Hi there
Im new to the forum and i am going down to Oxford for my pals retirement on the 29th August and looking to Fish at Farmoor for a day on friday the 30th Hopefully out on a boat
does any body have any advice on ares where to fish and what flies work well there
it would be most wecomed
regards
Andrew C

Pray for a relatively breezy, overcast, damp day, and ask the ranger in the lodge for his best advice for the day. Give his advice a damned good go before discarding it !

Due to the configuration of the lake as a continuous dam wall, it is not essential to fish from a boat to catch well. You could reach 28 or 30 feet of depth at the end of a 30 yard cast off the bank.

I have known all the following to catch well at Farmoor - on their day - at this time of year;

Imitative Tactics with floating line
Dry flies - daddy longlegs if the naturals are blowing off the surrounding fields on to the water, or modern patterns like hoppers, shipmans and bits
Buzzers, diawl bachs, crunchers and so on fished washing line style
Superglue buzzers - black and green are 2 reliable colours - fished nice and slow in the top few feet
Deeper nymphing with a heavy point fly like a damsel or big goldhead buzzer

Lure Tactics
A muddler minnow or booby ripped fast through the surface waves off a floating line
Searching the water with an orange or yellow lure off a medium sinking line at various depths for daphnia feeders
The booby fished slow or fast off a fast sinker.

About the only thing you may miss out on is serious fry bashing ,which by popular reputation does not really kick off at Farmoor until the first frosts later in the autumn.

Good luck - Farmoor fish are of superb quality

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JH based near Southampton

As John just said really!! Hoppers are the only thing I would add to that, fish a hopper just sub surface, with a stick or diawl bach under it, then a gold head on the point, floating line, let the wind do its' job!! The rangers are very knowledgeable and as said will give good advice on the day!!
I fished yesterday for about 3 hours, had several splashy rises to my hopper, but no real takes, then took a ripping fish of 3lb,09 oz on the point fly, fought like a ******, fin perfect and a tail like a spade!! my second 3 lb plus in two visits!! my average has been well above the 2lb mark!!
Daddy season is nearly upon us, but the fish are taking pin fry now too, and humungous etc are all accounting for fish!!
When you come down, try to come afternoon and fish the evening rise, as when it happens it can be fast and furious!!
Good luck mate, enjoy.

thanks Bob
We are intending the afternoon 7 hrs
so will take on board your comments
I see you are in carterton ,my pal lives in kidlington
and i used to live in oxford up to 4 yr ago until i retired
from local government now live in essex
and fish hanningfield
regards
Andrew

I have been here 11 years now, I am based at Brize Norton, but used to be at Lyneham before that and Germany before that, whilst my wife lived here and the boys finished school!! We lived in Witney before as my wife is a local girl. Let us know how you get on, and good luck