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News from Glehias lake

Apr 2015

Lilli-pad Islands, 6th Apr

After repairing the sluice on Lake Lauren back in 2005, the water level rose around 7”, which is exactly the result we wanted. A knock-on effect of this however has been that most of the reeds in the shallows slowly drowned, and what was left have been uprooted by the big carp.

We’ve thought long and hard about what to do to replace such an important holding area for the fish, and after the success of the island build on Lake William back in 2013, we decided to do something similar in what was the reed corner. We nabbed some more tyres from our local garage (thanks James Barrington :)) and having decided on a layout, set to it.

Planting up of the underwater flowerbeds consisted of replanting the remaining reeds and grasses, and a couple of trees and other plants, but the biggest feature will hopefully be the water-lilies kindly donated from friends in the fisher-folk community - Keith and Barry Smith – Cheers chaps!

We have tried several times in the past to introduce water-lilies to the lakes, but every attempt has been scuppered by the local wildlife, big carp or anglers, and we had all but given up on the idea. We are taking every precaution with these precious rhizomes; wrapped in chain link mesh and weighed down with heavy stone and slate, all tucked safely into the middle of a sunken tyre. We are very confident this time around.

The water-lilies were grown from root cuttings taken from Friar Park – the home of the former Beatle, George Harrison. We are looking forward to seeing them flower, they promise to be quite beautiful :)

Feb 2015

Winter Feeding, 19th Feb

Stepped up the Winter fish feeding programme this year from five kilo to seven kilo per day, lets see some of these fish coming out really heavy for the 2015 season :D

Feb 2015

Looking forward to the start of the season and some warmer sunrises!, 13th Feb

Stunning morning views across the lake :)

Aug 2014

Bill & Linda's Excellent Adventure, 19th Aug

Linda and Bill spent a week in the floating cabin at Glehias, which provided them with plenty of carp and catfish action. Here's Bill's write-up from the week...

'Arriving at Glehias lakes at midday in very warm, very humid conditions, we met Tracy at the Farmhouse who offered us drinks and then took us for a look around the 2 lakes in the heart of the Breton countryside. The first lake, the big fish lake “Lauren”, named after Tracy and Lee’s daughter, looked lovely, with a grassy dam at one end and shallows with fallen tree branches and stick up reedy bits at the other. In between there was the main bank with nice flat, clear areas, and the famous “gorse bank” to aim for on the opposite side, some 80 metres across.

Behind the masses of gorse overhanging the bank by a metre or two were a line of old oaks, with turtle doves – now rare in the U.K. – purring away in them. We unloaded the van and took our stuff down to the floating lodge that Lee had built. This was on the far end of the coarse fish lake “William” named after their eldest son and to be our unique residence for the week.

We were the first to try it out, and found it was very comfortable and peaceful, although we were disturbed a bit by a night heron calling once it got dark, and being insulated so well, it was very warm on a July night. Once settled in, and sofa bed converted, we were anxious to wet a line...'

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