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Club Championships.

  • 8 hours fishing
  • Singles
  • Boat
  • Trophy Trophy
    Club trophy

Date

Usually mid-June, see our Programme for details.

What we do in this competition

Individual match, fishing from boats Loch Style.

Register at the Lodge by 9:00am latest, a briefing will take place on the dock at 9:15am.

Fishing from 9:30am to 5:30pm.

Boat partners to be drawn.

Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and the best fish.

Rules

Kill 1 fish, plus catch and release up to 11 more, all Rainbows to count as 2lb, max 12 fish in total.

Time bonus if you bag up before the end of the event, 2lb per hour.

Members can take more fish if they wish, up to the limit of their ticket purchased.

All Brown Trout to be safely returned.

This competition will be fished to International Rules.

A fly shall comply with the International Rules specification and be barbless / crushed barb hook.

Single rod setup.

Fishing from the front of a drifting boat. No back drifting.

No anchoring.

No fishing the boils – all boats must be 50M away from the boils.

All boats must stay 50M from bank anglers.

Respect other anglers fishing.

Trophy

Previous winners

2025: Winner: Frank Daley, Runner-up: Andy Earland, Best fish: Paul Wild

2024: Winner: Chris Evans, Runner-up: Neil Squires, Best fish: Mick Connor

2023: Winner: Neil Squires, Runner-up: Rick Cooper, Best fish: Steve Otteridge

2022: Winner: Mick Connor, Runner Up: Gary Cooper, Best fish: Viktor Vaitikus

History

Coming soon

About Us

Rutland Water Fly Fishers is a club of keen anglers who fly fish for trout in Rutland Water and other local reservoirs.

New members are very welcome. Please see our Membership page for details.

Club Meetings

Club meetings are held during the winter at Empingham Cricket Club. Location map here.

For details on fishing at Rutland Water and to purchase permits, please see the Anglian Water fishing site.

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