Work was completed on deepening, revamping and restocking Old Match Pool in 2001.

The first water to be reached on entering the fishery, this four-and-a-half acre 45-peg lake has a boomerang-shaped island in the middle and a bay at the far end.

The Old Match Pool was adjacent to The Lodge but the two have been opened as one water to create an excellent pleasure and match venue.

It is stocked with carp to 16lbs, tench and barbel to 3lbs, orfe to 8oz and small bream and skimmers.

Old Match Pool is best fished on pole or waggler out to the channel or on feeder rod when casting towards the islands.

However, in summer it is always worth going for the chub by fishing up in the water as these can provide exciting sport.

Favoured baits are small pieces of luncheon meat, corn, pellets, paste or bread.

Depths on The Old Match range from three to nine feet with three feet being found around the margins before the water deepens to about five feet some eight metres out and down to nine feet in the channel which runs between eight and 12 metres out.

Best baits tend to be meat, corn and floating bread and dog biscuits in summer and maggots, caster, worm and bread in winter.

Again, pellets are a good year - round bait.

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