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Robinson Tel: 01352 741378 White House Farm Trout Fishery Rotherwick Hook Hampshire Contact: The Proprietor Tel: 01256 763700 Walkerwood Trout Fishery Brushes Road Stalybridge Manchester Greater Manchester SK15 5QP Contact: Mr John Winterbottom Tel: 0421 619399 White House Mill Lampeter Velfry Whitland Dyfed SA34 0RB Contact: Peter and Barbara Hunt Tel: 01834 831304 Walthamstow Reservoirs off Ferry Lane Tottenham London N17 Contact: The Proprietor Tel: 0181 8081527 White House Trout Fishery & Farm Baston Fen Peterborough Lincolnshire PE6 9QAG Contact: Mr Gordon Freeman Tel: 01778 342155 Walton Hall Trout Lake Watterton Park Hotel Watton Wakefield West Yorkshire Contact: David Kaye Tel: 01924 257911 White Springs Lakes Pentrebach Pontardulias Swansea Glamorgan SA4 1QG Contact: Vince or Eileen Lloyd Tel: 01792 885699 Wansford Fishery 108 Wansford Road Driffield East Yorkshire YO25 7NN Contact: Simon Marsh Tel: 01377 255863 White's Farm Trout Fishery Moor Lane Footherly Shenstone Staffordshire Contact: The Proprietor Tel: 01213 536713 Watendlath Trout Fishery Keswick Cumbria Contact: Mr Stan Edmondson Tel: 01768 777293 Whitesheet Farm Fishery Whitesheet Wimborne Dorset Contact: The Proprietor Tel: 01202 883687 Water Meadow Fly Fishery Ashington Trout Farm Ashington Sussex Contact: The Proprietor Tel: 01903 892073 Willinghurst Shamley Green Guildford Surrey Contact: The Proprietor Tel: 01483 271005 Watercress Trout Fishery Kerswells Springs Chudleigh Newton Devon TQ13 0DW Contact: Mr Anthony Allen Tel: 01626 852168 Wimbleball lake Hill Farm Barn Dulverton Contact: Kiosk Tel: 0345 300600 Watermeadows Fishery Watermeadows Thorpe Underwood York North Yorkshire YO26 331 Contact: Mr Dave Almond Tel: 01423 331080 Winstershill Lake Waltham Hampshire Contact: The Proprietor Tel: 01703 601421 Waterside Farm Fishery Waterside Farm Glasgow Road Galston Strathclyde Contact: Colin Thomson Tel: 01563 821186 Wiscombe Park Fishery Southleigh Colyton Devon Contact: Mike Raynor Tel: 01404 871474 Wattlehurst Trout Lake Wattlehurst Farm Kingsfold Horsham Sussex Contact: John Nye Tel: 01306 627490 Wistlandpound Reservoir Challacombe Devon Contact: Post Office Waulkmill Waulkmill New Deer Grampian Contact: Permits: George Davidson Tel: 01771 644357 Witcombe Waters Witcombe Gloucester Gloucestershire Contact: The Proprietor Tel: 01452 864413 Weir Wood Reservoir The Fishing Lodge Forest Row Sussex Contact: The Proprietor Tel: 01342 822731 Witton Castle Fishery Bishop Auckland Co Durham Contact: Bishop Auckland AC Tel: 01388 88691 Weiss Lake Alabama Tel: (256) 927-8455 Email: cccoc@peop.tds.net Website: www.cherokee-chamber.org Woddington Fishery Romsey rd East Wellow Romsey Hampshire Contact: The Proprietor Tel: 01794 884442 Wentwood North of Penhow Newport Gwent Contact: Nigel Jones Tel: 01443 812440 Wooda Farm Fishery Pancrasweek Holsworthy Devon Contact: Mr P Brown Tel: 01409 241292 Wessex Flyfishing Lawrences Farm, Southover Tolpuddle Dorchester Dorset DT2 7HF Contact: Richard Slocock Tel: 01305 848460 Woodchurch Trout Fishery Townsland Farm Front Road Woodchurch, Ashford Kent TN26 3SA Contact: Ian Douglas Tel: 01233 860253 West Lake Domgay Road Four Crosses Llandrinio Powys SY22 6SJ Contact: Lynn Mainwaring Tel: 01691 831475 Wooden Loch The Cottage Eckford Borders Contact: Permits from: The Loch Keeper Tel: 01835 850255 Westlow Mere Fishery Westlow Mere off Giantswood Lane Congleton Cheshire CW12 2JJ Contact: Mick Webster / D Parker Tel: 01260 270012 wqeqweewq Wharfe, Bolton Abbey Bolton Abbey North Yorkshire Contact: Tickets from Estate Office Wych Elm Fishery Milnthorpe Road Holme Village Carnforth Cumbria LA6 1PX Contact: Mr K J Gill Tel: 01524 