Great Wood Lodge Flaxton

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Anyone fished Great Wood Lodge, Flaxton ?

 

Holidaying there a month ?

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I've since been and can give a quick review. The accomdation is superb, the best I've ever stayed in. Minimal furnature and large double galzed windows gives a lovely sense of space and light. The setting is lovely too - a small pond with two islands in decidous woodland, wild enough for you to feel you're in the countryside but kept enough so theres a plenty of space to sit out on and read that holiday novel. The welcome was wonderful too, Don who runs the place couldn't do enought for us.

However, I have mixed feelings about the fishing. It's been stocked with Roach, Rudd, Ide, Tench, Chub and Carp and is only fished by the occasional holidaymaker or friend of the family. But IMHO it's overstocked. The smaller silverfish are just so abundant its difficult to know if there are any decent sized ones amounst them. The only Tench I saw caught were under 1lb and I think a significant reason is the shear number of carp under 3lb. I heard tell of 140lb bags in a single session and from my experience that wouldn't be unusual. Though for their size they fight like stink, the vast number of them means that for me, very little watercraft is involved.

 

Tony