tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76691524035765935572024-03-13T20:01:39.758+00:00Burrator Fly FishersNews and Information from the Burrator Fly Fishers ClubPeter Macconnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118767253471373421noreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-55202813621240147472019-08-14T16:27:00.001+01:002019-08-14T16:27:29.643+01:00BFFA Meeting on 12th August 2019 at the Discovery Centre with a Presentation by Simon Kidd of Snowbee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was a very well attended free ticketed event at the Discovery Centre. Simon Kidd is the Snowbee Sales & Marketing Manager and a well known international angler who competes for England in world fly fishing events. Due to constraints on space it was necessary to book a place although one or two were unable to make it on the evening. About 35 anglers came along including members and non-members.The committee had a special new members deal for anglers who signed-up during the evening and we would like to welcome those who took advantage of the offer and are now BFFA members.</div>
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It was a beautiful evening for the 7pm start and Simon had set up on the lawn below the Discovery Centre where he told us about a range of new Snowbee products including lines and rods. He gave us an impressive demonstration of his casting skills - very impressive! - and showed us what could be achieved with well matched gear and quite a lot of practice. The new for 2019 Spectre Line and the Prestige G-XS Graphene Fly Rods looked particularly good.</div>
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As the light went we adjourned to the Discovery Centre for a ploughman's supper - perhaps that should be an anglers supper - organised by Richard and his helpers. Simon continued his presentation with a talk about some more of the gear that Snowbee had developed. Simon held everyone's attention for the whole evening and his knowledge of tackle and the angling trade made for a fascinating and informative presentation.</div>
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Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-44547971360470567162019-06-15T17:35:00.002+01:002019-06-19T17:13:51.530+01:00BFFA Meeting at the Discovery Centre and a Brown Trout Project - 10 June 2019Towards the end of 2018 the Wild Trout Trust carried out a survey of the area at Burrator around Weir Head, the Narrator Brook, River Meavy and Newleycombe Lake. The survey established that brown trout from the reservoir have difficulty in running up the streams in the autumn to spawn due to silt and other obstructions.<br />
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South West Lakes Trust and the Burrator Fly Fishers are keen to improve the situation and encourage trout to spawn where they had historically spawned in the past. Around 6.30pm 16 members of the BFFA met with West Devon Countryside Warden Sam LeBailly at the Discovery Centre and went around to Weir Head to establish what work was required.<br />
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Afterwards, we returned to the Discovery Centre for a BFFA meeting and a pizza supper. The excellent pizza's were cooked in the Centre's wood fired clay oven. The oven and the cooking was overseen by Don, Richard, Linda and Kevin. The oven takes a couple of hours to reach cooking temperature and had been lit earlier in the evening. It was intended that we walk along the shore to the Lawns and back to assess further winter work but by then the rain was very heavy so that was put off until a later date.<br />
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The meeting discussed the work needed around Weir Head which would involve re-instating a flow of water along a silted up stream bed. The work will include the use of a tracked digger and a powered wheelbarrow that Stuart would supply.<br />
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Our raffle organiser had become soaked through and had decide to return home which meant that there was no evening raffle.<br />
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Competition Secretary Bob Prout told the meeting that the winner of the competition held on Thursday 30th May at Fernworthy was Peter Shazell who weighed-in 4 brown trout for 3lb 5oz. He was presented with the usual bottle of wine. Stuart also donated a bottle of Plymouth Gin to the winner so Peter was very pleased! A report of the competition can be seen in the previous blog to this one.<br />
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The annual Three Fly Competition was due to be held at Burrator on the 14th or 15th of June but this will now take place on Friday 21st June at Burrator starting at 1pm with the weigh-in at 8pm at Longstone. Flies can be collected at Longstone at the start of the comp.<br />
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Richard gave us an update on the boats and introduced the club's new Boat Officer Nik Tompkins. Nik will join the committee. Richard also said that he was awaiting delivery of a quantity of flies. He then gave us the Treasurer's report.<br />
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Don produced a small container that will be used to collect fly line, leaders and spools for recycling. The container will be kept in the permit room at the Discovery Centre.<br />
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It was intended that we hold a quiz during the evening but we seem to run out of time!<br />
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The meeting closed at 9pm.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2311652519114158/">https://www.facebook.com/BurratorFlyFishers/</a>Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-6599283307956347992019-05-31T19:39:00.000+01:002019-05-31T21:57:34.071+01:00BFFA Competition at Fernworthy Reservoir on Thursday 30 May 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Eight Burrator members met in the anglers-only car park at Fernworthy for a 10am start. Fernworthy is a brown trout fishery with natural and stocked fish. The weather was cloudy with a fairly stiff westerly breeze blowing down the lake towards the dam. The air temperature was about 19C while the water was around 15C. The reservoir water level was was a little below the dam sill so pretty full.<br />
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I walked along the south shore towards the weedy area of Lowton Bay while everyone else fished the shore between the South Bank and the dam. The westerly wind made casting easier for the right handers from the south bank but a bit tricky castiing into it along Potter's Bank.<br />
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At Lowton Bay I put on a Hawthorn Fly as I had seen a few of the terrestrial insects around. There was not a great deal of fly activity though. I did see a few sedges but only occasional trout rising in the small chop. I had several splashes at the dry fly and hooked several more but although quite exciting the fish were small and the four I had would have probably been only just over the 7 inch limit. I returned them anyway and using barbless hooks made it easy to slip them back into the water. Some of the brownies were covered in red spots but others looked more like sea trout - just silver with black spots and crosses. I could not tell which were stocked and which were native, wild brownies.<br />
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Around midday I made my way back towards the permit hut where most of the BFFA members were fishing. Mike and Robert were in a corner where a small stream entered the reservoir to the east of Boathouse Bay. Mike had already landed a few and he was clearly fishing in the right spot as he was approaching double figures when we stopped for lunch and a chat at one of the SW Lakes provided picnic tables. TonyV had two there and Robert had the best fish of the day at 1lb 5oz narrowly beating PeteP's 1lb 4oz.<br />
