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We haven't seen water levels drop the way they did for a number of years but this didn't seem to have any adverse effects on the fishing, which was notable for the top-of-the-water sport in the later third of the season.
The quality of the fish was also a source of continual (and complimentary) comment throughout the year. The fish were fit, hard-fighting, and could be taken on a number of methods although the usual favourites of buzzers, diawl bachs and goldheads fished from an anchored boat and buzzers and cul-de-canard shuttlecocks from the bank were the most effective tactics by a long way. We've had a mild winter so far, and levels remain some 5-6 feet below top water but this hasn't prevented a large number of fish appearing in the feeder streams. Overall, there seem to be more than last year and their condition looks good - all of which bodes well for a high number of overwintered fish at the start of the season.
Two features will be worth watching in the next few years - the bank reinforcement at Holt Bay, which has used a lot of silt scraped from around Holt and Green Lawn and the large extension of the anti-stratification "bubble lines" which now extend some 800M into the heart of the lake. I have no idea what (if any) impact these works will have on the fishing but I can;t see that any effect will be adverse. We have a slight departure in the start of the season this year (2002) - compared to previous years it's quite late in the month (27th March) and the season starts on a Wednesday (Monday the 25th if you're a season permit holder). Apart from that, I hope to see a lot of familiar faces when the season starts...
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