J A J Munro

Anglian Waters report 26/04/02 Rutland Water The best fish of the week fell to Richard Wightman from Mill Lane, Usk. Richard took a corking 9lb 5oz rainbow on a floating line and black buzzer. Gold season ticket holder Pete Bills from Papplewick, Nottingham, a Rutland Water regular, took a super 6lb 4oz brown while fishing…

The tackle set-up is the same as that described in the previous piece, with a 9-weight outfit and floating line being my standard choice when targeting fish of double figures upwards. The leader makeup does however change, with my standard set-up being 18″ of 12lb mono, 24″ of 10lb mono 24″ of 8lb mono and…

BarbelNovember can be the best month of the season for barbel if the water temperature is kind to us. If we donít have too many really heavy frosts and a few spells of settled conditions, and especially with a touch of colour in the river, sport with barbel can be hectic. It is the month…

I paid my first visit of the New Year to the Lyttleton stretch at Stourport for the Marks Tackle midweeker and had a really interesting, hard winters match at peg 58. I switched between a twelve number four lignum stick set just overdepth in twelve feet of water and a straight lead to record a…

It was Mark’s first time on the stretch and with the river very low and clear we decided to go all out on a floatfishing attack. We set up two float rods, one with 3lb Maxima direct to a size 16 hook and the other with 5lb Maxima direct to a size 14. Feeding with…

Address: Trilakes Fishery, Sandhurst, Berks. Phone: 01252 873191 Lakes: two mature lakes covering 13 acres. There is also a short stretch of the River Blackwater. Day ticket: 7.50 Season: 1st April to 31st October open daily. Weekends only from 1st November to 14th March. Opening times 8am to 7.30Om or sunset if earlier. Facilities: WC,…