Fishing Reports. Devon. Amherst Fishery. 01297 442773 –  anglers who have braved the cold and rain have found the fish, with some quite decent fish showing on the returns. Weighted nymphs fished on floating lines have caught the better fish, although the sunk line has been easier to fish. Dark Damsel, Montana, Viva and Cats Whisker are all catching their share of fish.   Bellbrook Valley Trout Fishery, 01 398 351 292 – As a result of the recent frosts the fishing at Bellbrook has been outstanding with the fish in superb condition. The Damsel in all of its guises has been the most reliable pattern throughout. But small flies such as montana, various buzzers and goldhead flies have been most productive.      April 2011. Contact: russ@reelfoto.com  Made with Xara     Phone 01 208 821 730. Mobile 07787704966. Update. 31.01.2012. Tavistock Trout Fishery, 01 822 615 441 – Update at Tavistock Trout Fishery 01.04. 2011. Catch results for March.  I think our trout can feel the weather warming up already because there has been an increased amount of larger fish being caught from the start of March.  Mr Tippet from Plymouth caught a lovely rainbow of 9lbs-13oz on March 1st from Kingfisher Lake, with a white cats whisker.  John Boyd from Tavistock also made a good start to this years season on a lovely sunny March 2nd, when he caught a lovely brace of rainbows weighing 7lb-13oz and 10lb-1oz, both trout were caught from the Osprey Lake on white flies.  Dave Slocombe landed a lovely rainbow of 9lbs-6oz on Friday 4th March.  On March 6th, a lovely sunny cold Sunday, Adrian Fox from Plymouth had an excellent days sport with a full bag of 6 fish weighing 2-1, 2-2, 2-11,3-3, 5-10 and 9-7, all caught with a green/white catswhisker.  Simon Jeffrey from Yelverton managed to catch a lovely rainbow of 13lbs with a Damsel, on the 12th March.  Peter Davey from Lifton caught a lovely rainbow of 12lbs-12oz with a minkie on Tuesday 15th March.   Wednesday 16th March was a lovely dry sunny day and lots of gents and lady anglers came fishing.  Alex organised for 8 of The Royal Navy Police to fish Tavistock, 6 of whom were first timers.  A total of 8 trout were landed and lots of fun was had by all (photo).  Also on the same day Mac organised for 10 of The Royal Marines Angling Association to fish, 5 were first timers, and again 8 trout all above 2lbs-8oz were caught.  Lovely cake (from Janes Cakes, Tavistock) was served to both groups at 12pm.  Tim James our local qualified instructor kindly offered to come along and give some free expert advice to all the beginners, and this made a good visit turn into a fantastic day for all the newcomers!  Our thanks go to Tim for giving up his time today and of course there is a free days fishing waiting for Tim on his next visit!   Thanks Tim!    Sunday 20th March was made into a special day for Graham Milford from Plymouth when he landed a lovely brown trout of 7lbs-8oz on a Damsel.  Well done Graham!  On Tuesday 22nd March Adam Barrow from Throwleigh caught a 10lbs-7oz rainbow!  John Boyd from Tavistock had another double weighing 10lbs-12oz from Big Osprey with a Nomad.   Our 20th Anniversary Fly Fishing Competition on Sunday October 2nd. To celebrate our 20 years of fly fishing from October 5th 1991, we are going to offer '30 lucky anglers 6 fish permits and lunch for £20'!  Wow, yes £20!  Every angler that purchases a three fish permit or more from 1st April to 31st August will receive a free raffle ticket.  This raffle ticket means that the angler will be entered into a raffle that will be drawn at the beginning of September.  The first 30 different anglers to be drawn at random will be invited to fish a special competition on Sunday October 2nd and prizes will include fly fishing tackle and fly fishing tickets.  There will be mystery prizes for the anglers who catch the first fish and smallest fish of the comp.  So the more times you purchase a permit between 1st April and 31st August, the more chances you will have of being invited to fish our competition for £20!  All 30 lucky anglers will be notified by telephone and their names will be published in our September Newsletter.  So good luck!    Good news!  We will be making no price increases to our fishing tariff for the 2011 season!  Despite the increases in our running costs, we feel that it would make it really difficult for our average angler to afford to come fishing once a week or so, if an increase in our fishing permits was to take place.  We will however be asking anglers to be aware of our time limits on our fishing permits, 2 fish evening permit (4pm) is four hours, 3 fish is four hours, 4 fish is five hours and our 5 and 6 fish permits are all day permits.  All day permits entitle the angler to fish from first light to dusk if they want to...that's good value!   I am sure that you are aware that the fishery is closed every Monday now (except bank hols) but as a bonus for our anglers it is open from first light to dusk 6 days a week!  So all you keen anglers that believe in the early bird catching the worm, 5am starts are not far away!  