indian summer ?

With the weather more like june than october i had a few hours on knott the tarn was flat calm and there was quite a few fish moving.I fished dry;s and caught a few trout the best being this small fingerling trout my 2nd one caught and as you can see they like a f fly

sat tubing

with th rivers up and un fishable tony riley suggested a afternoon up knott on the float tube, tony had just taken delivery of visions new float tube and he was eager to put it through its paces.


On pulling up into the carpark the weather was just about perfect a light ripple and nice and warm we set up and it wasnt long before we were both into brownies,off the bank dave helm was picking up fish from the bank casting to rising fish all in all a good day




tony ready for the off with the new vision keeper float tube

tony slipping the net under a fighting fit knott brown trout

another brown trout

me just about to land a nice trout

a nice trout (note to myself learn to smile ha ha)


Tony is writing a review about the keeper float tube so if you want to buy one follow tonys webiste link below.

Tony provides a qualified and professional fly fishing skills, fly fishing casting tuition and guiding service.
Choose from brown trout & winter grayling fly fishing lessons, casting tuition & fly fishing courses, on a variety of rivers and & stillwaters throughout the Lake District, Ulverston and Cumbria.

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tuesday 03/07/2012

After finishing work i decided to have a few hours fishing up knott the weather was overcast with a few showers after 2 1/2 hours i had caught 5 trout casting to rising fish i caught them on a shipmans buzzer and a olive f fly.Dave helm was also on knott and adopted the same tactics of covering rising fish with good effect catching several fish.

Just a reminder dont miss the open day on the 14th july starting 10 o'clock (see events page on website) come along bring someone who has never fished before and have a go, the fishing is free plus there is free tea,coffee and food

Change to date of Knottallow Open day - Now July 14th

Please note we've had to change the date of the Knotallow Open day to July 14th.

This will ensure we won't clash with Ulverston Carnival road closures

For more details please visit the UAA Events page for more details.

albert breaks his duck

This sat afternoon i met up with albert pettigrew as he was keen to have a go at float tubing on knottallow as you can see from the pics it was quite choppy but between us we had several fish out mainly on spider patterns




albert setting sail

the stamp of fish we caught

albert playing a nice trout

Knott open day

We will be holding our annual open day on sat  7th july starting 10am

more to  follow

Canal Clean up

Lee Gundry and the other local lads are meeting on the 3rd of june at 10 am for a clear up of the towpath/banking  (meet by the scrapyard at the top of the canal).

Everyone welcome the more the better bring gloves,bags etc

Stocking May

 The stocking in April was cancelled due to transport problems with the Supplier, so we have combined April and May stockings. The tagged fish also went in today and what a sample they were! We always think that fish are bigger than they actually are but not in this case. The average weight of the tagged fish was 3.8 pound and there were some corkers well in excess of that. Get a grip of the one on the left - nearly had Austin in the water. Please remember that these fish must be returned and again please record any caught in the returns log. Cheers, Dave the Treasurer

Tuesday in the tube

With a couple of days booked off i had a few hours on knottallow tarn the conditions were not ideal blue sky and for the most parts flat calm.

I set up and was on the water by 4.30 with a few fish topping i put on a small beetle and had a few fish out but it was slow,so i switched to a spider pattern and was into fish straight away.They wanted the fly a few inch's under the surface i lost count of the number of fish i caught,and to cap it all i caught the biggest trout i have ever caught out of knott (see pic)

p.s. thanks to Austin for taking the photo
p.p.s sorry for my mugshot spoiling the photo

my biggest brown trout ever

a very long lean over wintered brown trout

                                                                      

                                                          










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sat afternoon

Sat i took a trip up to knottallow looking in the catch returns book i could see the rod average is nice and high, i had a quick walk round the water and could see a few fish topping.

I opted for a f fly and a small beelte pattern  and  casting to rising fish i manged to winkle out 5 trout,Dave helm was on the opposite bank and he was into fish straight away on his way past he said he had hem all on a beetle pattern.

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knott sunday

Had a few hours on knott this morning fished 9 till 11 had 3 trout and hooked and lost the same amount all on a size 14 beetle, Dave knocker Nixon was fishing he had several fish all to dry's.

There were plenty of fish topping and all the fish were in superb condition.

Al plevey

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canal update 2012

Reports show carp being caught up to 23lb with sea end basin and middle basin producing catches,,,Tips are a little pre baiting.Also pike being caught again an all 3 basins ,pleanty of doubles up to 18lb being reported..

Lee Gundry

New season

Hi All,
Just a reminder, as if you needed it, that a new season is just around the corner and subs are now due. Fish have been ordered and things are looking pretty good up at Knottallow.
Cheers,
Dave the Treasurer