Stillwater · Sandstone · South West / Somerset

Hawkridge Fishery

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A small Somerset commercial fishery on the slopes of the Quantock Hills, run separately from nearby Hawkridge Reservoir.

Good · Rainbow
Buzzer · 12-14
Goodlive now
Evening session looks promising at Hawkridge Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Fishable ripple — drift the productive shore.
66% confidence
What moved it
  • WindW 24 km/hModerate breeze
Today’s fly
Buzzer
Buzzer12-14
Washing-line, in the film
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Moderate breeze
W 24 km/h
N
W
from the west
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp—
Air temp15°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1022 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

Some readings unavailable — check directly before fishing.

How to fish it · for rainbow
When
Year-round
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.

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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Daphnia SwarmHatch
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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Lake OliveHatch
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Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
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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
63%
Cloud70%
Wind30%
Temp100%

A reasonable day here, though wind isn't quite in the sweet spot.

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About this water

A small Somerset commercial fishery on the slopes of the Quantock Hills, run separately from nearby Hawkridge Reservoir. The species list is the longest of any trout water in England: rainbow, brown, blue, tiger, golden, and sparctic — Hawkridge was the first water in the UK to stock sparctic hybrids in 2018, and the surprise doubles that show up from any of these crosses are the appeal. Quiet, intimate, and reliably stocked. The kind of place where the fish you don't expect is the one you remember.

  • Fishery
  • Sandstone
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (windy) are not ideal for this water.
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for summer fishing.
  • Terrestrials are in their seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout1 April → 30 September
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