The new system has produced superb catches of rainbow and blue trout, with yellow and orange flies being the most popular.

The biggest fish was an 8lb brown, which was followed by a 4lb blue trout, caught on an orange fritz.

On the coarse scene, the Erics produced a 22lb mirror and a 17lb mirror to boilies, while a 38lb catfish fell to lamprey and the same angler caught two carp to 18lb on double corn and worm.

On the Gainsborough, a 30lb catfish was caught on halibut pellets, the same bait accounting for a 16lb common.

A Bromsgrove angler landed three carp to 18lb on a home-made pellet over a bed of chopped worm.

Good roach to 2lb 8oz have been caught on the Stuarts, along with chub to 2lb, on maggots and castors.