Known locally as Woods Farm Christmas Trees and as Bills Lane Pools, this expanding fishery is set on the outskirts of Shirley in Solihull where town meets countryside.
Lying on the fringes of a residential area, it is convenient for local anglers who are looking either for a full day's fishing or a quick couple of hours snatched here or there.
Four pools are now currently available for pleasure fishing on a day-ticket basis whilst a fifth, Flight Match Pool (see below), is reached by a different entrance and is reserved exclusively for matches or for private hire at £150.
00 a day at weekends and at £7.
00 per peg for groups of anglers mid-week.
Opened for angling about 15 years ago, Woods Farm is popular with local anglers and the pools owners have carried out a lot of work on the site to provide convenient car parking near the new entrance opposite the Drawbridge pub and at other points around the fishery.
Because the pools are set on a large farm which specialises in growing Christmas Trees, much of the site is surrounded by a variety of spruce trees making it probably the most festive place in the country to fish in December!As with many fisheries these days, keepnets are only allowed in matches.
Barbless hooks should also be used and there is a maximum size limit of a Size 10 due to the number of fish which have been damaged by inexperienced anglers using larger hooks.
Permits are available on the bank from the patrolling bailiff.
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0121 430 4000
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Haslucks Green Road
Shirley
Solihull
West Midlands
UK
B90 2PP
Day Tickets Availalble
Bills Lane Pool
The second largest of the Woods Farm waters, Bills Lane Pool holds 32 pegs and ranges from seven feet deep near the former Bills Lane entrance to four feet at the end of the dog-leg at the far end of the pool.One of the main features of this water is the good head of Irish Black Bream which run to 8lbs together with the stock of traditional bronze bream which weigh up to 5lbs and silver bream to 4
Smaller than Bills Lane Pool, Bridge Pool is a charming little water which is especially popular with younger and older anglers and those looking for a bit of seclusion. Set amid trees, it offers about a dozen pegs but, despite its size is deeper than Bills Lane Pool at about eight feet round the edges and 10 feet in the centre.Although all pegs offer an equal chance of catching, the peg between t
Pine Pool is a mixed water holding carp, roach,tench, bream, rudd, perch, chub and barbel. It is deeper at the entrance end of the fishery and tapers in width and depth towards the far end, running from about five feet up to just a couple of feet near the wooden bridge at the far end.In common with many other waters, the majority of anglers fish for the carp, which can often be seen pushing their
The latest of the Woods Farm Fishery waters, the spring-fed Drawbridge Pool is named after the pub which is just a short walk from the bankside where lunches, snacks and drinks are available for anglers wanting to take a break from fishing.Opened at the beginning of 2014, Drawbridge Pool is currently being allowed to mature and has about 50 sturdy purpose-built pegs.Developed primarily for match a
Reached by walking down the Grand Union Canal towpath to the side of the Haslucks Green Road car park, the Flight Match Pool has to be one of the most picturesque, secluded and diverse match fisheries around.Forget any ideas about regular shaped waters with even depths and a carefully balanced mix of species and sizes, this pool is partially surrounded by trees and only a few of the 34 pegs are vi
