Sunday 15 April 2012

Today I booked beat 15 which is known as the stepping stones I didn't get there until 13.30
as my daughter was getting all her stuff together to go back to Bristol University. With beat 15
you have to park just off the road between Hathersage and Bamford as a walked down to the river I spotted a Curlew with it's long curved bill. when I arrived at the river there was no fly life
showing and no fish rising. so I waded up the beat past the hut with a small green gold head Nymph casting over to the far side, there wasn't a lot activity and then a caught a good sized Grayling I continued to fish but didn't connect with any thing else so after 1 hour I called it a day
and called on my Sister in Grindleford for a coffee.

Saturday 14 April 2012

Well I wanted to get down to the river earlier today, but the plumber was sorting our boiler
at home this morning. I had booked beat 9 this afternoon but I didn't get down there until
14.00. The weather was quite pleasant as I walked up to one of my favourite spots, there was
still a lot of water coming down but the water in the shallows were beginning to clear. I had a small green gold head nymph on and very quickly connected with a small Brownie which I returned, it then started raining so I continued fishing and caught a very small Grayling it was
only 5" in length it's very good to see young fish in the river. My hands we getting rather cold
so I called it a day and drove to Hassop Cafe for a coffee and scone- very nice indeed !!

Easter Saturday 7 April 2012

Well yesterday I said we were doing River Monitoring today, the river today looked very different
it was very coloured . For those fisherman who are interested in River Monitoring today was very
sucessful the numbers were as follows:- Cased Caddisfly 1, Caseless Caddisfly 10, Flat Bodied wing
(Heptageniidea) 211, Olives(Baetidea) 45, and Stoneflies 26. After I fished for about 20 minutes
with a nymph but didn't get a pull. So I callled it a day and headed for home.

Good Friday 6 April 2012

I'm on holiday for 4 days over Easter which will be very enjoyable !!
So today I booked beat 2 and managed to be in the river wading at 12.00.
I started with a Klinkhamer on and very quickly caught a decent Brownie just
above Grindleford Bridge. I then waded up the beat to where the first hut
is, and changed my fly to a size 16 Large Dark Olive dry and very quickly
caught another Brownie but I lost it. I carried on with the LDO and caught
a cracking Brownie which must have been around 2 and half pounds in weight
I then caught two more Brownies which were both good sized fish before
calling it a day as my hands were getting rather cold. The snow we had on
Wednesday morning is still on the top of the hills in the Peak District. Tomorrow
morning I will be River Monitoring with John.

Sunday 1 April 2012

Today was the first day of our new season on our section of the River Derwent. So I left home about 12.00 and had my lunch in the car park at Grindleford, the sun was very pleasant sitting
on the wall. I started on beat 2 with a Knickhamer dry with a little nymph on the end- new zealand style. there wasn't a lot of fly life about this afternoon my first fish was a Grayling which took the
Knickhamer I waded up the river to where the first hut is and changed my fly for a Large dark Olive dry and very quickly connected with a good size Rainbow Trout which i released back into the river and then the next fish was a good size Brownie so I felt rather pleased catching one of each on the first day. I then walked back to the car and drove up to Beat 7 and introduced myself
to one of the new members.