White Springs
   Fishery

Being a relatively new comer to the angling world Lee (Alfy) Calford has only fished for about three years, yet has taken the sport by storm with a recent spate of high profile catches and a very successful year, here at White Springs. On catching up with Alfy I managed to grab a few words with the young sucessful angler and get his thoughts on fishing.

"After arriving at White Springs I had no choice but too settle down on the Island swim due to the Speci Lake being pretty full, with the school being on half term. Around an hour after casting out one of my alarms broke into life! At first the fish came to the surface and came straight in but as soon as it caught sight of the net it was off again tearing away like a good un, A 15 minute battle with the monster ensued, until finally my mate managed to slip the net under this stunner of a fish known as "Billy the Bear". When we landed the fish it was a rush to see it as this is my first ever 30+ Mirror which came in at a stunning 34lb 6oz and a made it a new PB for me! Thank you Springs.

Lee was using his favourite Rod which is a Nash Hooligan and Reel being a Wychwood Big Pit lined with Diawa Sensor 10lb line and a standard bolt rig with Suffix Black Silt core. The bait he used was Mainline Cell boilys which he tells me he has used very sucessfully at the Springs. His previous Personal Best was 31lb 12 common which I understand was also caught at White Springs. Asking him what advice he would give to up and coming anglers and was so special to him about White Springs he told me that ....

"Never ignore the margins, keep it simple dont complicate things, my philosphy is to keep it simple and it will work nearly every time, in fairness, it has for me so far this year, and it has been a blinder of a year here at White Springs Fair play! Everyone is very good down there and you just gotta love the place, its great to meet the colourful charactors that come here and the social side of things are brilliant and the owner Vince is great. What more can you ask for? I dont get a lot of time to travel because of family and work commitments so its only White Springs I really fish at but what a place the fish here are just stunning and I love it here."

Alfy told me that the reason he started fishing was that he loves the outdoors and enjoys the relaxation and  the social side of things with people that come to White Springs. His favourite bit of kit he owns he tells me is his trusty old fox catapult and his most memorable experiance fishing was this session with his new PB and even his rod getting pulled in by one of the fish. He did we will add in fairness to him manage to get it back after a little while or so

Alfy finished his 24 hour session with a resounding 25lb 6oz mirror a 17lb mirror and a 13lb mirror and of course his 34lb 6 oz Billy the Bear making up a new personal best and finally getting his rod back to complete a fantastic 24hr session here at White Springs.

 With Alfy proving that the fish are back on the feed you know that it is the right time to come down and get that personal best yourself. If you see Alfy on the lake I know from personal experiance that he is a great bloke to talk to and will give you some really sound advice that will help you in your fishing.

Well Done Alfy on your new Personal Best and what a lovely fish in the shape of Billy the Bear at a lovely 34lb 6oz.

Tight Lines Mate.