Sunday 31st October 2010

No fishing today- Went to the Fly Fair at Trentham Gardens with my good friend Baslowfisher,
we were both surprised at the lack of numbers compared with last year. It did make it easier to
go round all the stalls and fly tyers from all over the world, and it did give a chance to have a good chat with old fishing friends from around the country. we both puchased bit and bobs
for tying had lunch and headed for home-very enjoyable.

Sunday 17th October 2010

You just couldn't get a better Autumn day than today, just had a quick hour over lunchtime on beat 9 the sun was shining the trees are changing colour what a fantastic day. again with a size 16 LDO dry had 4 good grayling, and a under size wild brownie, the river is looking so good at
the moment I cannot understand why more people don't fish for grayling.

Sunday 10th October 2010

Sorry it's a bit late letting you know how I went on over the weekend, I've been away in Scotland on business for a couple of days and this has been my only chance to catch up- I
fished last Sunday on beat 9, and it was a cracking day- the sun was out, just fished in my
shirt with the sun on my back it felt great and the fish rising to my LDO dry was very rewarding
I only fished for 2 hours over lunchtime and finished up with 7 Grayling and 2 Brownies.
The only problem at the moment are the leaves and twigs floating down the river. The river
Derwent is in great condition at the moment, so really looking forward to some more Grayling
fishing this Autumn.

Saturday 2nd October 2010

Today for me, was the last opportunity to fish for trout before the end of the trout season
on the 7th October- and after all that rain yesterday I didn't think it would be very good.
I had already booked beats 14 15 & 16 as I had planned to fish with a fellow committee member
David. But last night the river keeper rang to say the river was very coloured and high and he suggested moving further up the river so I changed to beats 19 20 & 21 as the higher beats can
be clear when the lower beats are coloured. We parked up at the farm got tackled up and we
couldn't believe our eyes ! The water was clear and fish were rising, David headed off downstream and I started from the pool just infront and very quickly had 3 Brownies to a
size 16 LDO dry I waded up beat 19 I hadn't fished this beat before and finished up with
a further 6 Brownies still on the LDO. We only fished for a couple of hours but as we were
working our way back to the cars the local farmer with sons were trying to round up a rather
big Bull that had crossed the river and was in the wrong field. Fortunately the Bull managed
to cross back over the river and up the bank to the right field. The farmer was very relieved.