Views of a discerning angler

Hi Val / Paul

I just wanted to say thankyou for the lovely get well card and to let you know the operation seems tohave gone well ( bloody painful though).

Well I finally made it to Lonsdale after all and I must thank you once again for your patience and understandingduring my difficult period, it's reassuring to know the personal touch is still out there .

As you know I came up there to 'sort my head out ' before my amputation and I must say I couldn't have pickeda better place to do it .
If I was ever fortunate enough to be able to create my 'fishing heaven' it would be a replicaof Lonsdale, it is a 'proper fishery' for 'proper anglers' ie; people who appreciate tranquiliity and natural surroundings as much as the fishing itself . Speaking of the fishing, I'm a bit of a 'roach nut' so you can imagine how enjoyableit was for me. The sport was amazing ,I lost count of how many 'pound plus' roach I caught and I even managed to beat my pb for the species, I had no scales with me but 'hand on heart' it was a scale perfect beauty of well

over two pounds ! My favourite part of my stay though was the last two hours of each day, the only sound was the pheasants calling from the woods, a flat calm lake and a swim full of big roach .
ABSOLUTE FISHING MAGIC.

It goes without saying,as soon as I have learned to drive with 'one arm' I'll be back.

Regards and best wishes

John Aspinall

Easter Breakers

Well to go with the cracking weather we've had some great catches over the past 24 hours!!
Jonathan Pickard, landed himself a nice 18lb Carp having just arrived yesterday afternoon, whilst Jamie Campbell's total so far is 5 Carp up to 22lb. Mr. Rhodes as always is catching some superb Roach and Andy & Friends from Thirsk have been catching plenty of carp but most noticeable as been the tremendous tench catches - Andy certainly won't let his mates forget the double figure catch this afternoon!!

If you want a bite of the action call for availability.

LATE DATE

Some availability week commencing 30th April for details call.

Monster Roach !!!

Check out the Lonsdale Park Facebook page to see Pete Hill's note about his P.B Roach. Well done Pete and pleased you enjoyed your stay.

A note from Neil, Nathan, Heather.

"Hi Val, Paul and Julian,

just had another great week at Lonsdale, The cottage was superb and the weather behaved for most of the week. We had some good fishing too, Heather caught her first Tench and at 5 1/4 lb it was a good one. Nathan caught the biggest carp at 9 1/2 lb. In all we caught 5 Carp, 6 Tench, 4 Chub and loads of Roach over 1 lb. We also spotted 28 different species of bird. As you can see from the pics the fish are in superb condition and a joy to fish for in such beautiful surroundings. Looking forward to our next visit already.

Thanks again
Neil, Nathan and Heather"



We're glad you had a great time, and your photo's are great guys! I'm impressed with your ornithology as well!
Hope to see you again soon, tight lines,
Emma, Paul, Val, and Julian

Jamie's Week-end Visit

Jamie enjoyed a week-end break at Lonsdale & Kindly sent over these photos . Thanks jamie.

i have attached 2 pics one of the football mirror i caught lol and one of
the lovely 17 pounder also

we landed 5 carp,lost a few too  boohoo

and had some nice roach to apound and also a nice chub at 4lb