LATEST NEWS

More great news...Its not frozen!! So come on, get yer rods out!!

I thought it was about time I wrote about something other than the weather so...

The CAKEY PIG CAFE has had a menu change for Easter. Gone are the hogs and fried foods for the time being and in come Cold or Toasted Sandwiches!

Its not all bad though guys, you can still get a bacon butty.

Take a look at the new menu on the cafe page.

Sunday 7th March...Well, we tried Guys! Berb spent ages yesterday ensuring the lakes would be fishable today by going out in a boat and breaking up what ice was there but last night we had -7 on the lakesides so once again, yup, we are frozen all over! Please wether you believe or not, can you say a prayer to Jack Frost to leave us alone for a while?! Ta. Please cal us for an up to the moment report.

Saturday 6th March...All lakes are fishable and should be ok for Sunday too. The ice needed brteaking on the Delf but wil be clear tomorrow so long as no freeze tonight.

Thursday 4th March

The delf is still frozen! call for more details! In fact if you want to book coarse fishing also, please call.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FLIP! 13 TODAY.

Well, i cannot believe how happy i am to see it raining. It means that the lakes at last are thawing out, albeit slowly. The coarse lakes could well be fishable by Sat morn but please call re the quarry and the delf.

Wed 24th Feb

Well, good news bad news...We had some snow again last night but it wasnt too bad really. We have lots of fog today and it is very cold but the large coarse lake has a couple of pegs available  (thanks to the ducks!) and Paul Straker fished it yesterday and landed a 1.75lb roach and about 50 other little fish. He thoroughly enjoyed himself. So, come on, what are you waiting for?!

Sunday 21st Feb

Guess what guys?...yup, its snowing here again and we are frozen solid.

19th Feb

Grrrrr, here we go again...All lakes frozen. Call if you are thinking of coming up.

These pics were taken at 11am today!!

4 inches of snow!! Bugger!

6th Feb...

WAHOOOOOOO!! We have fishermen!! Any Method is underway at last on the DELF LAKE. The Quarry is ice free and so is the large coarse lake. The little lake is still frozen though!

4/2/10

Yesterday evening we had another inch of snow fall at Raygill. It then froze overnight and therefore the lakes are still unfishable. Keep ya posted. Also, just to add insult to injury, it is extremely foggy up here today. Brrrrr!

3/2/10

once again the bloomin' lakes are frozen! Even the quarry! keep checking back, i will go turn the heat up out there and see if we cant get it shifted!! No chance!!

SEE PRICES PAGE (DELF LAKE) FOR CHARGES RE: ANY METHOD 2009

Thought this picture was quite amusing! Who is bothered about the pike, eh?? haha

Friday 22nd Jan

Delf lake is still frozen. The quarry is fishable but obviously that is FLY ONLY! Large coarse lake is thawed but little lake is still very icy! We are almost there. Roll on 6th Feb!

Sunday 17th Jan

Fly lakes still frozen. 3 coarse anglers on 7,8,9 on large lake but other than that we are frozen up! Still!! Lets see what another 48hrs does to the picture!

LATEST WEATHER REPORT SUNDAY 10th JAN
Same. All frozen up. The clothing shop is open till 4.30pm every day so pay us a visit. Its nice to see a friendly face!

LATEST WEATHER REPORT FRI JAN 8th
Not good I am afraid! -8 outside the lodge. As far as the ANY METHOD goes, if you have booked or are thinking of coming up, please call us (Amanda is contacting as many of you as possible).
All lakes frozen solid. Grrrr, Brrrrr.

Here are some pics for you. Are you as sick of this white stuff as we are? Let us know!!
-2 ON THE WATER TODAY. FROZEN STILL. KEEP CHECKING IN WITH US TO SEE HOW ITS GOING.

DELF LAKE & HUT


THESE ICICLES ON THE DELF ARE 7FT LONG!


LITTLE SNOWY!


TAKEN ON SAT 2ND


VERY NICE BUT PLEASE THAW!

Latest weather report 12pm Sun 3rd Jan 2010. 0 degrees outside lodge now. So warmed up considerably but its snowing! All lakes still frozen.

Latest weather reports (3/1/10) is not good for us. Frost frost and more frost! I put my temp gauge from the freezer outside at 845 this morning and by 850 it was showing -8. So we reckon its about 2 degrees colder by the water. This weather is becoming a pain. Never mind, come and see us in the cosy warm lodge and have a cuppa and a bacon butty!

Another quick update just for Rhys and Gwyn (hope i got your names right!?) The weather today (sat 7th Nov) was terrible. But you know this cos you were stood out in it you fools! haha. Your breakfast was wonderful, the best ever (I am sure I heard you say that!). Did you catch anything? lets be hearing about it! Wonder if you will read this!

From Amanda!!

