland Water hosts the first heat of the 2016 Anglian Water Airflo International Winners Northern Drifters plus 4 other teams make it through to the […]

Pic: A 5lb 3½oz taken by Vincent Howley of London from Rutland Water, the best of the week. •             Grafham Water’s 50th Birthday celebrations We are delighted to share the exciting news that his Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh will be visiting Grafham Water on Wednesday 25 May.  The Duke of Edinburgh’s visit will […]

·       11lb 14oz Ravensthorpe Rainbow for John Smith ·      Rutland Water’s Independence Day Trophy goes to Carl Peers  www.anglianwater.co.uk/leisure   Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531; Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & Hollowell 01604 781350, Taverham Mills Fishery 01603 861014; Alton Water 01473 589105 Recreation Dept Anglian Water 01572 653021   Rutland Water Fish week 474 […]

Rutland Water. Fish week 600 (Season 1,213) Returns 122(218) Rod average 4.91(5.56) Rutland Water is continuing the new season in excellent form with anglers reporting plenty of fish for the week. As we are still in March fish are feeding very well on a variety of food which includes daphnia, buzzers, shrimp, bloodworm and snails. […]

·       Bob Gooden (pictured) makes a good start to the new season at Rutland with a 5lb Rainbow  ·      Ravensthorpe rod average 11.7 for the week ·      6lb Pitsford Rainbow for George Hackett  ·      Anglian Water Airflo International Don’t miss out on this great 6 man team competition. For more information about the competition and to […]

•             Bumper bags all round as anglers enjoy a fantastic start to the new season at our fisheries Grafham Water is the latest to open with a rod average of 7.8 Last week anglers recorded rod averages of 7.2 at Ravensthorpe and 6.8 at  Pitsford   •             All eyes now on Rutland Water which opens […]

The largest stretch of inland water in the South East of England is being restocked and made accessible to more fishermen after new owners took the helm. Bewl Water Country Park, on the Kent/East Sussex border, was acquired by Markerstudy Leisure at the start of January.  The company, which invests heavily in leisure venues in […]

·       Alan’s awesome 15lb 8oz Rainbow is best fish of the new season at Ravensthorpe Alan Worley is top weight on opening day ·        Great start to the new season at Pitsford  ·       Grafham Water opens Friday 4 March ·       Rutland Water opens Friday 11 March ·       35½lb Pike breaks the scales during Ravensthorpe’s Predator […]

Anglers in Lancashire have been compensated for the temporary loss of their fishing on a river once so badly polluted it frequently changed colour. Water giant United Utilities has settled a £2,500 claim brought by Fish Legal on behalf of seven fishing clubs with rights along the River Calder and the downstream River Ribble to […]

  Countdown to the new season Opening dates for Anglian Water’s ‘big four’ Ravensthorpe                      26 February Pitsford Water                        27 February Grafham Water                        4 March Rutland Water                        11 March Open House at Pitsford Water Saturday 20 February Come and meet Anglian Water’s Fisheries team from 10am to 3pm.   Choice of […]

The Salmon and Trout Conservation Scotland (S&TCS) has launched an online parliamentary petition calling for statutory tighter regulation of salmon farms on the west coast. The petition – Protecting wild salmonids from sea lice from Scottish salmon farms – urges the Scottish government to strengthen marine farm controls to protect wild salmon and trout. Andrew […]

The Environment Agency has issued a summary record of the different sessions at last month’s Salmon Summit in London, held to raise awareness of the depleted salmon stocks in England and attended by the Angling Trust and other concerned fisheries organisations.At the Summit, Mark Lloyd, chief executive of Angling Trust & Fish Legal, reported on […]

Festive Fishing at Rutland Water on Boxing Day Join us for boat or bank fishing with refreshments at 3pm Call 01780 686441 to book a boat Bank bonanza at Grafham Water 30 December With Grafham Water fishing its socks off join us for a friendly and social competition on the penultimate day of 2015 Anglian […]