Start with Floating Fry (8–10) on a Fish as a single fly. 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.
Slow down everything. A booby on a fast-sinking line, left static, can pick up deep fish.
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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A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.
Clear, shallow water with an abundance of natural fly life. Stocked daily with rainbow, brown, tiger, brook and triploid trout — fishery record 19lb 1oz. Maximum 16 rods. Managed by Salisbury District Angling Club; guest tickets by member invitation only. Montana, damsels and daddy long legs do well, mimicking the rich forest insect life.
A 4-acre stream-fed natural lake set in the heart of the New Forest at Emery Down, near Lyndhurst.
Start with Floating Fry (8–10) on a Fish as a single fly. 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.
Slow down everything. A booby on a fast-sinking line, left static, can pick up deep fish.
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.
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A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.
Clear, shallow water with an abundance of natural fly life. Stocked daily with rainbow, brown, tiger, brook and triploid trout — fishery record 19lb 1oz. Maximum 16 rods. Managed by Salisbury District Angling Club; guest tickets by member invitation only. Montana, damsels and daddy long legs do well, mimicking the rich forest insect life.
Leominstead Lake Fishery is a stillwater fishery in Hampshire / New Forest, England. It sits at about 90 m above sea level. The species listed for this water is rainbow trout. Best window recorded for anglers: Year-round. Core methods listed: Nymph; small lure; buzzer. Nearby waters in our listings include River Test at Broadlands at 11 km, Longbridge Lakes at 11 km and Holbury Lakes Trout Fishery at 17 km.
