IMPORTANT INFORMATION – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Due to overloading of the coach we have to regulate individual angler’s luggage to a degree that is sensible for a week’s fishing.

Individual Tackle allowance per angler  

      or   One large rucksack or holdall                          

    One bedchair- please note: we allow social chairs as long as it is slide into the bedchair            

   One sleeping bag

           One rod bag

  One travel bag-that does not exceed 20cm high, in order to be stored in coach overhead shelf.

  One bivvy

    Sensible amounts of bottled spirits and wine can be purchased on the ferry

Tackle that will NOT be allowed on the coach.                      

  Unhooking mats are supplied on site                                                                                                                                                                                Freezer/Cool boxes            Cardboard Boxes                                                                

  Crates or trays of beer, due to legal and safety constraints on coach

    Drunks  Bedchair Bags

        Bait Buckets      

   Large Chairs-other than as detailed above in bedchair allowance.

   Carp Porter-Upon your arrival a dedicated wheelbarrow with your draw number will be waiting for you.

  Large portable battery packs - a mobile phone/DVD/small battery charging station is available in the lodge for all your charging requirements.

Unnecessary items

Excessive bait, if you choose to bring your own bait we restrict to maximum of 40KG per angler.

This year it has become necessary to impose a 40kg of bait maximum to any individual angler's luggage allowance. This is solely due to a fairly recent trend towards very large quantities of bait being taken to the lakes by an increasing number of anglers which we have seen generally resulting in a large proportion being taken back home at the end of the week because it was not required during their week's fishing. This has meant that on the outward journey the coach and trailer are becoming increasingly overloaded and we simply can't accommodate this growing trend.

 The second factor in relation to this issue and perhaps just as important is that we all know the benefits as fisherman of fresh bait which is of known good composition and condition for the best possible results at any water. We do not feel that bait that has been subjected to a round trip of France and back, and possibly back again during which time it has been kept outside for over a week of it's life in varying degrees of humidity since it's manufacture gives you the best possible chance of maximising your catch.

 You certainly wouldn't consider treating your own food like it!