June Update 2026
Welcome to the Mid Season update.
On Wednesday 3 June we welcomed the winners of the Angling Trust Auction to our Club water. Mark and Graham from Darlington joined Chair Ian Wynn for a day fishing our beat. After initial greetings and brew the session got away quickly and soon both guests had had enquiries and Mark had netted his first fish.
The weather was not promising and the morning session was a tad wet to say the least, good quality wet weather gear proved its worth and by the time we moved to the lower half all three of us remained dry, we even had some sunshine mid to late afternoon.
Mark had not come across the European Style nymphing technique so Ian set up a rod and soon Mark had another fish to the net. Graham continued with his rather super cane rod and his casting and presentation, both short and long distance was very impressive indeed.
By 17.00, when we called it a day both guests were very happy with their day on AJS FlyFishers water. Both had caught quality fish and had also learnt some new techniques and fishing styles. The photos below show aspects of their day.
Finally can we remind all members that Catch Returns are very important for a number of reasons, not least that should we have a pollution incident then good quality data enforces our case in any followup action that may be required. The data not only allows the Committee the opportunity to see how well and how often the water is being fished but also the number and size of the fish. We have now moved to a NON Stocking Policy and therefore this data is even more critical as we assess what we believe will be the many benefits of having a Wild population of trout.
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