Pennine Trout Farm and Fishery

Welcome to our report, news and views page. Hopefully we will be able to offer you valuable information to help you to make the most of your visit to our fishery. This page will inform you of the best tactics, the most productive flies and big fish reports. And do we have some big fish for you in 2009 with fabulous Rainbow Trout, stunning Brown Trout as well as a few Golden and Blue Trout just to keep it a bit more interesting, along with our Tagged Fish Competition which is gaining popularity as more and more fishermen win these cash prizes!

You will be able to view our Big Fish Gallery to see what you have missed, or better still, view yourself with one of our Trophy Fish! Our Big Fish are real and not fantasy, we stock them, you catch them and we photograph them. Too many fisheries claim to have Big Fish without the photographic proof. Don't be fooled by Fisheries Advertisements and claims of having Big Fish !

We have learned that without constant and excessive advertising at a great cost with fishing publications many of the best fish are left out and space is given to lesser quality fish from fisheries that do subscribe to these publications. We do understand that these publications are running a business and advertising revenue is their main source of income, but when exceptional fish are left out at the whim of someone in editorial in a nice warm office with little or no basic knowledge or understanding of the years of work and effort that goes into producing quality big fish. It leaves a bitter taste in one's mouth! It also fails to inform the fisherman as to what is really being caught in Trout Fisheries.

Your comments are welcome by e-mail. Sensible comments and replies will be listed on this page. Our email address is: amoran717@googlemail.com

After his visit Angling Times columnist Des Taylor reported in his column."While other trout fisheries have sold up,gone bust or even falsified the truth about the size of the fish in their water. Pennine has reigned supreme and constantly produced the goods."( Sold up now that's a thought Des ! offers anybody ?).

What "Today's Fly Fisher" said, First class facilities. The term immaculate takes in all the fishery from the lakes to the lodge and the toilets. A lot of fisheries up and down the country could learn a lot from Pennine they provided us with something that we want at the end of the day. More double figure leviathans (BIG FISH) than you could shake a stick at. Undercover report by the magazines editor Tim Smith and agent X undercover fly fishery investigator.

We have now installed CCTV this is for security and not for looking at you while you are fishing most of the CCTV is turned off during the day.

If you require up to the minute information on best tactics and patterns please e-mail me at: penninetrout@aol.com

Dear Fishermen would you please, please put your old leader lines in the waste bins. A little effort saves a lot of problems and pain to wildlife. Birds collect the old line for their nests. When young birds hatch it traps their tiny feet in the nest unable to fly away they die a long slow painful death. Also when the parent birds collects food line gets tangled around their feet and they then get trapped in the trees left hanging again a slow painful death. Show respect for the countryside and this wonderful wildlife that at times we all take for granted. P.S We do have over 20 waste bins around the fishery.

At last some milder weather! Pennine has seen some bad weather over the last 30 years it has been running as a fishery but the last three weeks has been up there with the worst. Let's just hope the better conditions stay with us and that we can have a good spring. Fishing has been still good for those brave enough to wet a fly, with plenty of doubles being caught on a weekly basis. Fish average has kept above 8 fish per angler with a 3 fish bag limit pushing 14lb's. Starting on the left is Mr Charles Woodbridge from Huddersfield pictured with his personal best, Charles caught the fish on the lower lake on a dawsons olive fished near the cages around 8 foot down. Next is Mr Richard Meehan from Manchester pictured with the smaller fish of a 24lb brace he caught on the lower lake, both fish were caught on olive cats whiskers fished on floating lines. Finally is a over wintered cracker caught on the top lake. This fish was probably around 20lb when stocked and was finally tricked by a home tied sparkler pattern fished by Mr Martyn Booth from Huddersfield.

Great start to the 2010 season with lots of fish caught, plenty in the 7lb mark with lots of anglers reporting either returning doubles or being snapped off. Best bag of the week was Mr Chris Folwer (pictured left) with fishing pal Mr Robbie Bell from Liverpool with a 6 fish limit to 39lb with not one of their fish over 8lb! But all sporting full tails and plenty of energy. Next is Mr John Cropper from Southport pictured with his personal best caught on a green and orange hothead damsel fished on an intermediate line. Finally is Mr Julien Pitlovits from Radcliffe with a double caught on a bloodworm fished from a floating line in the bay area. Top fishing patterns have been dependent on the fishing location, with dam walls being good for sinking lines with damsel and fritz patterns and floating lines have been best in the bay area on the top lake with egg flies and buzzers accounting for numerous anglers reporting catches into the 20's. Fish average has been 11 fish per rod with a 3 fish limit weighing in at 14lb 7oz