Lake rules
asked to leave or banned from the fishery.
Anyone aged 12 years and over need to own a valid environment agency rod licence to fish at High Flyer Lake. For more information visit the Environment Agency website by clicking on the sample licence picture below.
All anglers need their own landing net.
No fish to be taken/removed from this fishery.
Absolutely no discarding of line or litter.
Barbless hooks only, maximum size 12.
Fishing from fishery fixed swims only and no wading.
No use of fixed method or fixed lead rigs.
Do not leave rods unattended.
No floating/surface baits allowed i.e. dog biscuits, bread or boilies.
No floating pole.
No pole tapping or continuous pouring water from pole cup/pot.
No imitation or plastic/rubber baits of any kind.
No variations of hair-rigs or baitbands on all float set-ups. All baits must be hooked.
Minimum 6″ line from pole tip to float.
No fishing shallower than 12″ deep.
No keepnets for pleasure fishing unless agreed by lake management.
No braided hooklengths.
No ‘muppet’ fishing – pole/rod with line only laying on bank till fish on.
No fishing with hook and line only (a float or lead must be used).
A float must be used when using a pole, no freelining on a rod either
Groundbait limited to 1.5kg dry mix per session.
Maximum 6 pints of dry pellets.
Maximum 4 regular sized tins of catmeat.
No visitors to walk around the lake whilst a match is in progress.
Only High Flyer Lake fishery supplied keepnets only
All match anglers must start with 2 keepnets.
New net rules in place. please read them here >Net weights<
Once you have reached the net limit you must get another net.
Any net weight above the set net limits may be omitted.
Any hooked fish before the ‘all out’ have 10 minutes to land.
If you finish early no throwing leftover bait into lake before the final whistle.
All rules are to be adhered to, No club/private match is allowed to have their own set of rules for fishing at High Flyer.
