Opening Day has been postponed until Saturday 27th March. Contact the fishery for more info.

Season ticket application forms are available now, contact the fishery. Entry forms for the Airflo Bank Classic are also available now.

Bookings for the 2011 season are now being taken. Clubs looking to book dates for the coming season are advised to contact Scott.

Evening fishing has now finished for the season.

Monday 10th August 2009 saw the capture of the biggest wild Brown Trout ever from Crosswood. The fish which was carefully weighed before its release, came in at 12lb 8oz and was caught by David Robertson boat fishing using a claret hopper.

David also caught another two five pound browns and rainbows at 7lb and 8lb 10oz.

There were good numbers of browns in the four to five pound bracket showing on the surface coming up for the heather fly.

Mr Jolly fishing the evening session also hooked a large brown from the same area but unfortunately lost it.

Crosswood will feature in the September issue of Total Flyfisher, out August 13th.

£4,344-30 was raised by the thirty one anglers that took part in the Macmillan Cancer Big Fish fly fishing competition on Saturday June 13th. Included in the total was £300 that was raised in raffle ticket sales.

1. Neil Mckenzie 4-12lb 8oz
2. David Robertson 4-12lb 8oz
3. Liz Mclellan 4-10lb 4oz
4. Ali Middlemass 3-9lb 10oz
5. Robert Sneddon 4-9lb 4oz
6. James Chisholm 3-7lb 12oz.

Heaviest Fish – David Robertson 5lb 4oz Rainbow

Quickest Limit – Liz Mclellan

First Fish Caught – Harry Brummfitt

Highest Sponsorship – Scott Livingstone.

Wayne Cram landed a tagged fish but at the weigh-in when the envelope was opened it turned out to be the booby prize.

57 fish weighing 146lb 4oz were landed with a further eight returned.

Tiger Trout will be stocked for the Macmillan Cancer Big Fish, for which there will be a prize for the first one caught.

Info on the competition page.

Friday 29th May saw the first proper evening rise with many limit bags being taken. The following evening saw brown trout of 7lbs and 5lbs along with rainbows up to 6lb caught.

The Airflo Classic International was held on Saturday.

Most of the anglers decided to head to the bank opposite the lodge in preperation for the gun going off at 9am.

First to weigh in after only forty five minutes was the eventual third placed angler Ali Middlemass.

43 fish for 91lb 14oz were weighed in, with a further 13 rainbow trout returned.

The top three individuals qualify for the final at Elinor Fishery on Saturday 10th Otober 2009.

The first placed team qualify for the final on Sunday 11th October 2009.

INDIVIDUAL RESULT

1. Wayne Cram
2. Alan Darling
3. Ali Middlemass
4. Scott Middlemass (reserve)
5. Dione Roberts (reserve)
6. Mathew Nicol (reserve)

TEAM RESULT

1. Crosswood Fly Fishers
(Scott Henderson, Wayne Cram, Neil Mckenzie).