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Some of us stayed on after the competition and Don had another four while I had another two, one went to 1lb 4oz which I retained.<br />
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The final results of the competition were:<br />
Anthony Waldren 2 fish retained for 1lb 9oz<br />
Pete Phillips 1 fish retained for 1lb 4oz<br />
Tony Vallack 2 fish retained for 1lb 2oz & 10oz<br />
Robert Spooner 1 fish retained for 1lb 5oz (biggest fish)<br />
Peter Shazell 4 fish retained for 3lb 5oz<br />
Mike Ellis 13 fish none retained<br />
Tony Hooper 5 fish none retained<br />
Don Brown didn't retain any during the competition but had four after the finish at 3pm.<br />
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After the gloriously warm 20C weather of a few days ago at the Easter weekend it was a bit of a shock when the forecasters were giving 10-12C and showers for our visit to Innis today. In the event the southerly wind was definitely cool and gusty but few rain showers came over and in the afternoon it was more sunny at times. The water temperature was 14C but I did not see any fly life all day and very few trout were seen rising.<br />
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Martin Winch collected our ticket monies and told us that Carbis Lake had been re-stocked the previous day. Eight Burrator club members were fishing the competition and at the 10am start we were spread around Carbis. At lunchtime owner Dave Johns arrived with our pasty order - what service! For those connoisseurs of traditional Cornish Pasties these were made by Pearce's Butchers in St Austell.<br />
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Don & I began by fishing the left bank of the lake (looking down from the car park) while the others were along the opposite bank. The gusty wind increased and it became more difficult casting directly into it so eventually everyone was fishing the same shore with the wind at our backs. Peter had his three fish limit by lunchtime and I think most trout were taken earlier in the day although four of us still worked hard for our blanks!<br />
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The results:<br />
Peter Shazell was the winner with a trout of 3lb. Peter had 3 rainbows including another of 2lb 13oz<br />
Dave Norman had two rainbows best 2lb 10oz<br />
Don Brown also had two rainbows best 2lb 7 oz<br />
Roy Whitaker had one rainbow of 2lb 10oz<br />
Nik Tompkins, Tony Vallack, Bob Prout & Tony Hooper put in nil returns.<br />
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<br />Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-65526627818122605542019-04-12T12:07:00.000+01:002019-04-12T15:30:35.355+01:00BFFA Competition at Burrator on 11th April 2019A cool but fine morning greeted the 8 members who arrived for the competition. Bob and Kevin began fishing the Discovery Centre shore but found the cold wind made life difficult and later joined everyone else at the more sheltered Longstone Peninsula.<br />
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The day remained fine and sunny with a mostly light wind blowing down the lake from the north east although later in the afternoon there was a bit more east in it . As usual I took the water temperature which was 10C with an air temperature of 9C at 10am.<br />
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The recent stocking of the lake was evident in the number of trout netted and the amount of trout activity on and just below the surface during most of the day. It was good to see so many fish over three pounds and the excellent quality of of trout supplied by Milemead Fisheries. Anthony netted and returned the one brown trout that came to a fly during the competition. We did note the shell remains of an invasive North American Signal Crayfish on the bank.<br />
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Kevin won the competition and a bottle of wine with five trout weighing a total of 12lb 6oz.<br />
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Results were:<br />
Kevin 5 trout for 12lb 6oz including one of 3lb 8oz and another of 3lb 6oz<br />
Anthony 4 trout for 10lb 4oz including one of 3lb 11oz and another of 3lb 7oz<br />
TonyH 3 trout for 6lb 7oz including one of 3lb 7oz<br />
Bob 3 trout for 4lb 3oz<br />
TonyV 2 trout for 3lb 7oz <br />
Peter 1 trout of 1lb 5oz<br />
Maurice & Allan put in nil returns<br />
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<br />Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-91567407294490186612019-04-01T23:29:00.001+01:002019-04-01T23:29:05.441+01:00BFFA Away-Day at Siblyback on Saturday 30 March 2019Eight members arrived at Siblyback for the 10am start. We were greeted with a cool northerly breeze blowing down the lake. I had not fished at Siblyback for some years and the sailing dinghies, kayaks & windsurfers that had previously used the water had apparently moved to Roadford. There were still plenty of walkers and dogs around the shoreline, though!<br />
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Milemead had re-stocked with rainbows & blues on the previous Wednesday. The air temperature was 10C and the water temp the same. It became more sunny during the day with lots of buzzers about. I fished the east shore but did not see many fish moving. Some of our group headed up to the Marsh area at the north end of the lake which turned out to be a good decision as plenty of fish were landed there by BFFA competitors and local anglers.<br />
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The weigh-in was at the permit hut and Mike Ellis was declared the winner with a five fish bag weighing 9lb. Runner up was Nik Tomkins with five fish for 7lb. Mike won the bottle of malt whisky and the bottle of wine. <br />
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Mike Ellis 5 trout for 9lb<br />
Nik Tomkins 5 trout for 7lb<br />
Kevin Sellar 3 trout for 4lb<br />
Tony Waldren 1 trout for 1lb 8oz<br />
Bob Prout, Tony Hooper, Roy Whittaker & Alan Bahan put in Nil returns<br />
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<br />Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-17965985022778231562019-03-21T11:38:00.000+00:002019-03-21T23:21:53.796+00:00Re-stocking at Burrator 20th March 2019The Burrator FFA had a meeting at the Discovery Centre in the morning. Sam LeBailly, the West Devon Countryside Warden told us that there was a delivery of rainbow & blue trout due around 1pm. Over at Longstone Sam, me and Burrator FFA Chair, Linda met Paul Evenden from Milemead Fisheries.<br />
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In the two tanks on the back of his 4x4 pick-up were 250 trout. Paul was soon netting them into the lake and within a short time the trout were swimming about in the bay.<br />
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While we were there a scientist from the Environment Agency arrived to take samples from the reservoir. Later she told me that she had netted a good amount of insect life including caddis & mayfly larvae. She said she didn't net any signal crayfish in the samples but I have no doubt that they are present in Burrator and probably in some numbers.<br />
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Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-18862624555017677062019-03-21T10:47:00.000+00:002019-03-21T23:18:52.232+00:00An early 2019 season boat trip at Burrator on 19th MarchQuite a few things have changed at the Burrator FFA and at the reservoir since the last blog back in May 2018.<br />
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We now have two Coulam boats that have replaced the 30 year old dinghies that were simply beyond straightforward maintenance. I booked a boat for Tuesday 19th March as the weather forecast looked favourable.<br />
