Hello All,
I'm planning to fish at High Newton, Cumbria on Saturday and was after some tips on tactics, best patterns, favourite marks etc for this fishery.

Thanks in advance
Valkyrie

Hi Valkyrie

You should have a great day if its not too windy.

There are several hot spots and the dam is always a good area. There is a spit of land opposite the house "fantasy island" and that usually fishes well. If you cross the dam you will see a disabled casting platform. That bank all the way down to a small rock outcrop is good along with the bay at the end. Also two rocky prometeries.

As to tactics if there is cloud cover and a light ripple then the water responds very well to fishing on top. Any colour will do as long as its black. Small black hoppers, f flies etc, small daddies and shuttle cock buzzers all work. At this time of year if its windy then you can have fantastic fun on a size 10 floating fry.

The water is very well stocked with high quality Rainbows and if nothing is showing on top try a damsel nymph or small black lure on an intermediate line. The lake is pretty shallow so you do not need full sinkers. Don`t pull too fast. I often find that a figure of eight retrieve rings the dinner bell for the trout.

Enjoy the day.

Bob

Fishing there myself saturday, recommend foam backed daddies or long tailed damsels. See you there, ck.

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Do you fish this water often, if i lived closer i,d fish it more than i already do, i class this as my favourite water as i think it has everything a water should have, pure class, ck.

CK Looking forward to meeting you on Saturday. The weather forecast looks ok cloudy with 9mph wind.

Valkyrie.

HI', Valkyrie. The lads are right, you should have a good day there, if the conditions are OK --- as on the rest of our still waters, a wind helps.
To add to the other advice, the bay on the left bank, as you stand on the dam,
often has little resident browns rising, so does the shallow area in front of the two hawthorn trees near the overspill. If the wind is blowing up and over the dam, the narrow section at the far end often fishes well with a size 12 or 14 black dry fly. Then, if the wind is blowing down to the dam, there is sometimes quite a build-up of fish in the corner of the dam in the last sixty yards or so down to the overspill. Had a 'treble' there in those conditions one day, but landed only one of the three fish. I don't call that clever, because droppers usually go for a chop if the fish decide to go in opposite directions!! Good luck, it's a bonny water, but no lodge or toilet. TC

Those 2 hawthorn tree you speak of are a pain in windy conditions, thank god they are no more, instead a disabled platform now lives there, a lot better.
Your right it is a nice water, very relaxing fishing, ck.