781449 Wharncliffe Fly Fishery 23 Carrhead Road Howbrook Sheffield South Yorkshire S35 7HG Contact: Mr Ron Ogle Tel: 0114 2845759 Wykeham Lakes Wykeham Scarborough North Yorkshire YO13 9QP Contact: Mr Chris Tedman Tel: 01723 866600 Whinburgh Trout Lakes Whinburgh Dereham Norfolk NR19 1QU Contact: Mr David Potter Tel: 01362 850201 Wylye River Sutton Veny Estate Eastleigh Farm, Bishopstrow Warminster Hampshire BA12 7BE Contact: Mr Walker Tel: 01985 212325 Whiston Fishery Back Lane Whiston Cheedle Staffordshire ST10 2HZ Contact: The Proprietor Tel: 01538 266260 Wyreside Lakes Fishery Dolphinholme Lancashire Contact: The Proprietor Tel: 01524 792093   Fly Fishing Tips and Techniques The Rainbow Trout The Rainbow trout is not native to the British isles, originating instead from the Pacific coast of North America and being introduced for sport in many parts of the world at the beginning of the 20th Century. The Rainbow trout is usually more silvery than the brown trout and somewhat more thick set, it has black as opposed to the red spots of the brown and it sports a pink irridescence along its flank. It is this colouration that leads to its name. Being a stocked fish only, they are commonly found in sizes that exceed what might be the norm were they self sustaining in the UK. Rainbow trout live a relatively short natural life span wherever they are found, this being around 3 to 4 years and they will put on weight more quickly than brown trout. This is one of the reasons for their sporting attraction and their suitability to rearing for the table. In a small handful of sites in the British Isles rainbow trout have successfully spawned on a regular basis and established a "natural" population. Spawning seems to occur February to March and in the usual manner of salmonids. Rainbow trout also adopt migratory behaviour, dropping downstream to saltwater whence they become Steelhead Trout. In Britain this tendency leads to problems with escapees, either for the manager of a lake who wishes to retain the stock or a problem for connecting streams that hold native fish. The same issue of escapees has to be addressed by the fish farms that produce the rainbow trout and managers have to go to considerable lengths to contain rainbows. However there are no significant returns of rainbows back to freshwater as steelhead in the UK. n Britain where rainbows and browns are found in the same waters, the rainbows may adopt more aggressively a niche of surface feeding and can be regarded as easier to catch. In waters where native browns are self sustaining, many streams and upland lakes, the increased levels of stocked rainbow trout can reduce food for browns that must overwinter. They are also known to consume the eggs of browns. It is for these and other reasons that Rainbow trout are ideally suited for the many excellent man made fisheries and not suited to natural waters that have native trout. In terms of fishing methods there is no great difference from the brown trout. Wet flies, dries, nymphs and lures will work well for both species in most cases. Rainbow trout in small stillwaters are ideal for observing rise forms and feeding behaviour and for much of the year nymphing is a deadly method. Such waters demand careful understanding of entomology and the semi-naturalised fish can become quite wary and selective. As such it is increasingly common to try a wide range of fly methods developed in the various branches of trout fishing as a whole. It is this accumulating of knowledge that adds to the skill and attraction of rainbow trout fishing. << The Brown Trout Salmon Fishing >>	Existing Users Login User ID:   Password:   Remember me next time. Register to join now for FREE Forgotten your password?