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I arrived at the Discovery Centre around 10am to book in before parking on the slipway to put my gear in the boat. I have my own electric outboard and two 80ah batteries which are more than enough for a whole day of fishing. The boats had plenty of water in them from the recent heavy rain but that was soon pumped out. There was a very light SW wind, sunny intervals and an air temperauture of 13-14C. The water was much chillier at 8C.<br />
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The new safety boom installed in October last year across the lake means that we are no longer restricted to waiting for the water level to drop several feet below below the sill.<br />
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A few trout were dimpling the surface as I motored away from the pontoon and headed up the lake. In the bay under the Discovery Centre I had one blue of about 1lb 4oz on a black & green Kennick Killer on a floating line which I returned. I fished several places along the west shore until lunchtime and had lots of light plucks which could well have been brownies. I should have perhaps changed over to buzzers as there were one or two in the air. Nothing more landed, though, so I went ashore on a little sandy beach to brew tea and have my lunch. Burrator was looking absolutely stunning in the spring sunshine.<br />
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Back out on the water the breeze was a little stronger and more westerly. I anchored for while but then decided to motor over to the ever popular Longstone area. Several anglers were fishing from the shore and I anchored a little way along the shore towards the Sheepstor Dam but only about 70 yards from the ruined manor and not far off the shore. The water depth was around 25 feet so I stayed with the floating line and the weighted fly. Later I changed from the black & green to a more fritzy orange one (see photo below).<br />
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I had another three rainbows and two blues. I kept the two blues but returned the rainbows. I did have lots more plucks at the fly but I have found that when the water is cold the trout don't seem to hit the fly but rather 'nibble' at the wavy marabou tail.<br />
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This was my first boat trip on Burrator for two seasons and the new - to us - Coulams are very welcome. I have a boat seat that I made for fishing Chew Valley in the early 70's and it still going strong and is still fairly comfortable! Being raised up and clamped to the thwart it makes for very easy fly casting.<br />
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<br />Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-40355313240758552172018-05-21T22:01:00.002+01:002018-05-23T22:50:55.124+01:00BFFA Three Fly Competition at Burrator on Wednesday 16th May 2018Ten members met at Longstone for this annual competition. There are three patterns of fly available to each competitor all tied by BFFA members, hence the name 'Three Fly Competition'! This year the flies were tied by Pat Power - a dry fly, Bob Eccles - a Damsel Nymph and Tony Hooper - a green & black Kennick killer. By the end of the day trout had been caught on all three patterns.<br />
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There had been a change to the start & finish times agreed at an earlier meeting. This year the start time was 1pm with the weigh-in at 8pm. It turned out to be a bit of a grey day, overcast with light rain some of the time. The air temperature was 15C and the water temp was also 15C.<br />
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Here are the results:<br />
The winner was Bob Prout with a total bag weight of 7lb 7oz. His five fish included 3 rainbows and 2 blues - biggest was a blue of 1lb 10oz.<br />
Kevin Sellar 4 blues & 1 rainbow total bag 6lb 7oz<br />
Pat Power 3 blues & 2 rainbows totalling 6lb 5oz<br />
Tony Hooper 1 blue of 1lb 8oz<br />
Stuart Payne 1 blue of 1lb 8oz<br />
Tony Vallack 1 rainbow<br />
Peter Macconnell 1 rainbow<br />
David Lye, Terry Denley & Linda James put in nil returns<br />
<br />Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-41383581643137871942018-04-27T14:12:00.000+01:002018-04-27T14:12:35.082+01:00BFFA Away-Day Competition at Tavistock Fishery Thursday 26 April 2018Yet another good turn-out of eleven members for the competition at Tavistock Trout Fishery on 26th April 2018. Apart from a couple of showers, the day was sunshine and cloud. Although cool in the morning, it did warm up after lunch. I took the water temperature at 10C while the air was around 12C.<br />
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The competition started at 10am and even before I had bought my ticket Jay Nicholls had a rainbow of over 3lb from Kingfisher and Bob Eccles had netted two others from the Big Osprey.<br />
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As it was very busy on the 'top' lakes - Kingfisher, Osprey & Big Osprey, I decided to have a few casts on Heron Lake. With no anglers there at all I had plenty of choice of bank! I was using a black Kennick Killer and had several plucks & pulls before landing one of 2lb 5oz. Bob Prout had one from Little Heron.<br />
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The owner of Tavistock Fishery, Abigail, generously gave a prize of a landing net for the winner and, as Jay's trout was within 3/8oz of Pete's winning trout, she gave him a baseball cap, too. Much appreciated by us all.<br />
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As with all our away-day competitions it is the biggest fish that wins.</div>
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The winner was Pete Phillips with a rainbow of 3lb 4 3/8oz. He had another of 2lb 12oz.</div>
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A very close second with a bag of five rainbows was Jay Nicholls - the biggest at 3lb 4oz, 2 others at 3lb and another 2 at 2lb 12oz.</div>
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David Lye, Kelvin Nikulin, Anthony Waldren and Terry Denley all put in nil returns.</div>
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Eleven members fished the competition starting at 10am with a weigh-in at 3pm. There was a south to southeast breeze blowing all day. Honorary bailiff and BFFA member Al Lawson fished the south side of Longstone and later the end of the peninsular. He won the competition with a five fish bag weight of just over 8lb. His best fish was a rainbow of 2lb 12oz, the other four were all blues. All taken, I think, on a damsel nymph. It was very nice to see Burrator Fly Fishers only family members there. The Hampton team fished mostly at the end of the Longstone Peninsula. Sadly, none of them reported any fish landed. There were several nil returns from other members.<br />
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Alan Lawson 5 fish for 8lb including a 2lb 12oz rainbow that was best fish of the day.<br />
Tony Hooper 1 blue at 1lb 2oz<br />
Terry Denley 2 blues for 3lb<br />
Peter Macconnell 1 rainbow at 1lb 5oz<br />
Mark Garbutt 1 rainbow at 1lb 8oz<br />
Stuart Payne, Anthony Waldren, Tony Vallack, Mark, Ben & Magnus Hampton put in nil returns.<br />
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<br />Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-9931703115909331512018-04-16T21:27:00.000+01:002018-04-16T21:27:27.367+01:00Stocking at Burrator - 16th March & 9th April 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have attended two of the re-stockings this year. The first one was at Longstone on 16th March 2018 where 270 trout were released into Burrator by Paul Evenden of Milemead Fisheries at Mill Hill near Tavistock. Two other BFFA members came along for the 9am stocking, Kevin Sellar & Pat Power.</div>
