There is a new non native invasive shrimp species to be found in Rutland Water. Two of Anglian Waters reservoirs now have their own new non native shrimp species. Rutland has the "Bloody Red Mysid Shrimp - Hemimysis anomala".

I thought I would record the various personal best trout I have managed to catch over the years at Anglian Waters four trout fishing reservoirs. I have managed to catch many brownies and rainbows in the 3lb 0oz - 3lb 12oz class which are not really recorded here. I recently found out the the set of scales I use underweight by around 4 to 5 ounces...

A couple of days after receiving the Rutland Water Fly Fishers August Newsletter in the post and suitably armed with it's valuable information I decided to pay a visit to the top of the North Arm on Rutland despite the intermittent torrential rain that was falling that Saturday.

I managed to break the tip section of my brand new Greys Platinum XD 10' Competitor Special rod at Rutland on the Saturday of the May Bank Holiday. I have no idea how I managed to break it, this is the first time in more years than I care to mention of trout fishing that I have ever broken a tip section. Weird, especially since this rod was only purchased the previous month.

Sometimes known as "Thatcher's Children" or "Me Me's" these individuals think only of themselves and exhibit zero thought or consideration for anyone else. You are dead to them within their own narrow little existence.

Here in all its glory is a trout fishing rudder built to Steve Partons original specification as detailed in his seminal Boat Fishing For Trout published back in 1983.