Blanked there today. Nothing I did seemed right. Fished buzzers when they took subsurface, fished goldheads, bloodworms and lures when they went deep. Maybe I should have tried PTNs and Diawl Bachs. Annoying.

Hi Alex just seen your thread - I was there last weekend and also blanked - beautiful day though! I tried a pheasant tail, GRHE and a couple of other small nymphs nothing doing. So wanting to catch something I changed to a gold head cats whisker quick retreaves. I did get some interest then but didnt manage to get any solid takes.

I think the fish were down deep and sleepy due to the hot weather. But if you go there again under similar conditions try a cats whisker or a large black lure with a quick retrieve.

hope that helps

Is this the lake thats part of the Albury Estate fishery? Probably going to be giving the stream a try next weekend so may well drop on to the lake in the evening, hopefully will pick up now the unseasonally warm weather has left.

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Does anyone else find that if you blank at a fishery it makes you want to go back there just to catch something, rather than go back to somewhere you've caught before? Thanks for the tip hrr. If I go back and its similar I might try letting the lure just sit at the bottom and occasionly twitch it. Friend was saying I should have tried a gold head daddy or a diawl bach. Oddly enough am fishing the Powder Mill fishery in Sussex next week so we'll see how that goes. Fishing from a boat this time which I've only done twice before. Any tips greatly appreciated
Alex

It depends. If I blank because the stocking policy is dodgy then I wouldn't return. In fact, if the stocking policy is dodgy and I do catch then I still might not return!

I would only return somewhere that has a water that is well looked after (for stocked lakes) and in nice surroundings.

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