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The trout were a mix of rainbows & blues and either 1lb 4oz or 1lb 8oz although a few were nearer 2lb.</div>
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On Monday 9th April Paul released about 250 trout at the slipway where the two angling boats are moored. There was a mix of rainbows and blue trout. This was an afternoon stocking and was attended by Mike, a volunteer with SWLT, BFFA members Stuart McCullough and me. My wife Sue also came along.</div>
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I had been told that some big trout of around 12lb were to be released at the same time and below are some photographs as two biggies were put into the reservoir. Paul said that similar sized trout had already been put into Stithians, a reservoir of 274 acres near Redruth. The chairman, Paul Wallace, of CAST the fly fishing club based there had landed and returned one of over 11lb during a a recent competition at Stithians. </div>
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<br />Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-67054074725219453272018-04-07T21:53:00.001+01:002018-04-07T21:53:14.009+01:00A Day in the Boat at Hawkridge Reservoir - 5th April 2018A last minute check of the weather forecast - wet & windy - meant a change of day to fish at Hawkridge. Unfortunately that also meant that Pat & Bob couldn't make our meet at the reservoir. The day turned out to be a 'window in the weather' - dry all day with sun before lunch and increasing high level thin cloud in the afternoon. I took the water temperature at 8C while the air was around 10-11C with a multi directional breeze eddying around the valley. There had been a lot of rain recently and the water was running over the dam.<br />
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I think the cool water slowed things down and despite lots of anglers fishing both on the bank and from boats we did not see much action in the morning. My brother, Chris, & I had booked a boat and we used my electric outboard to fish various spots on the 32 acre lake which is managed by Wessex Water. The permits were £20 each (concession) and a boat permit £15. Parking near the boats is quite limited and the main car park is near the reservoir entrance off the road (Lawyers Hill). We dropped all the gear, motor & batteries at the permit/Ranger's hut just above the boat pontoon and while Chris parked the car and walked the 400yards back to the pontoon I got the boat ready.<br />
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We fished mostly towards the top end away from the dam. Even so, the water is still quite deep with about 70' near the dam and still perhaps 30-40' off the pontoon. Chris used a sinking line - either fast sinker or an intermediate line - and stuck with his favourite fly for Hawkridge, a white & lime green Cat's Whisker. I had my two trout - both Spartics - on a floating line with one of my own tied black & green Kennick Killers (very like the Nomad) weighted with a 3.8mm gold bead. The biggest was about 4.5lb the other around 3lb. The Spartics were a first for me. Chris had four trout - three rainbows and a blue. Again the blue was a first for Chris.<br />
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Although it is about 85 miles from Plymouth most of the drive is on dual carriageway and motorway with only the last few miles on backroads. It is a very popular fishery with good bank fishing and boats usually available - book with the ranger in advance.<br />
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<br />Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-58776512215996001322018-03-25T11:17:00.002+01:002018-03-25T11:17:57.924+01:00BFFA Competition held at Blakewell Fishery on 22 March 2018Another well attended competition with eleven members meeting at Blakewell Fishery near Barnstaple in North Devon. We were due to start at 10am but a traffic accident near Exeter saw several of us held up for an hour in a long queue from Haldon Hill. There was also a long queue through a mobile traffic control on the North Devon link road. Valuable competition time was being lost!<br />
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Pete Phillips, Tony Vallack & Mike Duckett had left Plymouth earlier than most of us and missed the hold-ups so were able to begin fishing at the competition start time of 10am. By the time the rest of us cast a line around 1045am they had already taken several rainbows. I had not fished at Blakewell previously but the south bank was unoccupied so I headed that way. The fishery is a single five acre lake stocked with rainbows and brown trout. Although we landed plenty of fish during the competition they were all rainbows and I was a little disappointed not to see any brownies.<br />
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There was light cloud cover all day, no rain and a fairly gentle breeze that seemed to shift direction from time to time. The air temperature was 8-9C and the water temperature was 9C.<br />
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I put on one of my own tied Black & Green Kennick Killers (very similar to the Nomad lure) and little later I hooked and lost a trout followed after a short while by a repeat when another trout 'came off'. Examination of the fly revealed that the point had broken off at the barb - it pays to check before starting to fish! Trout were being landed all across the lake and there were a few buzzers hatching. It was another hour before my Kennick Killer - this time with a proper point - was snatched fairly close in by a powerful trout that surged after the fly creating a big bow wave. Pete and Kevin were fishing nearby and after a lot of to & fro-ing with my Fulling Mill rod well bent, Pete offered to net what looked to be a good fish.<br />
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A few minutes later Pete deftly wielded his net and the trout was on the bank. He weighed it for me at 8lb 6oz - a personal best trout for me on rod & line so my thanks to Pete for expertly netting it! As so often happens at the last the 6lb line parted at the fly when the trout was in the net. On reflection the size of the trout that could hooked in the lake - rainbows up to 15lb & browns up to 12lb or so - warranted a heavier leader, perhaps 8lb or even 10lb fluoro.<br />
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Two brothers, Richard & John Nickell, own the fishery and at lunchtime Richard made bacon baps for everyone as we took a break for a chat in the café. Tea & coffee was also served. All very reasonably priced, I thought. There is also a well stocked tackle shop on site.<br />
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The results (to be updated later) are:<br />
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Tony Hooper 3 rainbows best 8lb 6oz (competition winner)<br />
David Lye 4 rainbows best 5lb 0oz<br />
Terry Denley 2 rainbows best 1lb 12oz<br />
Mike Duckett 4 rainbows best 4lb 3oz<br />
Pete Phillips 6 rainbows best 5lb 11oz<br />
John Bright 4 rainbows best 3lb 8oz (A new personal best for John)<br />
Anthony Waldren 4 rainbows best 2lb 8oz (Anthony caught 4 in quick succession and then moved a little way as two otters had turned up where he was fishing! )<br />
Tony Vallack<br />
Bob Eccles<br />
Pat Power<br />
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A great day out for the BFFA members at a well run, well stocked fishery.<br />
<br />Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-82396811398521474242018-02-26T10:26:00.000+00:002018-02-26T14:00:20.947+00:00BFFA Competition held at Innis Fishery on 22 February 2018Although we enjoyed a sunny day at Innis Fishery, near St Austell there was a cold SE wind blowing along Carbis Lake where we all fished. The air temperature was 7C and the water was the same at 7C. Eleven club members took part in the competition with varying degrees of success!<br />
