Regular visitors to the Watersidediary Website will have noticed that it has recently undergone a facelift, I am
particularly pleased with two of the new features, they are the Google Directional Maps and the Three Day
Weather Reports, check them out, they can be found in most of the Lake Pages, I hope you find them useful.

One of the e-mails sent in recently was from an angler named Rob, who is based in Lancaster, he moved over from
Carp fishing and is now an ardent Roach angler, in his search for some good roach and the chance of a specimen
he travelled  down from Lancaster to try his luck at River Farm Fishery, Fontley, Hampshire, after a two night stay
he had banked plenty of good quality roach, topped with a specimen of 2lb 1oz, well done Rob.
For information on River Farm check out the Lake Section in this website, or contact Paul Reid on 01329 841215.

Monthly Report

Welcome to

Scroll down to follow our fishing adventures, as to where we go, who we meet, what they catch
                                                and what`s happening on the bank.

     If you have any comments or fishing pictures you would like to add please send them to
                                                mail@watersidediary.co.uk

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March: Noted for it`s Perch fishing (Latin name: Perca fluviatilis)  Record: 5lb 15oz Les Brown, Sussex
             stillwater.  Top Baits: Worm, maggots (red), casters, small fish, lures.  (Specimen weight: 2lb).
                                                              

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Reminder to Juniors:
Next month (April) see`s the start of this years MBK Liesures `Junior Open Match Competitions`
check out the `Competition Page` for all dates, times and venues, or go direct to mbkleisures.co.uk

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                                    The Broadlands Lakes Bream Challenge!

For every Bream caught in the main lake and transferred to the match lake, by a bailiff, Broadlands
will donate £1 to one of three charities they support:
Carping for Cancer:  (Orchid Male Cancer Appeal).
Piam Brown Ward:   (Wessex Paediatric Oncology Centre).
Help for Hero`s:        (Help the wounded servicemen and women returning from Afghanistan and Iraq).

So if you bag a Bream on the main lake call Pete straight away on 07967076049, and a Bailiff will be
along to safely transfer it to the match lake, tell him your choice of charity and you will have supported
a great cause.

For more information ask John the `Monk` or Mervyn the `Mole` at the entrance hut, Please Help.


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Maggots,  are the larvae of the bluebottle fly, when fresh they have a black spot on there back at the pointed end,
                 these can be obtained in various colours most common are the white, red or bronze.

Pinkies,  these are the larvae of the  greenbottle fly, and are usually only half the size of the maggots,
               they are best suited for the smaller shy biting fish, as there name suggest there colour is mainly pink,
               but they can also be obtained in other colours.

Squatts,  even  smaller than the pinkies, they are the larvae of the housefly, these can be used as a hookbait
               but are mainly used for mixing with your chosen groundbait, squatts if used as a loose feed or mixed
               in with your groundbait are great for holding  fish in your swim, they come in either white or pink.

Casters,   This is the chrysalis stage of the maggot, before they develop into flies, they hatch usually within
                8-days.
                 Tip, to stop them floating, keep them immersed in water, or alternatively keep them sealed in an air
                 tight bag.

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The life cycle of the Fly

Fly

Fly lays
the eggs

Eggs hatch
as maggots

Maggots turn
 into casters

At the blunt end of the
maggot, there are two
brown coloured dots
these are the breathing
tubes, known as the
spiracles.

At the pointed end of
the maggot, there are
two black coloured
hooks, these are used
to hang on, and to help
brake down food.

Spiracles

Maggot

Hooks

Spiracles,  During  feeding, the maggots head (if required) can remain under a liquid surface, as long as
                 the  tale (the blunt end) remains above the surface it can breath through it`s two Spiracles.