I hope you all agree that this was a good use of a Fisheries Improvement Programme grant we received.
I want our Manor Pond fishery to be easily accessible for all. The laying of this matting will hopefully make the long trudge from the car park, much less of a chore.
Tight lines everyone 🎣

We received the delivery of 20 x 10m x 1m rolls of 22mm rubber matting for the pathway, at our Manor Pond fishery on Thursday.
Many thanks go to the two members Ken and Steve, who helped me move them along the pathway ready for laying.
This will hopefully make the pathway to the lake much easier for transporting your carp barrows, loaded with the relative tackle! 🎣.

Mid-summer swim cut on our river Mole fishery at Cobham in Surrey.

All upstream and downstream swims are now accessible. Offering some of the best river fishing available.

If you’re considering the downstream section, travel light. We have approximately 1km of river available on this section. Some of the prettiest swims involve a bit of a walk! But it’s definitely worth the walk!!

A very successful work party at our Manor Pond fishery at Cobham in Surrey today.

Two swims were restored and the bamboo was cleared along the path around the top of the lake.

I’m also pleased to report that the water clarity has significantly improved since the two Siltex applications over the winter.

There were also quite a few big carp lurking under the overhanging trees, and literally thousands of tadpoles. The tadpoles are proof of the improvement  in water quality, since the introduction of siltex, too.

Many thanks to Mick, Steve, Dave, Dale, and Charlie for all their help.

Early season cut at our river Mole fishery in Cobham today, prior to the pre-season cut in June.

The river looked in fantastic condition, and many of the large snags have been washed through in the winter floods.

Everything bodes well for a good start to the season on the 16th June.

Another visit to Padworth with the brush cutters, and  saws today. This time with help from Ken, Steve, and Mick.

The whole stretch of river has now had a complete makeover. All the brambles and nettles have been cut right back, to allow more light into the river.

A few over hanging branches were also removed from under the weeping willow. This has finally exposed the swim that was previously lost. Which ironically, was one of the best Barbel swims on the fishery.

That’s the last session with the brush cutter this week.

Today’s fishery that received the haircut was our Yalding Two fishery on the rivers Medway and Beult.

This should make the pre-season work much easier in June.

It’s another fishery in CALPAC’S portfolio, which offers so much to the members

Another morning with the Brush Cutter! This time at our Speringbrook Sewer fishery at Snargate in Kent.

This cut was a precursor to the spraying I will be carrying out in May, to reduce the weed growth in the water.

We’ll find out then how big the Tench and Crucian Carp have grown, since they were stocked about six years ago

Another day with the Chainsaw and Brush Cutter at our Padworth fishery on the river Kennet.
The river bank has undergone a big clearing process this year to allow more light into the river, and provide more swims for the roving angler.
There is just a small area left to clear, which is near the car park. This will hopefully be done sometime next week.

Well, with all the good news coming out of the Kennet Hatchery recently, I thought it was finally time to completely clear our Bulls Lock fishery on the river Kennet in Newbury.

With plenty of help from one of our committee members Mick, we managed to restore the fishery to somewhere fully accessible to all members 😀.