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.
Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Bank fishing near inflows, dam walls, and weed beds. Move to find feeding fish.
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A good match for Hurst Farm Holiday Cottages (Hurst Farm Lakes) — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
Small spring-fed fly-only trout lake (reinstated 2003, mainly rainbow with a few browns) on a 150-200 acre working farm near Bridgnorth/Morville, Shropshire, alongside two coarse lakes and self-catering holiday cottages. Fishing free to cottage guests; day tickets available.
Small spring-fed fly-only trout lake (reinstated 2003, mainly rainbow with a few browns) on a 150-200 acre working farm near Bridgnorth/Morville, Shropshire, alongside two coarse lakes and self-catering holiday cottages.
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.
Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Bank fishing near inflows, dam walls, and weed beds. Move to find feeding fish.
Hatch predictions
See the full sub-surface read with Pro.
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Hatch predictions
Top prey shown — see all 4 with Pro.
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A good match for Hurst Farm Holiday Cottages (Hurst Farm Lakes) — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
Small spring-fed fly-only trout lake (reinstated 2003, mainly rainbow with a few browns) on a 150-200 acre working farm near Bridgnorth/Morville, Shropshire, alongside two coarse lakes and self-catering holiday cottages. Fishing free to cottage guests; day tickets available.
