Ravensnest Fishery 01291 689564
Classic fishing with a may fly hatch. Ian Henry a regular from Bristol returned a 14 lb 2 oz rainbow, Dave Simonds 13 lb 10 oz ret, Gary Wharton 7 lb 8 oz blue ret, Steve Leho 6 lb 8 oz blue ret, Colin Davies, Newport 6 lb 4 oz blue ret. Paul Bates,Cwmbran 6 lb 2oz blue, John Davies , Chepstow 7 lb 4 oz brown ret, Dave Jones 7 lb blue, Ken Edmunds, Blaina 6 lb 4 oz blue, Dale Richards 4 - 13 lb 4 oz, bf 4 lb 6 oz, Paul Williams,Oxford 4 - 14 lb 7 oz bf 5 lb 2 oz blue.
Released fish : Steve Cullen, 20, John Edwards 20, Gary Davies 20, Ken Edwards 20. Pheasant atil nymphs have also been catching. The smaller the fly the better chance of catching.
Wentwood Reservoir 01291 425158
Another difficult week with very few fish caught. Unfortunately the weather conditions deterred many anglers from fishing but hopefully this situation will improve over the next few weeks. Again it was the boat anglers who had the most successes. Visitors M.Capper 2 fish-4lb 12oz, and Richard Gable 5 fish-10lb 6oz .Ann Heming 5 fish-11lb 6oz whilst husband Tony managed to catch 2 fish-4lb 4oz. Club secretary Dave Jones took advantage of a spare boat and netted 1 fish-3lb but ended up breaking his rod in two places. Monmouthshire members Norman Mills and Alan Doolan each netted 3 fish for a combined weight of 20lb 14oz. From the bank regular Malcom Reed could only net 1 fish-2lb 14oz as did a visitor Brent de Boode from Holland that weighed 2lb. Because the fish have moved into the deeper water bank anglers will continue to find fishing difficult and so did several boat anglers who failed to register a “take”. It remains to be seen if any changes in the weather will improve the catches.
Big Well Trout Fishery 01600 772904
Anglers who varied their tactics caught fish. Most were taken on small wets and sight indicators with buzzers on a floating line. Steve Meek 2 fish 5 lb, Adam meek 2 - 4 lb 9 oz, Luke Major, Nelson 5 - 12 lb 5 oz, Chris Woodman, Hereford 6 - 14 lb, Lance Vivash, Abergavenny 4 - 10lb 12 oz, Bobby Willet, Monmouth 2 - 4 lb 8 oz,Peter Skip, Pontypool 2 - 4 lb 12 oz, Gwyn Redman released 5 fish, R. Williams,Chepstow ,6, Brent & Bard De- Vood 5 each.

Bristol Waters Tel 01275 332339
Water levels have risen rapidly following all the recent rain. Blagdon is now overflowing and Chew and Barrows nearly so. All the main lakes were stirred by the heavy rain and wind, and can be slightly coloured. The heavy weed growth at Chew and Blagdon is beginning to break up and die off. The surface water temperature has remained at about 15°C.
Blagdon The weed growth on the South shore continues to make fishing there difficult except at Cheddar Water and Pipe Bay, but the North Bank and Butcombe are still well worth a try, as are Rugmoor and Wood Bay from the boats. Nymph fishing is still the favourite with Buzzers, Stick Flies, Diawl Bachs and Pheasant Tails. Mr J. Smart of Pensford took a 6lb rainbow from a boat.
Chew Lake There has been some very good fishing from boat and bank when the wind and rain has abated. The deeper water banks have seen good catches for bank rods, especially Wick, Nunnery, Woodford and Walley. Many boats have taken good bags on long drifts across the middle using dries or nymphs on the ‘washing line’, and also round the margins where the water is shallow and weedy – Herriotts, Stratford, Herons Green and Villice. There fish are feeding well on buzzer, corixa and snail. Best flies are Red and Claret Emergers, Diawl Bachs, Buzzers and Crunchers. There were 13 limits taken in the course of the annual friendly Yew Tree Trophy club event; the winner was Will Lear.
Barrow Following the recent restocking there has been a slight improvement in catches at the Barrows with all the usual methods bringing results. Reminder: Tank no 2 has not been stocked - so don’t waste time fishing there.
Litton The Top Lake remains a little coloured from the large amount of water that has recently flowed into the lake but it’s still well worth a few casts in the deeper, clearer water near the Dam. The Lower Lake is still fishing pretty well, but few moving fish seen so fish nymphs sub-surface for best results.

This Weeks Catch:
Chew Valley: 576 fish taken by 169 rods, average 3.4 per rod.
Blagdon 261 fish taken by 135 rods, average 1.9 per rod.
Barrows: 86 fish taken by 56 rods, average 1.5 per rod.
Litton 47 fish taken by 12 rods, average 3.9 per rod.
Total fish taken from all waters: 34,349 fish to 11,106 rods, average 3.1 per rod.

Dyffryn Springs 07740869620
Trout are being caught although the fishing is not easy, and small patterns
fished slow are still offering the best results. Nearly all fish landed this
week have taken buzzers. Steve Davies of Merthyr landed a brace of 4lb fish
from Goldsland on a black buzzer and Martin Walker of Newport took one of
5lb and returned three more on Goldsland fishing the same pattern. Nigel
Martin of Cardiff took three from Thaw on Powerbait.


Llandegfedd Reservoir 01291 673722
Fishing at Llandegfedd has been generally quiet throughout the month despite a drop in water temperature from 19 to 16 degrees due to the un-seasonally bad weather. For the first time in over twenty years the reservoir has remained full, normally we would expect a drop of at least 10 to 20 feet by the end of July. The high water level has allowed coarse fish to spawn successfully, and the resultant explosion in fry numbers has meant that trout are feeding avidly on roach, dace and perch and all but ignoring artificial offerings.
Numerous trout have been observed patrolling the margins in deeper areas such as East bank, slashing through the shoals of fry. A few have been tempted by bank anglers on muddlers, sparklers and floating fry but are generally proving difficult to catch.
Boat anglers have also found fish difficult to tempt, with average bags of 2 fish per angler the norm for a hard day’s effort. Fish are visibly feeding near the surface, and even jumping a few feet in the air regularly, but still difficult to catch. During the last week of the month a slight algae bloom has added to the problems for most anglers with water clarity affected and visibility reduced to only a few feet, but this is not expected to last more than a week or two.
Prospects for the coming month are little better, with August usually proving to be more difficult than July. Generally we would expect fishing to improve dramatically from the third or fourth week of August with the majority of fish then being taken on dries or emergers. The numbers of fry present this year may well see a return to the days when fish were ‘fry bashing’ in the margins throughout September and October providing exciting sport for bank and boat anglers alike!
For up to date information of fishing or water conditions contact reservoir staff on 01291 673722.