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David had three trout including a thin one which had probably over-wintered in the lake. I had one of 3lb 3oz which proved to be the biggest fish of the day plus another of just over 2lb. Bill and Bob also had two fish each while TonyV and Kelvin had one each. Five of us put in a nil return. <br />
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The result means that John Bright is still in the lead for the Travellers Trophy with his 3lb 4.5oz trout from Tavistock in January. Although Carbis Lake is stocked with Brown Trout, Blue Trout and Rainbows, all the trout landed were Rainbows.<br />
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Here are the results for Innis:-<b></b><br />
<b>Tony Hooper </b>3lb 3oz & 2lb 2oz,<b> David Lye </b>1lb<b> </b>13oz, 1lb 12oz & 1lb 6oz, <b>Bob Eccles </b>2lb & 1lb 8oz, <b> Bill Watson </b>2lb 2oz & 1lb 13oz, <b>Tony Vallack </b>1lb 13oz and <b>Kelvin Nikulin </b>2lb 2oz. <b> </b><br />
<b>Peter, Pat, John, Linda & Mike</b> put in nil returns<br />
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<br />Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-52264106540935609022018-01-21T18:34:00.001+00:002018-01-22T13:11:25.215+00:00BFFA Competition held at Tavistock Fly Fishery on 20th January 2018There was a great turnout of members for the first competition of 2018. Thirteen of us met for the start at 10am and after buying tickets we spread out onto all five lakes. Kevin turned up a little later and had one rainbow from Heron Lake. The air temperature was 9C but the water was a chilly 5C. The sky was overcast with occasional light drizzle. The weather forecast I watched earlier was giving a clearance at lunchtime but in the event we were treated to some heavy rain and strong westerly winds.<br />
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Although the lakes are stocked with a variety of trout - rainbows, golden, browns, blues and tigers - we only saw rainbows in our bags but with a total of 18 between us it was a good day out. The biggest rainbow was landed from Kingfisher Lake by John Bright (we saw the kingfisher several times by the way!). At 3lb 4.5oz John is the winner of the competition and is now currently leading the 'Traveller's Trophy' race for the biggest trout taken on an away day. There is a long way to go until November, John!<br />
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Here are the results:<br />
<b>John</b> 2 trout best 3lb 4.5oz, <b>Bob</b> 3 trout best 2lb 6oz, <b> Pat</b> 2lb 4oz & 2lb 2oz, <b> Kelvin</b> 2lb 6oz & 2lb 0oz, <b> PeteP</b> 3lb 0oz & 2lb 20z, <b>Stuart</b> 2lb 2oz & 1lb 8oz, <b>PeterM</b> 2lb 10oz & 2lb 8oz, <b>TonyV</b> 2lb 4oz, <b>TonyH</b> 1lb 12oz & <b>Kevin </b>1lb 10oz. David, Anthony, Karen & Jay put in nil returns.<br />
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Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-57225186505608182292018-01-14T10:07:00.002+00:002018-01-14T10:07:18.829+00:00
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<span style="margin: 0px;">BURRATOR FLY FISHERS ASSOCIATION</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">CONSTITUTION</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">FEBRUARY 2016</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">(Latest version)</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">1. TITLE</span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
<span style="margin: 0px;">1.1</span><span style="margin: 0px;"> The Club shall be called the Burrator Fly Fishers
Association</span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;">2. OBJECTS</span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
<span style="margin: 0px;">2.1 To facilitate and
encourage the practice of fly fishing at Burrator Reservoir and elsewhere with
due regard to the environment.</span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;">2.2 To foster the
interest of adult and junior anglers wishing to develop their fly fishing
skills and to improve their sport.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">2.3 To liaise and
co-operate with South West Lakes Trust and work with them to improve fishing
and facilities at Burrator Reservoir.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">2.4 To enable social
contact between members who share an interest in fly fishing.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">3. MEMBERSHIP</span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
<span style="margin: 0px;">3.1 Membership is open
to anyone who is genuinely interested in fly fishing, wishes to take part in
the club activities and is prepared to abide by the rules of the Association.</span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;">3.2 Applications are
to be made to the Treasurer in the first instance.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">3.3 Members must hold
a valid Environment Agency licence before fishing.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">3.4 There shall be
three classes of membership available. These are:</span></div>
<span style="margin: 0px;">Full Member -</span><span style="margin: 0px;"> Adults over the age of 18 years.</span><br />
<span style="margin: 0px;">Junior Member -</span><span style="margin: 0px;"> (Under 18 years of age) Junior members up to the age of 16 years
shall always be in the company of and the responsibility of either his/her
legal guardian or an adult member <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>designated
by his/her legal guardian when attending association events. Members aged
16 to 18 years may attend without their legal guardian.</span><br />
<span style="margin: 0px;">Honorary Member - </span><span style="margin: 0px;">The members at an AGM may from time to time decide to offer
Honorary Membership to someone who is considered to merit it. This would
normally only be applied where the member is too elderly or frail to continue
fishing and/or has given outstanding service to the Association.</span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;">3.5 New members will
be issued with a copy of the Constitution, a copy of the Burrator Fishing Boat
Regulations and a member’s badge. New members will be introduced to the
waters and made fully aware of the fishing etiquette and limitations.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">4. OFFICERS</span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
<span style="margin: 0px;">4.1 The Officers of
the BFFA shall be as follows:</span><br />
<span style="margin: 0px;">Chairman -</span><span style="margin: 0px;"> who will chair all meetings of the Association and take the lead
role in any discussions/negotiations with other agencies. The membership,
at their discretion, may also elect a Chairman Designate.</span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;">Secretary -</span><span style="margin: 0px;"> who will minute all official meetings and circulate these to
members. He/she will also receive and deal with all correspondence to and from
the Association with the exception of membership matters and club insurance.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">Treasurer -</span><span style="margin: 0px;"> who will deal with all routine membership matters and club
insurance and keep fair and accurate records of the Associations finances.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">Social &
Competition Secretary -</span><span style="margin: 0px;"> who will plan
and organise the monthly competitions, monthly raffles and other events.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">4.2 Officers shall be
elected/re-elected at the AGM each year by a majority of members present.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">4.3 In case of illness
or other unforeseen circumstances Officer roles can be filled by co-opting an
