for anyone that may be interested, we turned up at Patsull on Sunday and it turns out there was an open competition taking place so we entered it. Wished I hadn't bothered to be honest!!!
25 anglers between them caught 2 ****** fish!!!! Comp was won with 1 fish weighing in at 1lb 12oz!!
The locals were telling us that they have had a huge problem with Algae over the summer and they seem to think that a lot of the fish didn't survive.
Nice place to fish and it might serve a purpose in feeding the habit whilst the resevoirs are closed so I might give it another go over the winter months. My only problem with the place is that it's a mixed trout/coarse lake. There was also a coarse comp/match taking place so one full bank was unfishable.
It's also amazing how close those coarse boys can throw a lead weight when you accidentally get too close to their area!!

FJ