Angling: Winter lasts longer at Lockwood; TROUT ANGLING ANDREW WILKINSON rounds up all the activity on the local angling scene.Byline: ANDREW WILKINSON Andrew Wilkinson (1697 – 1784) was a British politician and racehorse breeder. A resident of Boroughbridge, he was returned in 1735 as Member of Parliament for Aldborough, succeeding his late father-in-law William Jessop. THE winter season at LOCKWOOD BECK has been extended until Friday week, March 13, with day tickets remaining at just pounds 5. Despite not being stocked since the turn of the year, bait anglers are catching up to 16 fish a day, while some nice rainbows are falling to fly rods. Fish are cruising into the shallow water and John McGarrell caught a rainbow of 7lb in the area between the jetty jetty: see coast protection. and the dam. He fished a Cat's Whisker under an indicator. Andy France caught one of 6lb 8oz from the same area on a flexi-floss Bloodworm bloodworm, name for the larva of the midge and for a red-blooded marine polychaete worm. . RAINBOWS to 15lb 13oz have been caught at JUBILEE LAKES, where Ben Race of Great Ayton tempted one of 15lb 2oz on a Black Zonker. Black Buzzer and Pink Bloodworm have been best in milder spells, with lures taking fish in cooler conditions. AT STONEBRIDGE, rainbows to 16lb have been caught, with Blobs and Bloodworm being key patterns. THE final of the WEST HOUSE Winter League, postponed earlier this month due to the lakes being frozen, will take place next Saturday. LEIGHTON re-opens next Saturday, and will be well stocked in advance. |
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