I will be staying with relations in Saffron Walden in the very near future, in the past I have had a day or two fishing at Clavering, sadly the trout lake there has now closed, so my next best bet is Hanningfield, I don't care for boat fishing, can anyone tell me what the bank fishing is like, all advice welcome, thanks in advance.......

Don't know about Hanningfield currently, but many of the larger waters are a bit slow at present. If you want bank fishing nearby, Thornwood is worth a try, down near Harlow (you'll find info if you use search facility on this forum, he has a couple of lakes there which are better than Clavering) or Earith, which went right downhill for a number of years, is reportedly now under new ownership.

Mebu

Don't waste your time on Hanningfield from the bank this time of year, great from the boat though.

Thornwood is a good call.

Charlie

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Yes, I think you are both right on target, I'm sure Thornwood is the best bet, I've just looked it up, only 20 mile from where I will be staying and most of that down the M11, Thank you very much indeed, that is where I will be making for......It's not that far from Harlow, I know Harlow pretty well, but never heard of Thornwood, I have now.

This is a recent report on Thornwood from one of our members.

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Very very very good fishing this weekend on both lakes all floating line action and some good evening dry fly fishing also fish to 7.5 lbs landed on specimen lake-with bigger fish snapping lines-again hehe...4 fish over 6lbs landed with 1 guy havin6 a 6lber and a 5lber-top stuff. also browns to 6lbs C&R.......damsels,black nymph & montannas the best patterns on that lake...on original lake all anglers catching on grhe,ptns,buzzers,damsels,fry immitations & muddlers-good evening hatches where sedges and cdc buzzers did well-fished great considering very bright and quite still conditions on sundaysome anglers catching up to 10 fish,3 caught their biggest ever rainbow,1 their first brown so a very enjoyable weekend for all

Thornwood is a defo as he is a member on here and so are a few of the regulars.

Chigborough is another albeit the main lake struggles badly in High Summer as it is only 5-7ft deep but the other mid-sized lake is still fishable but mainly morning and night.



Hanningfield is fishing ok at the moment and the fish are heavily centred around the bubble line.

Boats are on special at the moment during the week for £10 a day so still worthwhile a thought?




Ben

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If you do go to Thornwood....good choice...you may not find it easy to find. Turn off at pub/Indian curry house and then go through the private gates and the small estate.
Do not expect over-pretty surroundings, but good fishery stocked by a man who wants to produce good trout for his customers.

Mebu

I've seen photos of Thornwood Springs it looks a really nice fishery with its lakes and pools. Double figure fish to. It sounds great

BK

Thank you, one and all, for your very helpful feed back, I will definitely be visiting Thornwood, sounds really nice, I have been on their website and I must say it looks fab' I will let you know how I get on at a later date.......Nick

So how did you get on? Just wondered.

Peter