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Plan of the lakes at Rockbourne

Below is a plan of our six lakes, with a brief description of each. At Rockbourne you are free to fish wherever you want. Occasionally part of the fishery may be reserved for a special event. See our opening times page for details of any restrictions.

Pine Lake

The deepest lake at about 20 feet. Crystal clear water. Noted for its hatches of pond olives and buzzer.

Spring Lake

Clear water - an excellent stalking lake. The most sheltered. Large hatches of damselfly, dragonfly, pond olives, sedge and buzzer.

Oak Tree Lake

A lake with vastly differing depths with fish often taken around the weed beds of the southern bank. The best dry fly water. Olives, sedge and buzzer.

Alder Lake

A classic nymphing water which boasts a superb hatch of mayfly. This lake stretches out attractively alongside the fishing lodge, viewable from its veranda.

Bridge Lake

Has a distinctive character and is noted for its remarkable proliferation of damselfly. Also good for sedge and mayfly

Long Acre Lake

Fed from the river. This is splendid sedge water, prolific in Corixa, Shrimp and Mayfly. A first class dry fly water.

Fishing and Stocking Policy

Our lakes are Catch and Take only for Rainbow Trout. This way all our fish are in good condition when taken. The lakes do have the odd Brown Trout in but these should be released and not taken as these are wild and are not stocked and we are trying to preserve them.

We re-stock on the basis of your Catch Return Cards. We keep the lakes topped up all the time so during busier periods they are stocked every day or maybe twice a week in winter. We aim to stock first thing in the morning before opening so there is no disruption to fishing.

It does mean that Catch Returns are very important to us so please do leave them in the Returns Box in the Lodge at the end of your day or post it back to us should you forget.