appropriate adult member of the Association. This co-opted status can
last only to the next subsequent AGM or EGM.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">4.4 No Officer shall
be re-elected to the same role for more than three successive years.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">5. SIGNING CHEQUES
& PAYING BILLS</span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
<span style="margin: 0px;">5.1 All cheques and
other bank transactions will be authorised by the Treasurer and one other of
the Officers named above. Two signatures will be required.</span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;">6. MEETINGS</span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
<span style="margin: 0px;">6.1 Annual General
Meeting (AGM) - is to be held in January each year. Members shall be given
21 days’ notice of the date. Members will be invited to submit items for
the agenda and that agenda will be circulated to all members at least seven
days before the meeting. This will include proposals (with seconders) for
any Officer role. All matters at the AGM will be decided by majority vote
of those present. In the case of a tied vote the Chairman will have a
casting vote. The AGM will receive reports from the Officers including a
Statement of Accounts on the basis of which subscription levels for the coming
year will be agreed.</span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;">6.2 Emergency
General Meeting (EGM) - will only be held in exceptional circumstances
when, for example, the Association needs to decide on an urgent matter which
cannot wait until the next AGM. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>A
majority of members must vote in favour of calling an EGM.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">6.3 Monthly General
Meetings - will be held eight or nine times throughout the year.
Normally there will be no meeting in August, the meeting in December will be
the Christmas social event and the meeting in January will be the AGM.
These can be changed by a majority vote of the members.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">7. BOATS UNDER THE
SUPERVISION OF THE ASSOCIATION</span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
<span style="margin: 0px;">7.1 During the period
in which the Association has access to boat fishing at Burrator and helps SWLT
to manage these boats. The rules and conditions for their use will be
reviewed annually by BFFA and SWLT representatives and updated as
necessary. These will be issued/re-issued to all BFFA members wishing to
use the boats.</span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;">8. DISCIPLINARY
MATTERS</span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
<span style="margin: 0px;">8.1 Should any member
seriously and/or persistently breach the Association rules or jeopardise its
continuance, the member may be asked to leave the Association and their
membership fee returned.</span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;">8.2 The said member
will be entitled to receive in writing from the Chairman the reason for the
discontinuance of membership and be given at least two weeks to respond. They
will be entitled to put their case to the membership, either by letter or in
person, and have a fair hearing.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">8.3 Throughout the
process Principals of Natural Justice will be adhered to.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">9. DISSOLUTION OF THE
ASSSOCIATION</span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
<span style="margin: 0px;">9.1 The Association
will only be dissolved at either an AGM or an EGM called for that purpose.</span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;">9.2 For dissolution to
take place two thirds of those present must agree.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">9.3 On dissolution the
Officers in post at that time will realise all assets and discharge all debts.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;">9.4 The members
present at the dissolution meeting shall decide by a simple majority how to
dispose of any remaining monies by, for example, donation to an appropriate
charity/organisation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Twenty four members and partners had booked a meal at Zuzimo's Restaurant in Plymouth but on the night Gill Macconnell was unwell so sadly could not attend. We met at the restaurant at 7pm for a pre-dinner chat and drink. The owner Mo & manageress Tian Tian greeted us with a warm welcome as always. <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24.64px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The restaurant has a good atmosphere, good service and good food. As usual the hospitality was
second to none and Mo bought some of our raffle tickets winning a prize in the draw! Between us we
covered the whole menu and there was nothing but praise for the quality
of all the courses.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">After the meal there was the customary raffle organised by Tony Vallack. This took some time as the table was laden with draw prizes! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Then o<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24.64px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">ur chairman, Kelvin, presented the trophies won by members during the year. We now have four trophies - the latest one has been given by Richard Peel for the biggest boat caught trout at Burrator. The winner of this was Alan Lawson with a rainbow of 3lb 6oz. Alan could not be at the dinner. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24.64px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">'The Sunset Trophy' is for the biggest rainbow from Burrator and that was won by Pat Power with a trout of 3lb 10oz. Pat could not attend the evening either. These two trophies will be presented at the AGM in January. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24.64px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The engraved glass 'Traveller's Trophy' for the biggest trout taken on an 'away day' at a fishery other than Burrator was won by Pete Phillips with a rainbow of 5lb 4oz taken at Exe Valley Fishery. He was also presented with an engraved glass paperweight to keep. 'The Three Fly Trophy' for a competition of the same name at Burrator was won by Kevin Sellar with a total bag of 7lb 1oz including a rainbow of 3lb 2oz. The trophy is a wooden carving with a new one given each year by Tony Vallack. The flies used were a Cat’s Whisker, a Damsel Nymph & a Hawthorn
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<span style="color: #005000; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="color: #005000;"><br /></span>Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-54673950327919135102017-12-01T23:33:00.001+00:002017-12-02T23:16:15.502+00:00BFFA Bank Clearance Day at Burrator - Monday 27 November 2017<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">The weather early on Monday was very cold, overcast
& grey with heavy rain and not at all pleasant. Eight Burrator Fly
Fishers members plus Sam Le Bailly from the South West Lakes Trust arrived at
Longstone around 10am. The plan was to make fly casting easier in a few
areas by removing some of the undergrowth and the invasive, fast growing
willows. The willows had been cut down previously and had since put out
long new shoots from the stumps ensuring that a less than accurate back
cast would be easily snagged.</span><span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><br />
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Sam told me that he only recently joined SWLT but he soon had us organised and
under his expert guidance we made a successful start on the clearance. I think
he will be an asset to the Trust and we look forward to working with him in the
future.<br />
