A southeasterly has held for most of a day, running warmer than the water (15°C air against 11°C water). Expect fish at the north-western end — the bank it is blowing into — where the drift piles food, colour and warmth together. This reads the upper water, though — a bottom bait at range feels it far less than a floater or a fish in the margins. Treat it as a tiebreaker between good swims rather than an override — features and angling pressure usually count for more.
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.
A fry-imitating pattern stripped through the margins can save a blank in autumn.
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.
A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.
A small Bodmin Moor trout fishery set in an old china clay pit, with a long-running local profile and a practical appointment-led access model. The official site says only Mallard Lake is currently open, with Teal Lake temporarily closed; Mallard is fly-fishing only and stocked with rainbow and brown trout from roughly 1.5 lb up to double-figure fish. It is a compact, managed stillwater that runs daily in summer and on reduced winter days, with opening hours from 8am to dusk.
A small Bodmin Moor trout fishery set in an old china clay pit, with a long-running local profile and a practical appointment-led access model.
A southeasterly has held for most of a day, running warmer than the water (15°C air against 11°C water). Expect fish at the north-western end — the bank it is blowing into — where the drift piles food, colour and warmth together. This reads the upper water, though — a bottom bait at range feels it far less than a floater or a fish in the margins. Treat it as a tiebreaker between good swims rather than an override — features and angling pressure usually count for more.
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.
A fry-imitating pattern stripped through the margins can save a blank in autumn.
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.
A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.
A small Bodmin Moor trout fishery set in an old china clay pit, with a long-running local profile and a practical appointment-led access model. The official site says only Mallard Lake is currently open, with Teal Lake temporarily closed; Mallard is fly-fishing only and stocked with rainbow and brown trout from roughly 1.5 lb up to double-figure fish. It is a compact, managed stillwater that runs daily in summer and on reduced winter days, with opening hours from 8am to dusk.
