Summer has well and truly arrived. especially over the border in Wiltshire where the Fly Fishers made the trip to Manningford Trout Fishery.
Conditions were near perfect and the action was fast from the start. Trout were eager to fed on damsels and nymphs with the bigger fish nearer the bottom. Overall winner was junior member Bradley Slater who showed skill and patience targeting the bigger fish with an intermediate line. Bradley’s four fish bag tipped the scale at an impressive 15lbs 2ozs. Fellow junior Leo Hoyle landed the biggest brown trout of the day, at 6lbs 4ozs. A great day’s fishing in beautiful surroundings.
– Hot But Not Cross at Moorhen Easter Comp
A perfect spring morning was enjoyed by the Poole ands Wimborne FlyFishers.
Moorhen is a small but beautiful fishery in the Meon Valley in Hampshire and boasts some massive and hard-fighting trout. Nature was in evidence on the lakes with many different birds visiting including a newly hatched set of 11 ducklings.
The sport was excellent, but not all anglers found it easy to bag up.
Biggest fish went to Gordon Wray with a beautiful 6lbs 9ozs rainbow, but Gordon couldn’t get his last fish.
The best angler on the day was Neil O’Shea with a four-fish bag of over 14lbs. Fish were mostly interested in smal imitative flies, and buzzers did the trick for many competitors.
Well Done Neil.

by Gortdon Wray