Start with Minkie (6-10) — on the point. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
A fry-imitating pattern stripped through the margins can save a blank in autumn.
Caperer should come on through the afternoon as the water warms.
Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.
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A good match for Entwistle Reservoir — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
A 93-acre United Utilities drinking-water reservoir in the West Pennine Moors near Bolton, leased and managed by Entwistle Fly Fishers, stocked with rainbows over native brown trout, fished by lure, naturals and dry fly. Bank fishing with day tickets sold off-site.
A 93-acre United Utilities drinking-water reservoir in the West Pennine Moors near Bolton, leased and managed by Entwistle Fly Fishers, stocked with rainbows over native brown trout, fished by lure, naturals and dry fly.
Start with Minkie (6-10) — on the point. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
A fry-imitating pattern stripped through the margins can save a blank in autumn.
Caperer should come on through the afternoon as the water warms.
Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.
Hatch predictions
Top nymph shown — see all 3 guilds as a supporter.
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Hatch predictions
Top prey shown — see all 5 as a supporter.
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Fly recommendations
Point fly shown — supporters see the whole team, sizes and why.
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A good match for Entwistle Reservoir — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
A 93-acre United Utilities drinking-water reservoir in the West Pennine Moors near Bolton, leased and managed by Entwistle Fly Fishers, stocked with rainbows over native brown trout, fished by lure, naturals and dry fly. Bank fishing with day tickets sold off-site.
