Stillwater · Sandstone · South East / East Sussex

Chalybeate Springs Trout Fishery

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Fair · Trout
Buzzer · 12-14
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Reasonable summer fishing likely at Chalybeate Springs Trout Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
58% confidence
What moved it
  • WindNW 12 km/hLight breeze
Today's fly
Buzzer
Buzzer12-14
Washing-line, in the film
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Light breeze
NW 12 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp23°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Trout
When
Current conditions suit Chalybeate Springs Trout Fishery well for summer tactics. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently.
Where
Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.

Plan B

Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.

Watch for

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Bank

Bank fishing near inflows, dam walls, and weed beds. Move to find feeding fish.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

Hatch predictions

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Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
2
2
2
1
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
Lake OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
2
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Trout fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
73%
Cloud50%
Wind100%
Temp60%

A good match for Chalybeate Springs Trout Fishery — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.

Other water nearby · 5
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 April30 September
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