Trout fishing.

Well the fishing has really picked up now on both trout lakes with some cracking bags and some lovely fish coming out. A total of 4 doubles have come out this week the biggest weighing 12lb 8ozs taken off the Swan neck pool by John Heywood who took over 30 fish during his day on small black buzzers.

Fish have been taken on a variety of flies and methods this week from small dries to big lures pulled on an intermediate line. Bill Bilsborough had some great sport on a bloodworm taking 6 fish in a afternoon, Bill landed fish up to 8lb off both lakes. With plenty of Daddy long legs around the fish are feeding on them really well and a lot of anglers have been catching some great bags off the top and with them sunk all over the lakes.

Now with the water and weather cooling down the trout fishing will continue to pick up and the lakes will be stocked regularly throughout the winter to provide cracking sport. Tight Lines and hope to see you soon with that fish of a lifetime on.

Would just like to say well done to Team Seighford who have just won the Airflo small water championships. Mike Dixon, Glen Moody and Ian Buckley great angling lads but wouldn't expect anything else when you qualify from the best small water around

Good sport has continued this week at Seighford with decent bags of fish being caught over both lakes. Local angler 'Nog' took 8 fish at the begging of the week using a variety of lures on a floating line. Carl Powell fished Thursday and caught 12 fish including a bonus 7lb Rainbow. Carl took all his fish using a floating line and black lure retrieving it slowly on the Swan Neck Pool.

Chris Ector took the best fish this week by landing a stunning 11lb 4oz Rainbow Trout off the Swan Neck Pool using a floating line and Hares Ear. The most productive flies this week have been mainly Lures including White and Green, Black and Green and Orange and Black. Olive Nymphs and small Damsels have also taken plenty of fish this week all fished just under the surface on a floating line.

The Island on the Swan Neck Pool is no fishable, with work taking place last week, we have now constructed two pegs on there, with one at either end of the island. This will make fishing on there alot more comfortable.

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Top sport has been had all week on the Trout lakes with large numbers of fish being caught, on Saturday alone the rod average was just under 14 fish per angler. Both lakes did receive a stocking back end of the week on top of the stocking that went in two weeks ago, so plenty of hard fighting stockies are still to be caught.

Chris Ector couldn't go wrong this weekend coming both Saturday and Sunday Chris caught 27 fish on a variety of lures mainly, he also landed a bonus lump of 8lb 8oz. Michael Treadwell had a cracking days fishing on Saturday. The Cannock based angler caught fish from almost every peg on the Swan Neck Pool, finishing his day on 18 fish including a 8lb Rainbow and a stunning 4lb Brown Trout. Mike also found olive was the way forward catching all his fish on a floating line using a damsel.

The fishery record for Brown Trout was formed on Friday who was claimed by Will Emery, Will took the 11lb 9oz specimen along with 8 ot! her Rainbows off the Railway Pool using a White Minky. Local hot rod 'Jock' had some cracking sport on Sunday morning, he took 12 fish in just two hours including two Brown Trout and the best fish of the week, a fully finned 12lb 6oz Rainbow. All his fish were took on a large White lure.

Trout Fishing

Excellent sport has continued this week on both Trout lakes, with bags of up to 12 fish being taken in just short sessions. Chris Ector returned to the lakes again this week with his wife Lynda, both anglers caught from the off with Chris showing the way on small Buzzers and Lynda catching on almost anything she put on. Lynda finished her day on 9 fish catching all of them on a variety of lures on a floating line. Chris took 12 fish on the Saturday and came back on Sunday for abit more and catching another 7 Trout.

Peter Davies from Cannock had a cracking few hours fishing on the Swan Neck Pool taking 6 fish in under 45 minutes and finishing his short session on 9 fish. Pete took his using an Orange Hopper on a floating line, combined with a very slow retrieve. His best fish of the day was a Little over 6lb.

Biggest fish of the week was taken by James Johnson, Jim took the 12lb 2oz monster from just outside the lodge, after a 15 minute battle the large fish was safely returned. The fish was hooked using a large White and Green Lure.

Best flies this week have been mainly Lures, White and Green, Black and Green and Olive colours being the most productive. Damsels and Buzzers have also taken plenty of fish this week, all fished on a floating line with a slow retrieve.

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Trout Fishing



* A Stocking of fish will going into both lakes on Monday 8Th November*



Mr Leedham had the best bag of fish this week, catching 11 Trout over both lakes on a variety of Olive lures using a floating line. Dave Walker took 5 fish early on in the week using a Nomad Buzzer on the Swan Neck Pool again using a floating line.

Robert Carwright caught his first fish on his first ever fly fishing session on Sunday Morning. After having a lesson on the back lake, Robert continued to fish on the Railway Pool. He finished his session with 3 fish, best fish being just over 4lb. All fish were caught using a an Apps Bloodworm on a floating line.

