Tuesday 29th June 2010

Booked beat 9 today I didn't get to the river until 7.45pm tonight there were quite a few fish
rising, so I started with a olive F Fly and the first fish was a real fighting Rainbow that just didn't want to come in, I kept wading up the beat still with the F Fly on and had a Grayling and 2 Brownies all good fish. I climbed out and walked up to one of my spots and changed the fly to a
rusty spinner and had 4 more Brownies before calling it a day 9.15pm. A really enjoyable fishing evening.

Thursday 24th June 2010

Didn't decide to go fishing until 20.30 tonight, and when I got to the river in the middle of beat 6
there wasn't much rising, the odd mayfly was hatching and loads of midges I tried a F fly, Sedge, managed one brownie on a Olive upright before changing to a rusty spinner and moving
up to beat 7 where I caught 5 more brownies in the cutting. It was very eventful tonight I had a very low flying helicopter pass over some many times.

Tuesday 22nd June 2010

Been in the office all day today, just as I was leaving I thought might be good tonight so
had a look what beats were free - only beat 2 near to home, so arrived at about 20.15 there
were not many fish rising- a few mayfly still hatching but the fish weren't taking them. I waded up beat 2 with a spinner on, just casting to what was rising not a lot really. I connected with a
couple of really good brownies, one I had difficulty getting my hand round him to unhook it !
I waded further up still with a spinner pattern and just I was pulling the fly away a cracking
rainbow took it, it jumped out of the water 4 times before I decided to take them home.
I knew my dog would be waiting for the last walk of the day so I called it a day !

Monday 21st June 2010

Well today is the longest day and the start of summer time, when I arrived at the river the temperature was 26˚ the time was 17.30 I went the the river early today because I was up very early this morning, there were no mayfly showing and not alot rising, I was on beat 2 just above Grindleford Bridge, the first brownie was undersize taken on # 12 one up one down mayfly when they are so small they look very attractive, and second brownie was a really good fish again on the mayfly and the third brownie was a small one. I only fished for 1 hour before I was flagging
and hungry and ready for home.

Sunday 20th June 2010

THE MAYFLY ARE STILL HATCHING !
The weather forecast today was much better than yesterday, the temperature was 20˚ and very sunny. I was on beats 6/7 where there is loads of tree cover, my first brownie was on
# 16 LDO, just as I was putting it back in the water I noticed another rise and splash to a mayfly
so I changed to the one up one down mayfly pattern and managed to catch 3 more brownies and one grayling as I was walking back to the car past beat 7 a good size fish was rising, so I cast down stream to him and whallop he took it a cracking 20" brownie above only fished for two hours very enjoyable afternoon.

Saturday 19th June 2010

Today was the Grindleford Carnival so when I arrived on beats 2/3 at about 2.30pm, the Carnival was in full swing complete with band and loads of supporters so the fishing along side was a bit noisy and the wind was blowing and it was quite cold only 14 ° no fish rising so on with size 16 gold head turkey biot body nymph and managed to catch one very small brownie about 6" long and 10 mins later a very good brownie, this one only had one eye, it looked very strange. I waded up beat 2 towards to start of beat 3 and there was just nothing happening, so I called it a day and headed for home.

Tuesday 15th June 2010

I wasn't sure whether the river would be fishable tonight, when I walked the dog last night
and looked over the old bridge in Baslow the river looked very coloured after all that rain on Sunday. When I looked tonight I thought yes it's worth a go, so at 7.30pm I landed on beats 6/7 which are between Grindleford and Hathersage and the mayfly were still very much all over, the river still had a bit of colour which is very handy on beat 7 as it's narrow and easy to spook the fish, there are some very large fish in the stretch, so on with size 12 mayfly and first cast a really good Brownie and very quickly 3 more Brownies on the same fly, then I had a cracker of a fish on which broke my 5X tippet, so I moved down onto beat 6 still with the mayfly and had 3 more Brownies and 1 Grayling. Overall a very enjoyable evening !!

