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Welcome to Wainsford Estate your enchanted Cornish holiday destination nestling alongside two gamefishing rivers of Salmon and Sea Run Brown Trout. Set in 65-acre wooded valley in Cornwall, England.
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   Fishing After what surely must be one of the wettest summers on record we have seen sea trout gathering in the pools then moving on and simply just not accumulating in their usual numbers. The benefit of having so many holding pools was effectively lost in 2008. Having spoken on many occasions with the licensed Netsmen (now down to just one following buy-out) we have always listened to their view that tinkering with sea trout is a waste of time. They maintain that sea trout runs are cyclical, peaking every 8 years. Eight years ago we caught 371 sea trout so HERE’S HOPING FOR 2009!! The Fish counter at Lostwithiel revealed just over 2000 salmon this year. We totally disagree and are certain that MANY more fish ran the river including large pods of hatchery fish that were mistakenly counted as sea trout. This is borne out by good numbers of small silver salmon taken from August onwards up and down the river and including fish from 1lb8oz to five pounds. When it was realised that so many fish were moving through, some rods switched to fly which proved very successful. The majority of the fish were grilse of around four pounds weight and fitting the profile of Hatchery returnees. Best fish landed weighed twenty-two pounds and Wainsford rods lost several fish in the 16lb class including a fine silver fish lost by Jon Preston earlier in the year. Even now in January the main run has moved on up river and should have spawned successfully but there have been sightings of silver fish in the estuary which will move into the river with the current high tides. The Hatchery brood stock collection starts on 1st November each year and we have a supply of pike nets for holding fish. All anglers fishing the Fowey should check every salmon caught to see if it is fin-clipped. Very many such fish have already been caught and provide proof to the many doubters that hatchery fish survive just fine at sea. Hatchery The Wainsford Hatchery currently holds 50,000 salmon fry and it is our intention to rear virtually all of them to smolt stage prior to release. About 6000 have bee raised over each of the last two years and they do not impact on the wild fish. These fry come from salmon caught by the rods and donated live to the hatchery. After being kept healthy until gravid, the fish were stripped and returned alive to the river. If any survive to return they will probably be well over 20lbs but keen to avoid the hatchery “experience” again!! Many thanks to the anglers that donated fish or supported the voluntary hatchery financially. Publicity
Guests should note that we no longer have two “open” tickets for the Lostwithiel water. Problems over access continue and the club has mutated into a Syndicate to try and effect a purchase of the water. We do continue to enjoy two open tickets from the Bodmin Anglers however, which will enable two guests at any one time to fish almost 20 miles of the River Camel. Please find below a list of links to other Cornish Websites to show a selection of what the county can offer its visitors. Cameltrail The Camel Trail, a disused and resurfaced railway line, runs from Padstow to Poleys Bridge via Wadebridge and Bodmin. It follows the route of the river Camel and you can walk, cycle, ride horses or just sit and watch the abundant wild life. Fishing Links Fishing For Sea Trout - Sea Trout Fishing Courses & Tuition |
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