Latest Posts Under: Pond Work

Water features….pull up a chair and RELAX

March 11, 2011 / John / 0 Comments

To say we all love working with water is a serious under statement, its a way of life for all of us, well at least all of us involved with our “Riverworks” team, what an awesome week we have had…….. Weed cutting and removal on a well known specimen lake in west Dorset (now fishable), …

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Trees on dams, not good…..

November 19, 2010 / John / 0 Comments

One of the most important aspects of lake management is keeping your dam free of any tree growth, a few saplings cannot do much harm, leave them a few years and the root system can lead to a dam that leak’s, if your monk is close to the dam the roots can cause problems here …

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Azolla takes over….But not for long…..

November 5, 2010 / John / 0 Comments

Azolla or its more common name water fern, can take over and choke a water course (still or very slow flowing) in a fairly short time, it looks very unsightly, can lead to water quality problems and even fish kills. We love before and after photographs, they tell such a clear story of what our “Riverworks” team …

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So far this week

September 8, 2009 / admin / 0 Comments

We had a fairly busy weekend weed cutting on a local coarse fishery, cutting and removing well over ten tonnes of Elodea, (Canadian Pond Weed) hand cutting is really the only option as the use of any aquatic herbicides are severely restricted, and weed cutting boat access to this particular venue could cause a few …

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Flaming June

July 5, 2009 / admin / 1 Comment

What a cracking month June was, superb weather, amazing Mayfly hatches and tales of lot’s of people catching fish, Trout, Bass, summer Cod and even the odd Salmon, released of course! We are into July now, and post Mayfly we depend on our smaller up winged flies such as the Blue Winged Olive to allow …

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