Sunday 13th June 2010

MAYFLY BONANZA

What a contrasting weekend yesterday was a lovely day we were at the races in York-3 winners from 7 races ! Today I managed to cut the lawn before the rain spots, and this afternoon I booked beats 9/10 when I arrived there were loads of mayfly around and the
fish were definitely on to them, as I walked down to the river I noticed a rise just at the
top of beat 8, so I walked down the beat and waded up to a good casting spot. I put on a size 12 mayfly one up one down, I got this pattern from my good friend Baslowfisher. It is a cracking fly. I cast up stream about a meter about the spot and waited then wallop this rainbow took the fly what a fabulous fish over 2lbs. I then walked up beat 9 to one of my favourite spots and
the mayfly were still everywhere I had 4 more Brownies on the mayfly before the rain started
and it hasn't stopped since than.

Friday 11th June 2010

Well what a change tonight booked beat 6 arrived at the river 7.30pm- there was fly life every where loads of spinners and loads of mayfly, so on with a size 12 one up one down mayfly and what a time-only fished for 1 and half hours and had 7 brownies 4 of them were really good fish all on the mayfly.

Thursday 10th June 2010

Just fancied a fish after work today, booked beat 2 managed to
get to the river around 7.15pm. I was just looking up stream
waiting for a rise and a water vole made it's way across the
river. There were only a few rises as i waded up my first brownie
was taken on a small nymph but the last one was on a LDO again.
The wind was quite strong and it was cold so I called it a day.
When is this weather going change-and warm up !

Sunday 6th June 2010

Just managed to get out for a hour later on this afternoon on beat 2 which is

just above Grindleford bridge, there were quite a lot of Mayfly coming off but

the fish weren't taking them ! I started with a size 16 LDO and connected with

3 Brownies very nicely, before the spots started and the wind got up. I only

planned on fishing for a short time so called it a day. When driving back home

I noticed Baslowfisher in the garden so called in for a coffee and a chat - everything

from flies to railways and steam trains.

The pictures above are from yesterday day out !

Saturday 5th June 2010

Baslowfisher & Louis Noble, APGAI

A great day out with friends

This morning I picked up Baslowfisher, and we meet Louis Noble at the Plough Inn in Hathersage for a days fishing on beats 14/15/16 . It was great to see Louis as we

both hadn't seen him since last year. The fishing wasn't easy today they just weren't rising

to much, but we all managed to catch on a combination of Nymphs, Mayflys and F Flies, Louis had 9, not sure how many Baslowfisher finished up with, certainly more than me , my total was 4, 2 good Rainbows, 1 Brownie, and 1 Grayling. We stopped for lunch in the Hut and polished of a good spread washed down with red wine a really enjoyable time. After lunch Louis continued where he had left off, so Baslowfisher and I waded up river casting to the occasional rise and switching to a Nymph some of the time. We all carried on fishing until 18.00 until Louis decided it was time to head home, we continued for a while before the spots started and we thought it was time to call it a day - That means going to the pub for a pint !

Thursday 3rd June 2010

Today was the first time this season for a spot of evening fishing, I arrived
on beat 6/7 around 19.15 and to my surprise there weren't many fish rising
I waited until 19.45 and then it started LDO spinners and the occasional Mayfly
the first I've seen on Derwent Fly water. I meet Baslowfisher the other night on
Baslow Old Bridge and there were a few Mayfly showing. Well tonight my first
fish was a small wild brownie taken on a size 16 Olive F Fly but the high light of
the evening was a 3lb brownie again on a F Fly but this a absolutely cracking fish
I was so pleased I went to the Bridge Inn for a pint to celebrate.

Tuesday 1st June 2010

WILD TROUT ONLY DAY
Finished the gardening project this morning-and booked beat 21 for this afternoon
which is wild trout country. After the weather forecast for today I didn't fishing would
be on the cards well I arrived about 14.00 and starting wading up the beat and the fish
were rising, last night a tied some size 20 all brown flies so with some 6x off I went.
I disturbed a moorhen with her nest right in the middle of the river with 3 eggs in it,
just above the fish were rising and I cast and caught 4 beautiful wild trout it's not as easy
to keep the fish on with small flies ! I waded further up towards the bridge changed to
size 16 LDO and had 3 more a very enjoyable time on the river. The only company today
was a dipper and three grey wagtails.