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The water level is currently high and when fishing in these conditions, even
wading a little way out, it is difficult to avoid overhanging branches and
bushes on the shore. If this plan is to be successful in the long term we
will need to ensure regular visits to keep the growth in check. I
understand that in the long term SWLT intend to clear more of the bank around
Longstone where willow and rhododendron have invaded the shoreline. They
would like to encourage wild flowers to re-establish themselves on the
peninsula where there is currently a mass of brambles.<br />
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The rain eased away after a couple of hours and Linda drove to the Burrator Inn
to collect a tray of excellent pasties for lunch. Two Kelly Kettles were
soon bringing water to the boil for very welcome mugs of tea. Lunch was
rounded off with slices of Linda's delicious home-made Dundee cake. It
was a bit of a struggle to resume work after all that!<br />
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We did manage another couple of hours before packing up in the afternoon as the
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</span>Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-1968459558953192632017-11-02T21:35:00.001+00:002017-11-02T21:35:59.262+00:00BFFA Competition at Blakewell Fly Fishery 19 October 2017<span style="text-align: center;">Six members made the journey up to North Devon to fish at Blakewell Fly Fishery. Despite early rain and mist on the way up, the day turned out to be dry and cloudy with virtually no wind which made casting very comfortable. We opted for a variety of tickets ranging from 2-fish to 6-fish.</span><br />
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From the start we could see plenty of trout moving, mainly just under the surface. Frustratingly though they seemed to be really sluggish, and despite our best efforts our flies were being ignored in the flat calm conditions. Bob suggested that they may react to something to chase, and tried stripping back a black and silver lure at speed. Within minutes he had a lovely rainbow of 4-3 in the net. Pat and Tony switched to the same tactics and both soon had fish on the bank, and eventually I did too. Ten minutes later Tony completed his two fish ticket and was left watching and netting fish for the rest of us!<br />
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Higher up the lake David and Stuart couldn't find the fish, but a move down improved their luck with Stuart landing what turned out to be the best fish of the day at 4-6. Sport went quiet for a while but we enjoyed plenty more action after lunch, this time mainly on buzzers. As ever at Blakewell all the fish were in beautiful condition - hard fighting, fully finned and a very good size, averaging around three pounds with three topping the four pound mark. Unusually, no browns were caught on the day.<br />
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The results were:<br />
Stuart Payne 5 rainbows to 4-6 (Winner)<br />
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PKG5Jn23HZM/WfsmIZXYOYI/AAAAAAAAACU/y_xHSWgvk1ckmVEVMpv0EeiwE_pgRXwKACEwYBhgL/s1600/Dave%2B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a>Pete Phillips 6 rainbows to 4-4<br />
Bob Eccles 4 rainbows to 4-3<br />
David Lye 4 rainbows to 3-7<br />
Pat Power 2 rainbows total 7-0 approx<br />
Tony Vallack 2 rainbows total 5-12 approx<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">Bob worked out the right tactics</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here's his catch to prove it - all three pounds plus, best 4lbs 3ozs<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David searches for that killer fly</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tony bagged up too quickly!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stuart's worthy winner - 4lbs 6 ozs. David, Bob and Pat in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pat concentrating hard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They all put up a strong fight. David and Stuart in the distance.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pete tries to bring his four pounder under control<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">The trout were in top condition</td></tr>
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<br />Peter Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994755378323030394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-24873893717502729842017-04-27T15:27:00.001+01:002017-04-27T15:27:19.648+01:00BFFA Competition at Innis Fishery, St Austell on Tuesday 25 April 2017 Eight members went to Innis Fishery at Penwithick near St Austell for a 10am start. There was a very cold northerly wind blowing and I noted that the air temperature was 5C. The water was much warmer at 12C. We had a squally shower or two on the drive down from Plymouth but at Innis it remained dry all day with lots of sunshine although the wind remained very cold & occasionally gusty.<br />
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We all fished on a 3-fish ticket on Carbis Lake. Pat had a rainbow early on which at 3lb1oz proved to be the biggest of the day. Bob Eccles was very successful taking his bag limit of three fish by early afternoon He also netted some roach the biggest of which was around 12oz. Kelvin had two rainbows and I had one. Everyone had the occasional tug on the line but it was clear that the very cold wind ensured there was no fly hatch and very little surface activity from the rainbows.<br />
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The weigh-in was at 3pm and the results were: <br />
Pat Power 1 trout 3lb 1oz<br />
Bob Eccles 3 trout 2lb 14oz, 2lb 10oz & 2lb 9oz<br />
Kelvin Nikulin 2 trout 2lb 0oz & 2lb 10oz<br />
Tony Hooper 1 trout 1lb 15oz<br />
Bob Prout, Tony Vallack, Tony Waldren & Peter Macconnell submitted nil returns.<br />
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Pat was declared the winner and will receive the bottle of wine. <br />
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<br />Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-21495904789671678572017-04-23T17:28:00.000+01:002017-04-23T17:28:06.833+01:00BFFA Three Fly Competition at Burrator Saturday 22 April 2017An excellent turn out saw 13 members arrive at Burrator for the competition. Three different flies were handed out - a Cat's Whisker, a Damselfly Nymph and a Hawthorn Fly. The flies are usually tied by three different BFFA members but at the March Club Meeting new member Wes Ower generously offered to tie all of them for the competition. Several members joked that the Hawthorn Fly that Wes tied was too good to be used for fishing!<br />
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The weather was dry with occasional sun, a cool northerly breeze was coming down the reservoir but on the south side of the Longstone Peninisula it was very sheltered for most of the day. The air temperature was around 14C and the water 12C. The water level in the reservoir had dropped back to 91% from 100% full a few weeks ago. With so many of us fishing we were spaced out around the Peninsula while BobP started over on the western shore of Burrator near the Discovery Centre.<br />
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A few trout were rising here & there but there was no real surface activity during the competition. One of the flies I mentioned above was a Hawthorn and on cue we saw a few of them around the trees on the sheltered lee side of Longstone. They are of course terrestrial but the breeze was not strong enough to blow them out over the water. Although we tried the Hawthorn fished dry there was not a lot of interest from the trout although I did have one swirl that 'drowned' the fly.<br />
