******* Update – Please note new date ******* For the ongoing improvement of the environment and water quality at Darlow, chalking will take place during the week beginning 06-Dec-2021. Please be aware that the lake will be closed to fishing from 6-10th December. Refer to your FFFC email for further Read more…
The latest water testing has shown that water conditions have not improved, but have stopped deteriorating as sharply as at the start of October. Ammonia level has risen to 0.25 mg/L, but appears to have stabilised over the last two weeks. Oxygen levels also appear to have stopped declining in Read more…
A special thanks to Jim Thomas (and assembly team) for designing and building the prototype reed raft. The new raft looks fantastic, and will hopefully contribute to removing nutrients from the water and provide fish with additional cover in the coming seasons as it becomes established. Several willows have now Read more…
We have lost one of the fir trees on the edge of Darlow on the Windrush bank. You may be able to spot Roger in there somewhere.
As a club, we are developing several strategies to help deal with problems relating to fish stress, warm weather and the accumulation of excess nutrients that can eventually lead to harmful algal blooms, especially during warmer periods. Our aim is provide a successful and attractive place to fish and a Read more…