Best fish this week was caught by Stone based angler Norman Hughes who caught a cracking 10lb 4oz Rainbow Trout out of the Railway Pool. He landed the big fish on just 6lb leader using a large White and Green Lure on a floating line. He took a further 4 fish throughout the day.

Best flies this week have been White and Green Lures, Bloodworms, Yellow Blobs and small skinny Buzzers. The fish have spread out alot more over the past week, so the best spots vary from day to day. These fresh stockies are sure to liven up the resident fish, excellent sport is sure to come back end of this week.

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With the stocking of fish going in at the beginning of the week, top sport has been had from the off. Trout up to 14lb have been stocked in to both lakes so the chance of catching a fish of a life time is certainly on the cards.

Local hot rod 'Jock' has shown the way this week. Tuesday he caught 4 fish in 40 minutes, landing two cracking fish out of the Railway Pool, the first weighed in at 8lb 6oz and the second weighed 12lb 2oz. He then returned on Sunday morning adding another 10 fish to his bag, best fish on the Sunday was just shy of 7lb. Jock took all his fish using a white and Green Lure on a floating line. His fishing partner Kevin Faulkner also had one his best sessions this year taking 8 fish on the peg next to Jock. Kev took Trout up to 8lb 9oz using the same method.

Chris Ector from Stoke caught 16 fish on Friday. Chris caught from both lakes using an Olive Lure on a floating line. Jimmy Johnson took the best Brown Trout this week, weighing 8lb 1oz. Jim took the fish along with 7 other fish from the Railway Pool. He caught on a variety of different coloured Lures using a floating line.

Best flies this week have been White and Green Lures, Apps Bloodworm and Olive Lures.



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Firstly Happy New Year to all, another cold winter has been upon us again resulting in frozen lakes throughout the country. For the first time since the start of December some fishing has managed to take place on the Swan Neck Pool. There is only limited space due to the ice, but we are keeping both Aerators on constant to try clear more ice to make more room for fishing. Sunday 2ND Jan, every angler that fished had decent sport, best bag of fish was taken by Sean Hallows who landed 3 Rainbows best fish being just over 9lb which was his first fish of 2011 and a personal best!!!

Ross Hughes and Brother Richard Huges took 5 fish between them in just 2 hours using White and Green Lures and Bloodworms on a floating line. Best fish was 5lb 8oz. We have a stocking of fish ready to go into the lakes once both pools are free of ice. If you are thinking of coming down for some fly fishing, call the lodge phone on 01785 282967 to see if the pools are fish-able or if there is room. Hopefully some better weather comes soon so we can resume as normal.

Hope to see you soon. Tight Lines

Good to see seighford is still producing quality fish phil.
How much is a day ticket these days ?

Trout Fishing


Some top winter sport has taken place this week down at Seighford, with both lakes now fish-able the Trout have been coming out thick and fast. A small stocking went into both lakes on Saturday and another stocking will be taking place mid week. Fish up to 14lb will be stocked into both lakes.

Clive Wilkins from Derby took 5 fish on Saturday morning using a floating line and a team of buzzers on the double peg situated half way up on the Swan Neck Pool. His best fish was 4lb 4oz. Chris and Lynda Ector had some good sport over the week, catching a combined back of 10 fish using a variety of small nymphs, including Buzzers, Hares ears and Dial Bach's. There best fish was just shy of 5lb's. Jim Johnson from Cannock proved he can catch fish all year round by taking 6 fish off the Swan Neck Pool on Sunday, with the best fish being 6lb's. Jim found fishing his flies static underneath a site indicator the most productive method on the day. He swapped between a Black and Green lure and a fluorescent Blob to take the best bag of the week.

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Best flies of the week have been Buzzers, Black, Green and White Lures, Blood worms and Dial Bach's.

Hope to see you on the banks soon. Tight lines.

Trout fishing.

Fishing has been superb on both lakes this week with some top fish coming out well into double figures. With regular stockings now going in every week anglers have been filling there nets, Bill Bilsbrough from Cannock took 11 fish over the two lakes catching nearly everywhere he went, Bill used a floating line and small Blood worms and Damsels to tempt the fish.

Another 2 anglers who had a great day were father and son duo Sean and George Hallows. Father Sean caught the most but not to be out done by his son 11yr old George landed the biggest a lovely rainbow trout which weighed 10lb 12oz, The pair fished on the railway pool with floating lines and Damsels.

Top flies for the week have been various lures in the morning olive damsels and green/ white fritz producing, later on in the day more imitative patterns such as Blood worms, PTN and crunchers will keep you catching, the bung will always produce plenty of fish with either lure or nymph suspended at around 2ft.

As for areas both lakes have been fishing and producing some great fish with the strong winds later in the week the bottom of the wind was the place to be, if you keep moving you will catch more fish.

See you again soon. Tight lines