Fishing Report and News 11/4/22 – 17/4/22

April 18, 2022

Fishing Report and News 11/4/22 – 17/4/22

116 anglers caught 794 trout for a rod average of 6.84

Toft keeps giving at the moment and our excellent stock of fish have proved to be very cooperative indeed. At the risk of sounding like a broken record nothing much has changed in the way of tactics – it’s the time of year to generally adopt an imitative type of approach.

In keeping with recent weeks the fish have been gorging on the massive amount of buzzers that have been hatching, interestingly olive has been the predominant colour. As you would expect the fish are in top condition and really piling the weight on as they feed heavily, a lot of the fish currently averaging over 2lbs and many are over 3lbs.

Jason James and his fishing partner Dave Hewison enjoyed an afternoon in the boat fishing dries, they took a cracking bag of fish away with them with the majority falling to a type of ‘bobs bits’ variant.

There’s a bit of something for everyone at the moment and if buzzers, nymphs and dries aren’t your regular cup of tea then it is still possible to get them on various lure patterns with long tailed damsels proving a great option – olive is definitely the colour to be using right now.

On Wednesday we adding another stocking of very nearly 250 rainbows from Olsten Trout, they soon get settled in with the other fish and begin feeding on naturals almost straight away.

The Toft Classic is back this year on Sunday the 30th of October 2022! It’s a very similar format to last years incredibly successful event and we are taking bookings NOW. To make your booking please call the fishery office and pay your entry fee on 01673 878453

Entry fee: £50 payable in advance (non refundable) Fishing fees: £20 payable on the day.

This is limited likely to fill up fairly quickly and NO PLACES WILL BE SAVED OR CONFIRMED WITHOUT PAYMENT OF THE ENTRY FEE (NON REFUNDABLE).

We look forward to a great turn out.

Get booking now folks!

Prizes:

1. £1200

2. £600

3. £450

4. £300

5. £150

Biggest fish £300

Additional Tackle prizes will be confirmed in due course.

We look forward to seeing you soon folks.

The Nights are Pulling In!

After such a long summer its pleasing to see the weather finally turning a corner and hopefully the sign of better things to come in the Autumn and winter period up to Christmas and on into next year………

Fishing Report and News 1/7/22 – 7/7/22

76 rods caught 210 trout for a rod average of 2.76 August can often fall into the description of the ‘dog days of summer’ but

Toft Update and August Opening

t’s nice to sit behind the desk and the end of July and be able to report that fishing conditions are good and plenty of fish are rising, wed really like to thank those that have turned up this week following our recent short break whilst we waited for an a………………

Fishing Report and News 27/6/22 – 03/7/22

In terms of tactics it was pretty much of a muchness as is often the case at Toft, being a relatively shallow lake its possible to catch fish pretty close to or on the surface for most of the year and last week was no exception. Washing line tactics with a small Tequila FAB on the point and Red Head Diawl Bach’s on the droppers proved as ever deadly………

Fishing report and News 13/6/22 – 19/6/22

81 rods caught 261 trout for a rod average of 3.19

A real mixed bag of a week weather wise certainly hasn’t made it easy for us. As I write (22/6/22) it would appear that the hot weather has kept one or two of you away, perhaps jobs in the garden or a visit to The Lincolnshire Show have been high on the agenda – I must admit a sun lounger and some very cold cider do have a certain appeal attached to them…………

Fishing Report and News 6/6/22 – 12/6/22

100 rods caught 374 trout for a rod average of 3.74

During spells of variable weather being adaptable is the key to success. In the brighter periods fishing a touch deeper from the boats found good sport though bank anglers can still catch more than their share by fishing smaller dries and nymphs close in – the key quite often is to ‘stick at it’, too many times lately were seeing anglers casting 20 yards when realistically shorter casts of 5-7 yards would put them in front of fish and offer better presentation…….