🌦️ Wormit Weekly Report – 20 May 2025 🌦️
Surface temps have crept up — 18°C at 1ft, 15°C at 4ft — and that’s slowed down daytime sport. But don’t be fooled. The fish are still there, just holding deeper. Early mornings and evenings have remained productive, with buzzers and nymphs doing the damage.
And with a big stocking coming this Thursday, plus a promising shift in the forecast, we’re expecting the action to kick off again in style.
🐟 Big Stocking Incoming – Thursday 23rd May
This Thursday we’ll be introducing a strong batch of rainbows averaging 4lb — fully finned, hard-fighting fish that should bring back that “Wormit Bender” energy.
Looking ahead to mid-June (weather depending), we’ll also be adding tiger trout, brown trout (~3lb), and rainbows up to 10lb. This mix keeps things lively, unpredictable, and exciting for regulars and new anglers alike.
🧠 Tactics That Are Working
- ✅ Go deeper — fish are sitting below the warm top layer
- ✅ Diawl Bachs & buzzers — size 14 is the sweet spot
- ✅ Black snakes & mambas — fast retrieves drawing hard hits
- ✅ Bung tactics — still delivering when fished deeper
- ✅ Subsurface action at first light and last knockings — fish tight to dusk!
🌦️ Weekly Weather Forecast (20–26 May)
- Monday – Light cloud, 14°C / 7°C, NW breeze
- Tuesday – Passing showers, 15°C / 8°C
- Wednesday – Showery, 13°C / 7°C, SE wind
- Thursday – Cloudy, 14°C / 9°C
- Friday – Bright spells, 15°C / 10°C
- Saturday – Mixed skies, 16°C / 9°C
- Sunday – Light showers, 14°C / 7°C
Sunrise: 04:33 | Sunset: 21:47
♻️ Weed, Water & Wildlife Update
What the floating clippings really mean:
- ✅ Dyofix is working: When Elodea is stressed from lack of light, it sheds growing tips to drift and try colonising new ground — a clear sign it’s under pressure.
- ✅ Grass carp are grazing: Their feeding leaves short floating fragments behind — evidence they’re getting stuck in where it’s needed.
- ✅ Surface is being managed: We’re skimming windblown clippings before they sink, root and regrow. This stops fouling, keeps water clear, and lets the fish rise properly.
No blanket weed, no scum — just clear, tinted water with a healthy system ticking away below.
⚠️ Note: Some older far-bank jetties are due an upgrade. Please take care when using them.
🎟️ Book Your Session
- 🟢 Dawn–Dusk Permits: £29.50 – Fish from 04:00 to 22:15
- 🌆 Evening Sessions: £22 – Fish from 4:30PM until dark — ideal buzzer time
📅 We’re open this Bank Holiday Monday! Online booking is live for Thursday through Monday. Early booking is strongly advised.
🌟 Featured 5-Star Review
Iain Miller ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A really bright and sunny day when Ryan and myself visited but we kept moving and picked off fish as we went. I ended up with 10 and was impressed with the quality — none came straight to the net. A couple needed to be fought off the reel!
The booking system is brilliant, and being able to turn up and fish from first light is spot on. Greig even WhatsApped some morning tips — greatly appreciated. We’ll be back 🎣
♻️ Tidy Up & Respect the Fish
We’ve had a few issues again with discarded nylon and sweet wrappers. Please take all litter home — it harms wildlife, looks awful, and risks the reputation of the fishery.
- Use barbless hooks
- Keep fish in the net when unhooking
- Revive fully before release
Let’s keep Wormit beautiful and our fish in top condition for the next angler.
Tight lines,
Greig