All you need to do if you would like to fish early is to fill in one of our self service permits that are located outside of our tackle shop.  After you have filled it in, just post it through the letterbox in our tackle shop door and when a member of staff arrives please come up to the tackle shop and pay.  Our tackle shop has no fixed opening hours and is open on and off throughout the day, ring for more details.   November 2010 Trout Fisherman Magazine 4 page article about our fishery has been framed and covered with special glass to prevent damage at a cost of £200 and put onto the wall in our anglers tea room!  Wow and it looks fantastic! Hollies Trout Farm, 01404 841428 – The adverse weather conditions has not put the fish off, most of the fish are still being caught not too far down. The most reliable flies have been buzzer, damsel or mini lures fished on floating lines in the top few feet of water. Damsel, montana, viva's and goldheads fished on intermediate lines have been the most reliable in the sometimes cold conditions. Bratton Water, 01271 850642 – A lot of fresh water in the last 2 weeks has brought levels up nicely and put some colour in the lake. Catches have been superb with some nice fish being landed. Most fish coming out on floating and intermediate lines, best patterns buzzer, nymphs, gold heads and daddies. Lewis Janes. Taunton. 16lb RT Tony Maeer. Seaton. 16lb RT & 6lb brown Peter Masters. H Bickington. 6 x 30lb best 13lb RT Mr Lake. Holesworthy. 6 x 20lb best 4.5lb RT Les Cleavley. Lynton. 6 x 18lb A Cornish. Oakhampton. 5 x 17lb Peter Bridges. Dulverton. 6 x 15lb Mark Buxton. Oakhampton.6 x 22lb best 7lb RT Sam Bryan. Exeter. 6 x 25lb best 7lb 8oz brown. G Turner. Bideforb 4 x 12lb Don Sidley. Bucklad Brewer. 6 x 17lb best 7lb RT Darren Roberts. Ilfracombe. 6 x 29lb best 6lb RT   Autumn open competion date. Sunday 30th. 6 fish limit and prize for best brown & best bag. Contact Blakewell. This time of year sees the start of some of the best fishing of the year, large browns and rainbows start to show as the water cools and of course the daddies are out in numbers and have proven to be the killing pattern. Evening fishing at present is good although we are losing the day length, the rise continues well on after dark, buzzers and small nymphs working well. Tight lines. Rich    Now with all that ice and snow gone our little lake is fishing very well. Best fish being a 13lb 14oz rainbow to James Donald of Sevenoaks Kent caught on a small holo buzzer. Buzzers doing the best with many anglers catching their bag limits on them ,black and holographic the top two catchers. Ptn , beaded nymphs, nomads and cats whisker all catching. New small trout water also doing well with everyone catching 1lb+ size fish. Simpsons Valley Trout.  07855413672. Update 06.09.2011 Hi Russ,hope all is well with you.Thought you may like these photos,the browns are in excellant condition. The fishing has been very challanging. Although the cooler weather is bring the fish up in the water to small nymphs and dries. Weed problem all clear,and the water is gin clear. All the best, Mike. Update 25.09.2011. PL30 4HW. Rose Park Trout Fishery,  01 566 862 78 – The water is still very clear and on the mild days a lot of fish are still high in the water, small nymphs, buzzer and daddies taking fish on the warmer days. Numbers of fish are being caught about two feet beneath the surface on buzzer, montana and appetiser fish from floating and intermediate lines.  Tree Meadow Trout Fishery, 01 736 850 899 –  On the days when the weather has not been so kind, anglers fishing intermediate lines and flies such as goldheads,  montana and damsel have been taking fish. Fry imitations are also catching well. some good sport at the fishery.  Some of the larger trout  stocked earlier in the year are now showing.  Overcast  days have had a good amount of surface activity with  floating lines fished with small nymphs, buzzers and dries  taking some good bags. In bright conditions, fish have  been deeper in the lake. Chris Tippet, of Whiddon Down, landed the largest  rainbow of the month at 6 lb 8 oz taken on a black and red  Fritz.  Chris's 5 fish bag weighed in at 12 lb 8 oz and were  caught on a bloodworm pattern. Darren Rundle, of Bodmin, landed a good 5 lb 4 oz  rainbow on an Olive Dancer and Gerald Gilbert, of St.  Agnes, landed a good 5 lb 2 oz rainbow on a Black Spider  with a green tag –  most of the fish have been caught on slow sink or intermediate lines pulling light coloured lures such as appetiser or cats whisker as the fish begin their back end fry bash. Montana’s and viva’s fished deep and slow have also been catching well. Bake Fishing Lakes, 01 752 849 027 – Update 17.05 2011. The lakes have responded well to the cooler conditions since Easter with most anglers catching their bag limits mainly rainbows around 2 to 3 lbs. Andy McClelland enjoyed a good 3 days fishing on a catch and release ticket producing 18 fish first day 38 fish second day and a 4 lb Brown on the last day. The top fly this month is a Black hopper, Cats whisker and spiders are also working well. Innis Trout fishery01 726 851 162