Jacklands Fish Farm Jacklands Bridge Clevedon RoadNailsea Nr BristolBS21 6SGPhone

Address: Jacklands Fish Farm Jacklands Bridge Clevedon RoadNailsea Nr BristolBS21 6SGPhone: 01275 810697Directions: From Nailsea take the B3130 towards Clevedon passing the fire station on your right. At the bottom of the hill you will see the fishery on your right. If you pass the sign for Tickenham you have gone too far. The fishery can also be approached from the M5 turning off at junction 20 and taking the B3130 to Nailsea. The lake: The lake is only about an acre but is surrounded by lovely North Somerset countryside. The water is clear and relatively shallow going from about 3ft down the edge into deeper water. Stocking; rainbows only but there are a few koi, golden orfe and golden tench swimming about. The trout appeared to average about two pounds with some better fish present. Tickets: A £5 deposit is charged but this is counted in when you return to pay for your fish at £1.80 per pound. Provided you catch, your actual fishing is free. Naturally this is an exceptionally well stocked lake.Facilities: W.C., cold drinks and snacks are on sale. The banks are suitable for wheelchair users.Special rule: no barbless hooksTuition: lessons can be arranged with Dave Green a STANIC instructor on 01275 854725A mornings fishing at JacklandsI was staying in Bristol visiting my mother in law when Virginia and I decided go fishing for a morning. We were there in about 25 minutes and paid our deposit. We only had a four piece 8ft A.F.T.M.5 rod in the car, the telescopic landing net and a fly reel with two spools of line. I opted for the number 5 WF floater with a 31b b.s. leader to start off with a size 16 cul de cunard dry fly. I spotted some fish feeding close in and covered one which completely ignored my fly. Recasting I placed my fly on the edge of a small shoal of surface feeding trout. I missed the first take as I was in too much of a rush but caught a nicely conditioned rainbow of about two pounds on the next cast.About 10 minutes later I had another slightly bigger rainbow on the same fly. I then changed over to a small black suspender nymph on a size 14 hook. I made another cast to a shoal of surface feeding rainbows to catch another rainbow with the fly fished static on the surface. I then had another rainbow fishing the same nymph on a slow retrieve. Having caught four fish in under two hours, I got Virginia to photograph the bag before I started to pack up.Virginia said that she thought the surface fishing was far more interesting than fishing with a sub surface fly. She particularly liked the visual aspect of this fishing.”This is very cheap fly fishing. Why don’t you catch four fish on my tackle?” I asked. Virginia just smiled, I knew she wanted a go. Virginia spent about ten minutes polishing up her casting before starting to fish the suspender nymph on the service. After giving her some advice, I left her to flyfish on her own. Returning about 3/4 hour later, I found that Virginia had taken two rainbows.I then suggested that she slowly retrieved the nymph whilst carefully watching the line for takes. It took a little time for her to get used to looking at the line for takes. However she soon got used to the technique and caught another.We went to weigh in and pay. It cost us in total just over £23 for eight fish which I thought was excellent value for money. We really enjoyed ourselves and had great fun. Virginia certainly learned a lot.