Start with Pheasant Tail Nymph (12-16) — on the point — 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.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.
A 4-acre stream-fed natural lake set in the heart of the New Forest at Emery Down, near Lyndhurst. 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 Pheasant Tail Nymph (12-16) — on the point — 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.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.
A 4-acre stream-fed natural lake set in the heart of the New Forest at Emery Down, near Lyndhurst. 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.
