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Virtually surrounded by trees and shrubs, the pear-shaped Willow Pool is the most popular water at Willow Farm Fishery with a large head of carp, the biggest of which was taken in 2014 and weighed at 34lbs, together with plenty of crucians, tench and silver fish.
It is also from Willow Pool that the fishery's biggest perch are caught, the most recent being a fish which weighed in at 6lbs 1oz which was witnessed by Dave Packwood who runs 'The Bait Box' in Evesham.
Other specimens include one which was caught by a young angler fishing maggot close in to the side.
He first landed a fished which weighed a creditable 3lb 8oz but followed this on his next cast with a stunner which came in at 5lbs 3oz.
The 34lb common carp was caught in 2014 by a local angler who was float fishing a piece of luncheon meat on a size 14 hook from Peg 29, again fishing close to the bank.
Without doubt Willow Pool holds more and bigger fish than either of the other two Willow Farm waters making it a popular venue for small club matches.
It ranges from just a couple of feet deep in the margins at the entrance end before dropping off gradually to seven feet througout much of its length.
Like Island Pool, the banks are steep and drop off quickly to a flat and even bottom.
Another feature of Willow Pool is that you never know what you are going to catch next.
You may land a carp one minute, follow it with a tench or bream, pick up a couple of perch and then land a roach before the carp move back in.
Because it is an open water with few features to fish to, Willow Pool is again popular with pole, waggler and ledger anglers with luncheon and other flavoured meats, sweetcorn, maggots and worm all being favoured baits when fished over a bed of pellets or with small amounts of groundbait.
However, unlike on many waters, fishing floating baits close into the side in summer does not seem to work particularly well with casting into open water being far more productive.
However, to prevent free offerings drifting into other people's swims, anglers are requested to keep the feeding of floating samples to a minimum.
Because of the diversity of fish types in the water and the fact that it is virtually surrounded by trees and shrubs, Willow Pool is a good year-round venue which is well worth a try, particularly if you are after some of the bigger fish at Willow Farm Fishery.