Category Archives: NHWAS News

New book published by one of our members

Some of you will already be aware that one of our members, Terry Dempsey, has published a book. The book does not cover any of Terry’s time on Springwell Lake but we thought some members would be interested to know (more…)

2012 November Stocking

A total of 70 fish have been introduced in November. 50 of these were the fish bred from our own male by VS Fisheries. They are fantastic looking fish and some are already well in excess of 5lbs in weight. (more…)

Sad News

It is with great regret that we have to announce the very sad news that Ann Smith (wife of our bailiff Paul) passed away recently. Paul has asked for this notification to be posted as some enquiries had recently been (more…)

Poacher alert !

There have been several reports of poachers in the area. 2 poachers were moved off the River Colne one night recently, and we have been told about a group being on the nearby Stockers Lake. All members are reminded to (more…)

Letter to Full Members September 2012

There are 2 sections to this communication – you can read both by clicking on the links below: 1. Letter to all full members September 2012. Click here to read. 2. Additional info and responses to some of the comments (more…)

2012 August – EA stocking of the River Colne

The EA have had a particularly successful barbel breeding. So much so that they were able to provide us with some small barbel. The EA have stocked with about 2000 fish in total. About 700 were put up in the (more…)

Stock Pond Working Party

Mark Brady is organising a working party on Saturday 4th August to move fish between the stock ponds so that we can leave a smaller number in the main pond for feeding over the summer. *********Any one able to help (more…)

EA River Colne Survey

For the past few years the EA have completed a survey on the River Colne. Last years report can be read by clicking the link below. The survey takes place each year, here are some photos of the 2012 work. To read the full report ……nhwas river (more…)

Stocking plans

Just an update on the stocking: We are continuing with our stocking policy. As you all know we have fish growing on in the main stock pond following the succesful work with VS Fisheries. We introduced 13 fish of the (more…)

2012 06 Stock Pond Feeder

We now have an automatic feeder set up on the main stock pond to help ensure the stock fish continue to get the right quantity of feed. (more…)