Saturday 17th October

I've been rather busy with the family today, so I didn't get down to the river
until 15.00 and to my surprise the fish were raising, second cast a cracking Brownie
and within no time another two Brownies all good fish all taken on size 16 all brown dry
fly. No sign of any Grayling. Only fished for an hour before the temperature was
dropping and unfortunately I lost my wading staff. I forgot to put and strap round
my neck.! Will have to look for a new one.

Monday 5th October

This will be my last blog of the Trout Season 2009, today being on holiday I invited my

Chairman to fish as my guest on Derwent Fly water and we met at 10.00 in the car park for beats 8/9/10 it was only 4 degrees I thought no rising fish and how wrong could I be. We both

had a cracking morning until 12.30 when we stopped for lunch at the Plough very nice. After

lunch it wasn't quite as good but we both finished up with 7 each Grayling/Brownies and 1 Rainbow.

This was my best Brownie of the day.

Sunday 4th October

Well folks today was the day when Derwentflyfisher and Baslowfisher fished together

at Chatsworth. We had a very enjoyable afternoon started with very special Hancocks pork pie and beer before fishing a rather deep stretch - we were both up to our arm pits before

moving up river to shallower water. We walked up through the park and fish all the good spots

I finished up with 3 Grayling and 3 Brownies, all taken on the all brown dry fly again. Not sure how many Baslowfisher caught but his best fish was a cracking Rainbow I'm sure there will be a picture on his blog. we stopped about 17.00 and finished to day off with more special pork pie

and beer. Thanks Baslowfisher a great afternoon.

Friday 2nd October

Decided to book a couple of days holiday and make it a long weekend, booked my
favourite beats 6 & 7, when I arrived at the car park and looked down at the river
lots of leaves - very autumnal. The rain just kept off and managed to fish for an hour
and half had 3 good Brownies and lost one all to my all brown fly, it really has been a
cracking little fly this season. The leaves are a bit of a problem but a river is in very
good condition.
The end of the Trout season is not far away now- 7th October. Then its Grayling till
the end of the season.

Saturday 26th September

Well folks- with the shorter evenings now the weekends are the only time to get down to the river. So today I booked beats 8, 9 and 10 and the weather forecast was very good for this time of the year. I was joined by a Friend from the village and we started at the bottom of beat 8 and
fished our way up the river in turns, I was just into my first fish a good sized brownie when I had the company of one water vole swimming directly across the river - they always swim in such a straight line. We had a very enjoyable afternoon, my guest finished up with 3 Rainbows
6 Brownies and my count was 1 Grayling and 5 Brownies, and as we were walking back to the car the Red Arrows flew over- really making it a special day. So we finished off with a couple of
bottles of Becks !!

Saturday 19th September

Well folks - this is Baslowfisher Nymphing, my

great friend joined me today on Derwent Fly Fishers

water and we had a great day together, He caught

rather more fish than I did, I managed 1 Rainbow 3

Grayling and 3 Bownies a very enjoyable day.

finished with a couple a beers !!!!!!!

Saturday 12th September

I had jobs to do this morning so this afternoon I thought lets go fishing !
and what an afternoon and first hour was a bit quiet with just one small
Grayling I must say it was a bit bright and sunny. Managed to move up
under the shade of the trees and things really started to happen. In the
next hour I had 5 Brownies and 4 Rainbows what a absolutely cracking
afternoon, I said September was going to be a good month.

Wednesday 9th September

Booked beats 6/7 later this afternoon and fished for just a hour from 18.15 to 19.15 the last half a hour the temperature dropped, but i still managed to land 2 nice Grayling & 1 very good
Brownie all taken on a Olive F Fly before heading to the pub for a pint.

Tuesday 8th September

Booked a couple of days holiday managed to get down to the river
at lunch time, and the Derwent was in superb condition just fished
for an hour, and had 2 good Grayling and 2 good Brownies all on a
all brown dry. Looking at the weather forecast September should
be a great fishing month.

Saturday & Sunday 5th/6th September

Well the Derwent isn't in a fit state to fish with all the rain this week, so come
to the Chatsworth Country Fair this weekend bring your wellies and something warm
Call in at the Salmon & Trout Association Tent and have a go-Guess the weight of the Salmon
or win a bottle of Champagne Hope to see you.

Monday 31st August

Well today was the best forecast for the bank-holiday weekend, after going out for lunch I didn't reach the Derwent on beat 6/7 until 15.15
and on beat 7 there were some really large brownies rising, I still had one of my all brown flies on and over the next 2 hours finished up with 1 Grayling and 4 Brownies all very good fish as you can see.