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Kevin took the best fish of the day at 3lb 2oz. He had three others which gave him a total bag of 7lb 1oz and he won the competition by a clear margin. Both the Bob's had a bag weight of over 3lb. Several blue trout were caught<br />
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The results are:<br />
Kevin Sellars 4 trout for 7lb 1oz including a rainbow of 3lb 2oz<br />
Bob Eccles 3 trout for 3lb 12oz<br />
Bob Prout 3 trout for 3lb 7oz <br />
Pat Power 2 trout for 2lb 12oz<br />
Peter Macconnell 1 trout at 1lb 6oz<br />
David Lye 1 trout at 1lb 6oz<br />
Terry Denley 1 trout at 1lb 4oz<br />
Anthony Waldren 1 trout at 1lb 2oz<br />
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Bill Watson, Richard Peel, Keniesha Miller, Ken Hindley & Tony Hooper put in nil returns.<br />
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Kevin was declared the winner and will receive the carved wooden trout trophy and a bottle of wine.<br />
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<br />Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-7504248337783142742017-02-20T09:35:00.000+00:002017-02-20T09:35:18.340+00:00BFFA Competition at Innis Fishery 18th February 2017I have not been to the Innis Fishery near St Austell before today and I have to report that I should have visited sooner! Six of us met at the car park for the competition which ran from 10am until 3.30pm. The owner of the fishery and England Fly Fishing team member, Dave Johns, gave us information on where he thought the trout would be. We all bought a three fish ticket which allowed us to fish two of the three lakes and the winner of the competition would be the member who netted the largest trout.<br />
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It was very overcast with misty patches about when we arrived but brightened up later. There was a gentle southerly breeze that put a nice ripple on the lakes and with an air temperature of around 10C it wasn't particularly cold. We all began by fishing on Sterrick Lake. PeteP was very quickly into a trout using a white and lime green lure on a floating line. PeterM had his on a pheasant tail nymph one of which took very close in under a small overhanging willow bush. I tried several flies including nymphs, a white & green cat's whisker and an orange booby on both floating and sinking lines but, apart from one tug on the booby, I had nothing on the bank after 90 minutes. I changed to a black & green nomad that has a small brass bead to make it sink slowly. On a floating line with a 12' leader I had a pull first cast. The breeze drifted the line across the surface and with a very slow retrieve that's all it took for me to net my three rainbows within the next hour. <br />
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PeterM had several roach (or were they rudd?) on his small self weighted pheasant tail nymph plus his three rainbows. Dave Johns came around the lakes several times to see how we were doing. He told me that there were perch & bream in the lake, too, both of which will take a fly. Later Dave was practising on the biggest lake, Carbis, for a forthcoming England match against Scotland. He was using a #7 Sunray floating line and casting an unbelievable distance with relative ease even across the wind. Must check that out!<br />
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Peter & I did consider purchasing a catch-and-release ticket for Carbis Lake to continue fishing in the afternoon. But by the time we had lunch, chatted and had a look at the stew ponds we decided to call it a day. A very enjoyable visit to a scenic fishery where we all caught good conditioned rainbows.<br />
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Here is the link to the fishery - www.innisflyfishery.co.uk <br />
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The results are :- Pete Phillips - 1lb 14oz, 2lb 1oz, 2lb 15oz, Peter Macconnell - 2lb 10oz, 2lb 10oz, 2lb 6oz, David Lye - 2lb 3oz, 2lb 6oz, Kelvin Nikulin - 2lb 10oz, 2lb 3oz, 2lb 4oz, Stuart Payne - 2lb 10oz, 2lb 6oz, 2lb 5oz, Tony Hooper - 1lb 15oz, 2lb 1oz, 2lb 10oz. Pete Phillips had the heaviest rainbow at 2lb 15oz and was declared the winner.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Peter Macconnell took this one on a Pheasant Tail Nymph close to the bank</span></span></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Peter had several small roach on nymphs</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">David fishing Sterrick - Pete & Kelvin farther along the bank</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pete nets one for Kelvin</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And PeterM does the same for David - Stuart & Kelvin either side</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stuart fishing a popular spot on Sterrick</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kelvin nets his third</span></span></b></td></tr>
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Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-68705295259947252582017-01-28T22:13:00.000+00:002017-01-29T14:33:05.271+00:00BFFA Competition at Burrator Saturday 28th January 2017Seven members met at the parking area at Longstone to start fishing at 10am. The weather was calm, the air cold at 8C with a Southwest breeze forecast for later in the morning. I took the water temperature which was a very cold 4C. I understand that rainbow trout have one of the broadest temperature ranges through which they will continue to feed. Unfortunately for us at Burrator that range is about 6C to 21C which seemed to show that today we would be struggling even if the rainbows were right in front of us!<br />
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The breeze from the southwest picked up as forecast and that makes casting on the south side of Longstone Peninsula difficult if you are right handed. Some of our members moved around to the more sheltered side but their efforts went unrewarded. By 2pm we had landed nothing although Kenisha had contacted a trout that came off. Although we all tried every method the day ended with a resounding 7 blanks and no winner.<br />
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I fished on here on Monday 23rd January and since then the water level had risen a little.<br />
See here - https://www.southwestwater.co.uk/reservoirlevels<br />
On the same date in 2016 Burrator was 100% full so there is a lot of water needed to reach that level.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Short lived excitement as Kenisha snags the bottom</span></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></td></tr>
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<br />Tony Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078928998470979009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669152403576593557.post-18157156068203974262017-01-24T11:46:00.000+00:002017-01-24T11:46:09.214+00:00A still day at Burrator - 23rd January 2017As usual first stop was at the dam to check water levels and I was surprised to see it was almost as low as back in the summer. The South West Water website is showing 54% full (about 48% at the lowest level last year) which indicates how dry the weather has been.<br />
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Around at Longstone Peninsula I spent a while casting various flies near the point. I didn't have a touch there so moved farther into the bay for a Kelly Kettle brew.<br />
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By then it was early afternoon and I tried in front of the ruined manor house. I had one pull followed a little later with a rainbow of 1lb 12oz on the bank. Both times I was using a sinking line and a single orange booby, letting it sink to the bottom before slowly retrieving. The air temperature was 8C but the water was a very chilly 4-5C. I was glad of my thermals under my new zippy waders!<br />
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