Lily Pool is a very attractive water about half to three quarters of an acre in size with a dozen clearly marked grass pegs and loads of features to fish to.
It is stocked predominantly with mirror and common carp which average about 5lbs in weight but which have been caught to 15lbs.
It is thought that over 90 per cent of the carp are mirrors.
In addition there is a good head of silver fish including roach, rudd, skimmers, a few tench and some perch which usually only tend to show in winter.
The sides of the pool drop straight down to a fairly flat and even bottom which for the most part is only between three and four feet deep.
This makes both pole and waggler fishing easy, the pole enabling anglers to drop their bait right next to the lilies and reeds where the fish love to hang out.
Although match catches on Lily are not as high as those on Pixley Pool a few miles away, most small club matches tend to be won with between 70lbs and 80lbs of fish.
Match anglers should note, however, that they are required to use two keep nets, one for the carp and the other for silver fish.
Most anglers fishing the pole tend to opt for a carp match pole rigged with a six to eight elastic in winter and either a 12 or 14 in summer.
When fishing open water they also tend to use a puller bung which gives them more control when playing the bigger fish whilst still enabling them to use the same tackle for the silvers.
The most popular hook sizes tend to be 10, 12 or 14 for the carp and 14 or 16s for the silvers.
When it comes to baits, all popular baits work well and there are no bait bans.
Soft hooker pellets, sweetcorn, maggots, caster, worm, bread and paste are all popular whilst several regulars swear by tinned macaroni.
Regular feeding of the swim with small feeder pellets and sweetcorn usually prove effective at drawing the fish into a swim and holding them there.
Because Lily Pool is so shallow anglers usually fish on the bottom close to the weeds, although they must turn fish into open water as soon as they strike or they will bolt for cover in the roots.
Because Lily Pool is only a few yards from the car park and because the banks are fairly flat and even it is suitable for disabled anglers, although the going can get a bit wet and sticky after prolonged spells of rain.
Willow Pool also has good banks but is slightly further away from the car park.