Drayton Reservoir. - Talk Angling fishing chat and tackle advice

Smudger · 17th July 2008, 09:47 AM

Im off to Drayton on Sunday and was wondering if any one has fished there recently and what are the best methods etc at the moment.

I've never fished it before but heard there are some big fish in there so i expect to take a lot of bait and a trolley as I've heard its a long walk too

silver fish · 17th July 2008, 02:18 PM

Hi mate,

If your on the dam there is no walk, but all the others can be long, but sound on proper walkway.
Lots of fish up in the water at the moment. So you can fish floaters and a controller , splosher and pellet ( my fave) or the bagging wag. You can still catch on the method too, but not as well as the other methods. try the BW website I think they have the bailiffs mobile on it, chat to him.
Cheers...Mark

Smudger · 18th July 2008, 06:39 AM

cheers mark,

whats a splosher

Smudger · 18th July 2008, 08:23 AM

Mark,

One more question roughly how far out do you fish

Neilio · 18th July 2008, 11:17 AM

Smudger
Have a look here Fisheries.co.uk - British Waterways Drayton Reservoir, Daventry, Northamptonshire
or here Drayton Reservoir
Lots of info
Please let us know how you got on so others who come to TA can learn from your visit.
Good luck

Smudger · 19th July 2008, 11:40 AM

just found out we got peg 100 - 120 which is in the top corner

I hope its sunny tomorrow as I've heard it is shallow up that end

Smudger · 28th July 2008, 06:39 PM

pants pants pants thats all i can say...

Gale force 10 the calcuta cup going on and not worth the petrol