Autumn/winter pike on the fly — big fish season. Pike are putting on condition and take large flies confidently. Fish dropping weed edges, deep channels, and structure. Start with a sinking line and move to faster-sinking as the water cools. Biggest pike of the year come in this window.
If surface work dries up, try a diawl bach or hare's ear on the point and skate a sedge pattern on the bob at last light.
Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.
Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.
A 120-acre reservoir near Colchester with a genuine specimen pedigree — carp to over 40 lb and pike to over 25 lb, alongside a mixed head of match species. Formerly a trout fishery, now run by Anglian Water for coarse and predator angling. The size of the fish rather than the number of bites is the draw, and sessions are long ones. Day and season permits; under-18s fish free.
A 120-acre reservoir near Colchester with a genuine specimen pedigree — carp to over 40 lb and pike to over 25 lb, alongside a mixed head of match species.
Autumn/winter pike on the fly — big fish season. Pike are putting on condition and take large flies confidently. Fish dropping weed edges, deep channels, and structure. Start with a sinking line and move to faster-sinking as the water cools. Biggest pike of the year come in this window.
If surface work dries up, try a diawl bach or hare's ear on the point and skate a sedge pattern on the bob at last light.
Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.
Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.
Hatch predictions
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.
A 120-acre reservoir near Colchester with a genuine specimen pedigree — carp to over 40 lb and pike to over 25 lb, alongside a mixed head of match species. Formerly a trout fishery, now run by Anglian Water for coarse and predator angling. The size of the fish rather than the number of bites is the draw, and sessions are long ones. Day and season permits; under-18s fish free.
