Happened to be in the area today, called by to see this sad sight. A new Marina on the way

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Gary

Was that the same Willington fishery near to Tarporley in Cheshire?

No sir, not far off the A38 nr Burton on Trent.

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Gary

Hi Gary

I wonder what happened to all those lovely browns in there?

Mick

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I sat there in my van wondering just that Mick. Formark?

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Gary

I did hear that all the fish were sold to Foremark but can't confirm that.

It is a shame Gary but I suppose we were all guilty of not using it enough!!

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Roy

Maybe Roy, but, I think the £££'s would always win over us!!. As regard to the fish, it would have been imposible to net sucessfully, so hope they managed to get em out ok?.

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Gary

This decision was definitely not solely due to the lack of popularity of the trout fishery.

it was in fact a calculated business decision by the owner of the land - in particular, once he had got planning permission for the fishing lodge he used that as an angle with the local council to show the potential of the site for "other uses".

Although the people who ran the trout fishing operation may have been interested in fishing, the end game was always going to be the marina, or, as another post says £££££.

Stocking policies for the last 18 months of the life of this place as a fishery were minimal, as they ran the place down - shamelessly ripping fishermen off who didn't know what was going on.

But as we're well served in the vicinity with all types of other fly-fishing (including not only DCAC's own Willington fishery plus other great places like Carsington, Foremark, Thornton plus lovely rivers like the Dove) I think it's time to move on.

But I do agree, it is a sad sight of a sad site.

Gutted. I used to be at Staffs Uni studying photography in the late 90's and used to take photos of the powerstation at Willington. I had no bloody idea there was a trout fishery there! And now its gone....

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Don't be that gutted Narfish, it was still a gravel working in the late 90s. Real shame to see it go but believe it was always on the cards despite the number of patrons. I also heard that Phil Dixon at Foremark was having the fish. Hope those browns survive the short journey.