Ramanda, nice to hear from you

Yes you could be right about being a bit crazy fishing in that weather but its worth it, even if its just for your breakfast your wit and smiling face  

Report wise, yet again I have to admit I have been given a lesson in catching fish

  Today (7^th nov)  it was bluddy freezing!! we had a decent day's fishing with the bulk of the fish taking black dries and boobies, static and a fast retrieve with some explosive hits

Rhys had 5 and I BRYN ( Gwyn  ) had just the 2 but missed around 5

Others at the fishery also seemed to be catching off the top using beetles, hoppers, daddies etc.

 Look forward to seeing you soon poss next w/end

Bryn n Rhys xx

THANK HEAVENS FOR ALFIE!!

This would be a very lonely site if not for this dedicated 11 year old. Thank you for your pictures Alfie. Check them out on the Coarse Lake News Page!

On Sunday 2nd Aug Alfie Bailey caught this lovely

BREAM on the little lake using his 7m pole with large

banded pellet.

11 year old Alfie from Steeton had a great day!

Here he is with his Bream.

THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH NEWS SO FAR THIS MONTH, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SCROLL DOWN TO ENSURE YOU HAVENT MISSED ANYTHING IMPORTANT!!

On Monday 8th June David Key was well chuffed
 with this PIKE he caught.
Using a size 8 Goldhead Black Lure, he just thought he had 
become snagged under the ledge
for about 5 minutes. Realising eventually it was
 either a large trout or a pike, he used his wits and 
cunning (his words!!!) 
to allow it to swim free then landed it. As he brought it up onto
the bank, it puked up a roach! Eugh!
Well Done David. 



Malcolm Holliday caught this beauty on Monday 8th June. 
It was overcast about 11 degrees with a strong breeze. 
The fish weighed 6.5lb on a floating line with a 5lb 
leader on a Hares Ear.
Well done Malcolm, nice pic! 

10 year old Liam Taylor from Keighley caught 3 trout

on the quarry lake on Sat 30th May. It was his first time

fishing and he was pleased with his catch. Pictures show

Liam holding one of the rainbows he caught.

Ladies Day, 26th April 2009

This was a great success with 18 ladies joining

Amanda (Raygill) and David Henderson (instructor)

for a ladies day on the Delf Lake. It was a good day

and everyone enjoyed the tuition and the fishing. Altogether 5 fish were caught and landed and here

we all are still smiling at the end of the day. We are planning another one for the ladies in the summer (prob july/aug) on a Friday evening. I think it should be a

bring a bottle event and afterwards we can sit and

chat as the sun goes down. Perfect. For more info keep checking here or call us 01535 632500

Dave Hillary decided to have a go at fly fishing on the Large Coarse Lake on Tues Evening and here are two beautiful mirror carp he landed on imitation pellet on the surface. They were 2.5 - 3lb each.

On Sunday 3rd May KEITH WHITEOAK caught his first ever fish on Fly. He used a big yellow zonker and landed a 2lb rainbow on the quarry lake. Here is a picture of Keith (Right) with his catch. Well Done!! Left of this is Bob Myers who managed to land this beautiful Rainbow weighing 6lb (ish) on a red zonker.

BAD NEWS GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE LADIES DAY BELOW

The Bad news is that we have close the bookings for this event on Sunday 26th April

The good news is that we closed the bookings as the day is now full. We have so many ladies wanting to come and show the men how to do it that if it is as successful as we think it will be, we may have to hold another one in the summer.

Clare Foster landed this beauty blue on Sunday 29th March. She steaked it up and had it with garlic, mashed potatoes, peas and roasted peppers and said it was "bloody delicious"!

TROUTMASTER FISH-OFF 2009

On Monday 23rd March 7 anglers braved the absolutely vile weather here at Raygill for the Troutmaster fish-off 2009.

The weather threw all it had at them with lashings of rain, howling winds, sleet, hale and extreme cold but they survived and between them despite the nasty conditions, to land 43 fish between them

Here are the results...

1st Andy Cooper from Wigan with 14 fish mostly caught on an olive type zonker on a DI3 line. Congratulations Andy!

Joint 2nd Andrew Poole from Brighouse, Lawrance Robb from Doncaster and Rick Nuttall from Manchester all with 6 fish

Joint 3rd Bernard McBride from Bradford and Ray Clarkson from Earby both with 4 fish

4th Dave Hillary from Clitheroe with 3 fish

 Coming only joint 3rd in the Troutmaster Fish-Off on the 23rd March did not put Bernard McBride off fishing here at Raygill. He decided to visit us again on Tues 24th. 

Despite having very little sleep in the last 48 hours (he stayed up all night sharpening his flies for the fish-off..obviously not sharp enough though!) he attacked the lakes with a vengeance!

Here is what he landed. Shame it was 24 hours late Bernard but hey ho, impressive non the less!

One was an 8lb 8oz Brown and the other was a 12lb 7oz Goldie. He was using a diawl bach pattern.