Des Taylor with a Golden trout caught on the lower water .21lb 4oz.

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 2008 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: penninetrout@aol.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 

Fishery Report
Without Prejudice
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.
Fishermen's Notice

Total number of doubles for 2006 season 221.

Total number of doubles for 2007 season 414.

Total number of doubles for 2008 season to date 242.

REPORT LAST UPDATED ON 26 th August 2008.

 

Our opening hours are 8 AM to 6 PM 7 days a week.

Above exceptional Pennine Trout for Mr. Philip Brundle from Derby Mr. Maurice Wrennal from Chorley and Mr. Alan Bowles from Milnrow.
Mr. Chris Duddle from Warrington with a excellent blue trout of 20lb 2oz. A new Pennine fishery record for a blue trout and believed to be the largest on record.
Good number of doubles being taken up to the 15lb mark. We seem to be attracting more and more junior anglers to fly fishing and they all seem to be checking out with good fish. The last 24 hours as seen night temperatures falling thus bringing our water temperatures down and hopefully if this trend carries on we shall see the catch rate steadily improve with more fish coming on to the feed.