Fishing report and News 25/4/22 – 01/5/22

May 2, 2022

Fishing report and News 25/4/22 – 01/5/22

98 rods caught 739 trout for a rod average of 7.54

A real bumper week again!

As we slip into May the season is well and truly in full swing and the fish obliging on the whole to the imitative approach employed by most of the anglers. Those that have fared best seemed to be the ones that could spot when to change depths, during brighter spells dropping deeper seemed to be a decent way to keep catching a few fish.

In keeping with the general time of year and exceptional weather we have been having floating lines are covering the vast majority of the fishing. Shuttlecock cdc patterns have done well however on days when youre getting refusals its worth changing to lightweight nymphs and letting them fall slowly in front of the fish. during spells of brighter weather when the sun is out its worth fishing nymph and buzzer patterns a touch deeper, this should help during the more difficult spells. as always you can never rule out one of the many great early season lures on an intermediate line and its a great change or standby method for if sport slows on your first choice approach.

It was great to see our Wheelyboat ‘Toft Princess’ in use twice over the last week. Ricky Varley needs no introduction to many of you and had a red letter day at the early part of the week with most of his fish coming to small emergers of size 14 and 16 hooks. On Saturday another long time Toft angler Dave Nuttall was ably assisted by his son Matt, they too had a memorable day fishing straight lined buzzers a few feet down, Matt commented that fishing totally static was the key.

Dave Nuttall in action on a strong Toft fish.

When targeting Tofts surface feeders its sometimes worth fining the leader down slightly, this can sometimes lead to fish taking more confidently and ultimately more fish in the net.

As the daylight hours lengthen again were also extending our opening hours on Thursdays through to Sundays inclusive. Our Monday to Wednesday hours will remain at 0800-1800hrs with Thursday-Sunday changing to 0800-2030hrs.

Lastly entries for this years Toft Classic have began to gain more momentum and to reserve your place you need to pay your entry fee (non refundable) by calling the fishery office on 01673 878453.

We look forward to seeing you all soon

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…….