EASTER SPECIAL

On Easter Sunday, 4th April, we are having an Easter knock up on the Delf Lake. There are tons of coarse fish in the Delf so Tim Bolland has kindly offered to run this to catch as many as possible in 5 hours (10am-3pm) and then transport them down to the Large Coarse Lake. The cost will be £16 per person and you can take 1 trout each if you want to! £10 goes into the prize pot. We have 16 pegs in total for this event and 9 are booked already! So, get your skates on and give Amanda a call to book on. It should be fun! Draw at 9am, fish 10-3, cafe open at 8 for butties and drinks.

Please, if you are coming to visit Raygill, come prepared for all weathers! This last week we have had Shorts! No coats! Trainers! These are not suitable for fishing here! You need warm, waterproof, clothing (dont leave hats, scarves and gloves behind) and good waterproof footwear and of course a sun hat and suncream for those sunny days. Well, we get them occasionally! Come prepared and you will have a more enjoyable experience.

Below is a pic of a lovely rainbow trout caught today (25th Mar) by Fly Angler, Mark Ives. He was using a Cats' Whisker and the fish weighed about 6lb. The lake was calm with just a slight ripple.

Well done Mark.

PIKEs AHOY!!

23 yr old Stuart Dollan from Gargrave enjoyed his days pike fishing on the Delf on Friday 12th March. After a few lost runs, he managed to land this beauty. "And what did it weigh?" I hear you cry!  Answers on a postcard!! The picture was scanned in to the computer and was a little wet so apologies for quality. Well Done Stuart!! 

Also on Fri 19th March, Richard Webb from Skipton landed a beauty of a pike on the QUARRY LAKE! He was fly fishing for trout with a Black Zonker on a sinking line well down in the water. He had almost fully retreived his line when he thoguth he had snagged something under the edge of the walkway. A fight ensued and about 10 minutes later, he landed it. Picture below shows Stuart and a picture of Richards Pike is to follow asap.

If you are reading this page, hoping for a hint as to wether its frozen or not then please ring us up as the conditions at the moment are changing minute to minute! BUT...At this precise moment as I type, Friday 12th March, 8.58am, all lakes are free of ice and fishable!! Yeay!!

Thank you.

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!