Our news and your pictures!
On this page, you find updates about opening dates and other important information, but we’d also like to show updates about YOUR last catch! Do you have a special picture of your fishing day at Tanfield Lodge Lake? Send it to us by email, WhatsApp, or use the quick upload tool you see here.
Don’t forget to tell us who we can mention in the photo credits (if you like to see a name with the picture), and please let us know the story behind the picture (where, when, who, how, etc. 😊).
12 February 2025
Start of the 2025 season:
Friday 14 March
Not long now before Tanfield Lodge Lake will look all green and springy again! With only 4 weeks until mid-March, it will not yet be as lush as in this picture (taken later in spring), but the first green sprouts are popping up! We hope the fish will pop up too, and that you left a few smart ones at the end of last season, to see them bigger and better now! “The ones that got away” will be waiting to challenge you again! 😊
We hope to see you all on the 14th of March or soon after,
Christopher Bourne-Arton
PS. Don’t miss the previous post when we had some good news and some bad news for the coming season!
26 January 2025, a message from Christopher
Now the days are lengthening, it’s time to start thinking about fishing again. Whilst jotting down these few lines the Lake is covered with a sheet of ice, which at least keeps our friendly local Cormorants at bay. And a number of trees have blown across the paths, courtesy of our latest storm offering from Ireland. Might have to persuade the grumpy old git who manages the place to get off his butt and do some work!
We have even, tho’ it goes against the grain, asked our Fishery lot to put some fish in!! That’s the good news, (hurrah I hear you cheering. But don’t get too excited, I haven’t got any more generous than in previous years 😊).
The bad news is that I had to retire to bed for a few days to recover from the shock when he told me what the fish will cost this year. Something to do with ‘Grow the Economy’ and ‘Starting with a clean sheet’ and ‘Sorting out the mess we inherited’. Not sure I quite understood it but seem to have heard something like that a fair bit nowadays.
So to the bad news… a DAY TICKET for 2025 will be £25.00 for 3 FISH. Junior and evening tickets will stay the same.
Look forward to catching up with you all again,
Tight Lines,
Christopher Bourne-Arton
© Picture by Shello Sheldon, West Tanfield
Christopher on Facebook…
Who would have thought that lake owner Christopher would set up a Facebook Page for himself 😊? But now that Tanfield Lodge Lake has its own Facebook Page, Christopher had to jump in too!
This mesmerising picture of Tanfield Lodge Lake was taken years ago by local photographer Shello Sheldon, who kindly allowed us at the time to use it on our previous website. He has a portfolio with beautiful pictures of West Tanfield and our surrounding area, but it’s not difficult to see why this picture was Christopher’s choice as the cover picture for his Facebook Page!
© Picture by Jenna Dixon, gardener & florist at Tanfield Lodge Estate, January 2025
Tanfield Lodge Lake
now on Facebook!
You might have seen it if you are browsing Facebook about fly-fishing: Tanfield Lodge Lake now has its own Facebook Page! It makes it even easier to see what’s happening at the lake and connect with fellow anglers.
This beautiful picture of a frozen Tanfield Lodge Lake in January was just what we needed for our first post! There is a link at the bottom of every page on this website to make you jump to Facebook. And when you’re there, remember to click the “like” button at the top of our Facebook Page to let Facebook know you want to see future posts and updates from Tanfield Lodge Lake!
25 April 2024
Catch of the Day!
Another picture of a proud angler. Our regular visitor Trevor Sedgwick told us he caught this brown trout just to the left of the tree near the peninsula. So now you know where to find it 😊, as this beauty was returned to water. But only after it had its picture taken!
Not sure who was so kind to take he photograph, but our thanks 🙏 to Trevor for sharing the picture of this beauty on our News blog!
We hope to see more pictures like this, to hare on this page and/or on Facebook!
Picture sent in by Fred Rule, 31 March 2024
Nice bag!
Regular Fred Rule visited Tanfield Lake Lodge not long after he opening day of the season and sent us a picture of his recent bag. A 7 lbs caught on a size 16 black buzzer, 5 lbs on a March Brown and this year’s 2.5 lbs on a blood worm.
Who said rainbows don’t overwinter!!