1 Acre(s)
A similar water to Lily Pool but with more trees and shrubs on the banks to provide cover, Willow Pool is for many anglers even more attractive and appealing although it holds the same mix and size of fish as its neighbour.
Once again the banks are flat and even and anglers can make their way around the entire pool on a grass pathway which leads to the 13 or so pegs.
Because Willow Pool has an island and is irregular in shape it has plenty of interesting bays and features to fish to, making it an interesting venue which is easy to fish.
Once again, Willow is suitable for pole, waggler or feeder fishing although those fishing a loaded waggler to get to fish near the island will want to clip off their line once they have found the correct distance to ensure they don't become snagged in the overhanging leaves and branches.
However, as with most waters there is no need to fish far out because the carp and silver fish are often to be found patrolling the margins, particularly in warmer weather.
This means that it usually pays to bait up two swims at the start of your session, one in the margins and the other in more open water.
A mix of feeder pellets and sweetcorn with the addition of maggots and casters or other hook samples works well and baiting two swims enables anglers to take a few fish from each without spooking the fish in the shallow water.
As with Lily Pool the most popular baits tend to be sweetcorn, soft hooker pellets, paste, maggots, caster, worm and bread although because of the large head of carp and silver fish in the water almost anything goes.
As with Lily Pool there are no bait bans.
Because the fish feed well on traditional baits there is no need to use sophisticated carping techniques or baits.
Although many anglers fish anything up to 10lb line and Size 10 or 12 hooks because of the good head of carp, it is possible to get away with fishing lighter tackle as there is plenty of open water in which to play the fish.
As a result, going as light as 5lbs to 6lbs line strength to a Size 10, 12 or 14s hook shouldn't present a problem as long as you don't try to bully the fish once they are hooked.