Stillwater · Mixed · North West / Lancashire

Curley's Trout Fishery

An angler fishing the bank of Wallsuches Reservoir, home of Curley's Trout Fishery, Horwich, Greater Manchester.

A 200-year-old former mill reservoir on the edge of Rivington Country Park at Wallsuches, Horwich (Bolton, Lancashire), fly-only on the 6-acre main water with bank, pontoon and boat fishing, plus a smaller any-method lake for beginners and an on-site restaurant.

Fair · Rainbow
Marabou Damsel · 8-12
A respectable few hours, if you choose your moments
Water temperature is the limiting factor today, not the wave. Fish dawn or dusk if you go at all, and handle everything with extra care.
49% confidence
limited data

Curley's Trout Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindNW 16 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
MD
Marabou Damsel8-12
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
NW 16 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp—
Air temp23°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

Some readings unavailable — check directly before fishing.

How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Year-round
Where
Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Marabou Damsel (8-12) — on the point. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.

Plan B

Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.

Watch for

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Either bank or boat

Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.

Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

Hatch predictions

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Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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F
M
A
M
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J
A
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
1
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
Lake OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
2
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
54%
Cloud70%
Wind65%
Temp25%

A reasonable day here, though temperature isn't quite in the sweet spot.

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Gallery · 2
  1. An angler fishing the bank of Wallsuches Reservoir, home of Curley's Trout Fishery, Horwich, Greater Manchester.
    Angling at Wallsuches Reservoir, home of Curley's Trout Fishery, near Horwich, Bolton.
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

A 200-year-old former mill reservoir on the edge of Rivington Country Park at Wallsuches, Horwich (Bolton, Lancashire), fly-only on the 6-acre main water with bank, pontoon and boat fishing, plus a smaller any-method lake for beginners and an on-site restaurant. The 'England' hint resolves to Greater Manchester/Lancashire border. Blue trout are part of the stocking alongside the rainbows. They favour the deeper water off the pontoons and are usually the fish still feeding when everything else has switched off.

  • Reservoir
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Silverhorn is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 April → 30 September
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Stocked Trout Variantsblue, tiger & golden troutBig Stillwater Playbookreservoir tacticsReservoir Entomologymatching the hatch
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