Thursday 27th August

Managed to get home early tonight having booked beats 2/3 for the evening. I was very surprised with a water level - this photo is of beat 1 had a few casts on the left bank before moving up stream under Grindleford Bridge to Beat 2, had 3 brownies and 1 grayling to one of my all brown flies again and lost a very good brownie after a strong fight. I would of thought that after all the rain this week the river would
have been a little higher. Just fished from 18.30
19.15 before heading for the pub.

Saturday 22nd August

Well been rather busy and tired this week to go in the evenings-so booked beats 14/15 today, when I arrived at the river around 14.00 the wind was keeping the fish down, when the wind dropped they started rising and I broken with 6X very quickly. What a fish !. changed to 5X and tried again with the same all brown fly this grayling was next -nice fish.
The only other fish was a brownie before heading for home at 16.00.

One of tonights brownies

New Orvis Reel

Tuesday 18th August

Hi everybody-Derwentflyfisher is back. Fully Beat 7
refreshed after a week in France great time.
Well tonight is the first time I've been out fishing for a while got down to the river about 18.15 and the fish were rising everywhere they appeared to be taking midges, so put on one of my trusted Olive F Flies and quickly had two very nice brownies on beat 7 , then moved down to beat 6
and had 2 small grayling on my all brown fly before switching back to Beat 7 for one more brownies before heading to the pub. Very enjoyable evening great to be back.

Monday 3rd August

It's been a week since the Derwent has been in a state to fish -still a little coloured but getting better, the only trouble is rain is forcast tomorrow. Not a lot rising tonight just fished for a hour
until 20.00 and had 2 wild brownies and 1 cracking grayling best fish of the night all taken on a Olive F Fly.

Thursday 30th July

This is what the Derwent looks like tonight

totally unfishable - a lot of very brown water.

The only thing to do is tie some flies !

Wednesday 29th July

Well folks I had a quick look at the Derwent this evening on my way home and fishing it doesn't look very promising loads of water and very coloured. Not sure when conditions will improve !

Still Saturday 25th July

Fished with a very good friend this afternoon above and below the Bobbin Mill on the Wye and finished up with 4 Brownies and 1 Grayling, my size 16 all brown fly doing very well.

Saturday 25th July

When I go fishing in England the last thing you expect to see is a Water Buffalo

Thursday 23rd July 2009

I managed to get out again tonight thinking that there would be plenty of fly life-not the case

just fished again on beat 6 one of my favourites just for hour and had 3 brownies and last one

I managed to photograph with my new camera next time I will try and get more of the fish !!

Wednesday 22nd July

Not sure if I will get out on to the river tonight !

This is my all brown fly which has caught some

very nice fish.

Monday 20th July

I thought I better go and have a fish tonight because the weather for the next couple of days doesn't look good ! Nobody else was out tonight- so I booked beat 6 and got to the river about 20.00 just fished until 21.15
had 3 nice wild brownies to a Olive F Fly again before retiring to the Bridge for a pint.

Wednesday 15th July

Didn't get down to the river until 20.00 started just below Grindleford Bridge on beat 1 in the fast water and tried an Oliver Edwards Hans van Klinken LT and quickly had 1 brownie and 1 Grayling before moving under the bridge and up through beat 2 with a Olive F Fly and what a night only fished for about an hour and had a further 6 brownies. I took my camera for the first time and tried to photograph some of the fish - and I must say I didn't find it very easy - I kept
losing the fish !

Sunday 12th July

Well after the rain last night, I didn't think the river would be fit but I booked beats 6/7 and
arrived about 14.30 to find it great condition. I waded up from the waterfall with a Olive F Fly
and what a session 7 brownies and 1 grayling in 2 hours. A really enjoyable afternoon.

Monday 6th July

It rained in bucket fulls most of the day in Doncaster today and still raining hard
when I arrived home in Baslow. I thought the best place in fish was beat 21, I didn't get to the river until 20.00hrs and the temp had dropped to 14c, I waded up from the bottom of the beat waiting for a rise. I still had one of my all brown flies left and cast it up t0 the first rise and what a cracking rainbow of all of 2lbs -first rainbow I've caught on that beat as it is mainly wild brownies. Things really went off and I only had one more wild brownie to the dry. Left the river at 21.15 and headed for the pub.

Saturday 4th July

We had quite a lot of rain yesterday, but the Derwent today was in great shape. I booked
beats 14 & 15 which are between Hathersage and Bamford where the stepping stones cross the river. The views of the hills around on both sides are spectacular. I waded into the bottom of the first pool deciding what fly to try-nothing rising for 10mins. Then it started a put on a size 16 all brown fly and the first fish was a cracking 2lb Brownie followed by 4 more brownies and 1 grayling. A really enjoyable couple of hours before heading for home to do some gardening.

