Stillwater · Limestone · Yorkshire / North Yorkshire

Bellflask Fishery

Bellflask Fishery venue image

10-acre clear, fertile fly-fishery near Tanfield/Ripon stocked with rainbow and brown trout, known for quiet character and small-nymph/buzzer fishing.

Fair · Rainbow
Buzzer · 12-14
Fairlive now
Reasonable summer fishing likely at Bellflask Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
58% confidence
What moved it
  • WindN 11 km/hLight breeze
Today's fly
Buzzer
Buzzer12-14
Washing-line, in the film
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Light breeze
N 11 km/h
N
N
from the north
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp20°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1023 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Current conditions suit Bellflask Fishery well for summer tactics. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. Early morning is often the most productive window in summer — make the most of it.
Where
Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. 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. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. 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

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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
Rainbow fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
73%
Cloud50%
Wind100%
Temp60%

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

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About this water

10-acre clear, fertile fly-fishery near Tanfield/Ripon stocked with rainbow and brown trout, known for quiet character and small-nymph/buzzer fishing. A wheelyboat is available for disabled anglers; few other amenities.

  • Fishery
  • Limestone
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 April30 September
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