30th June

Decided to go late tonight on Beat 6 the weather had been very hot all day, when I arrived I couldn't believe it you couldn't see down the river for the mist I've never seen it like that before.
They were not rising much - only had 2 browies on a spinner pattern.

Saturday 27 June

This week has been rather busy Monday Heathrow, Wednesday Wimbledon, Thursday Birmingham University Open Day, and finally the replacement PC arrived on Friday. So on
Saturday evening I fished beat 2 which is the beat just above Grindleford Bridge and it wasn't easy, this beat suits a right hander better all the same a managed 2 nice sized brownies before
retreating to the Bridge Inn for a pint !

23rd June 2009

I fished beat 21 tonight just for 1 hour, as we were going to Wimbledon early the next morning caught 4 brownies all on Olive F Fly what a lovely evening, this year up to now we have had so many great evenings far more than last year.

20th June 2009

I'm sorry for the lack of info over the last couple of weeks, two reasons no PC and we were in Geneva last weekend, I must say we had a fabulous time with our friends who live there. Well
the last couple of days I fished the Yorkshire Derwent with John my Chairman, and had a great time, the valley through which it flows is very attractive and on Friday I managed to hook 7 brownies, and 3 brownies on the Saturday before we left at around 14.00.

Saturday 6th June

After a rather wet Saturday I had a new line put on my new Orvis Reel at The Fly fishing Shop in Bakewell very pleased with it ! In the evening I called in again to meet John Watson the author of Angling with the Fly and had my copy signed.

2nd June 2009

Managed to get out again for the last hour - Mayfly and olive Uprights everywhere although
the trout were not taking the Mayfly, put on a olive F Fly and had 4 nice brownies. I had company! - I lone water vole made its way across the river in a almost straight line. Weather
has taken a change.

Monday 1st June

After a busy weekend of no fishing couldn't believe it with the great weather, I booked beat 2 and started at 20.00 from under Grindleford Bridge and waded up river at had 5 brownies on a Olive Upright there were loads of Mayfly coming off but the fish didn't seem to be taking them.
called it a night at 21.00. and headed for home.

Monday 25th May

Been gardening and doing jobs all day decided to go on beat 6 for an hour at 15.30, when I arrived at the river there was not much rising - but had 3 brownies on a Crofts & Calvert Olive Upright called it a day when the rain started.

Sunday 24th May

Just arrived home after 2 hours from fishing beat 9/10 mainly on 9 very hot indeed - the only fish that were rising were under the cover of the trees had 2 grayling 3 brownies to Olive F Fly and Mayfly Nymph

Saturday 23rd May

Hi folks fished for about 2 hours this afternoon on beat 6/7 had 3 brownies on LDO and F Fly there's still a lot of water coming down and considering the warm temperature I was surprised how few fish were rising

Sunday 17th May

Been on beat 6/7 just had half on hour before the heavens opened again this weekend when are we going to get some good fishing weather. The river is in great condition. Caught 1 Grayling on a f fly before calling it a day

Saturday 16th May

Fished on beat 21 this afternoon for an hour, the river was running very clear considering all the rain. Caught 2 wild brownies on a f fly. The weather has a lot of improving to do yet - still that cool wind, called it a day when it started thundering and lightning.

Sunday 10th May

Unfortunately this is the last day of my little break, went on beat 6/7 for a couple of hours this afternoon first tried LDO with no success switched to a olive F Fly (not a Baslowfisher favourite) but had 3 brownies and 7 grayling, the temp was 14.5 but there was still that cold breeze from time to time which kept the fish down.

Friday 8th May

Well today has to be the worst conditions on the river both torrential rain and very windy, fished for about an hour around 15 00hrs nothing rising tried a nymph only got one pull- the highlight of the afternoon was seeing a Great creasted grebe with 9 chicks - the young ones are so distinctively striped.

That all for today from the Derwentflyfisher

7th May

Whilst still on holiday this week managed to get down to the river this afternoon just for 2 hours
the weather was sunny the air temperature was 15.5 but it was quite windy and that kept the fish down, had 5 wild brownies 1 on a Mayfly nymph and the rest on a LDO. Found a nest with a clutch of 6 Moorhen eggs.

Wednesday 6th May

Most of the River Derwent is unfishable today due to heavy rain over the last 2 days, at the top end of our club water the water is clear and very fishable, had 9 wild brownies today on LDO excellent fishing the only company I had were a pair of Grey Wagtails and a Dipper. Tight lines
from the Derwentflyfisher