Sunday 29th September 2013

Sunday afternnon i fished on beat 10 and caught 3 good sized Brownies on Daddy longlegs dry it was a very
enjoyable afternoon fishing. I stopped several drippers.

Wednesday 18 September 2013

Today I fished with my very old  friend Peter on the Wye at Ashford Hall I caught 4 Brownies on a LDO
dry, we had a very enjoyable day together we had our lunch in the main pub in Ashford. Peter caught a rather a large Rain bow Trout about 3lbs.

Sunday 18 August 2013

I will be on my own today, I booked beat 2 this morning and had my lunch first in the Grindleford Car Park and then waded up beat 2 and caught 3 Brownies on a Dry Large Dark Olive. I waded up beat 3 but no takes at all. It started raining but soon stopped and the sun came out it was very pleasant afternoon fishing.
I didn't see any birds of prey or ducks today.

Wednesday 14 August 2013

Today I booked beat 3 and meet another club member who had booked beat 2 so we both started fishing
at about 12.30 I waded up beat 3 and caught 2 Brownies and 1 Grayling on a dry fly. when I walked back
to my car the Chairman and another club member wanted to fish beat 3 I had my lunch and then called at my
sisters house for a coffee. A very enjoyable afternoon fishing.

Monday 12 August 2013

Today i booked beat 2 which is just above the Grindleford Bridge, I waded up the river and caught 1 medium sized Brownie, I saw two Dippers whilst fishing, it started raining quite hard so I visited my sister
for a Coffee.  

Saturday 3 August 2013

On saturday afternoon I booked beat 9 when i arrived Dennis Bean was there I had a long chat with him before we both started fishing Dennis had booked beat 8 I got all my fishing gear on, and walked up the
bench and I started fishing a connected with a fish but he got off before I could see what it was. After I
made way back to my car I spotted a Buzzard Flying quite low whilst I was having my lunch. On Sunday
afternoon I booked beat 2 which is just above Grindleford Bridge. I waded up beat 2 and caught a medium
sized Brownie I came out of water and walk up to beat 3 there were quite a few rising fish but they were not
interested in my size 16 LDO dry.  

Saturday 27 July 2013

On Saturday I booked beat 2, I parked in Grindleford Car Park and had my lunch I then put on my fishing gear and walked across the road and under the bridge and I waded up beat 2 there were very few fish rising
and no fish. I then waded up beat 3 and caught a small Brownie. I really enjoyed my 2 hours fishing.

Saturday 20 July 2013

 John & I carried our river Monitoring this morning on beat 6 the river was quite low but very clear we counted all our bugs and the totals were 10 cased caddidfly, 32 Blue winged olives, 32 Flat Bodied up wing,
4 Olives, 13 stoneflies and 7 freshwater shimps.  

Wednesday 17 July 2013

I managed to get home for 5.00 today I booked beat 3 and parked next to the hut and then got my fishing gear on and waded up beat 3 I caught a medium sized  Brownie on a dry LDO fly it was the only pull  I had.
I only fished for about 1 hour. There were lots of swallows flying about and two army helicopters passed over me very low.There were quite a few fish rising but no more catches.

Sunday 14 July 2013

I booked beat 2 today and arrived in the car park at 12.00 had my lunch and then put on my fishing gear I
walked across the road and under the bridge and there were a few fish rising I waded up beat 2 and caught
a small brownie on a dry LDO fly  I then waded up beat 3 and caught a rather large Brownie again on LDO
  There were lots of swallows I only fished about 2 hours it was very enjoyable afternoon.

Friday 12 July 2013

Well on Friday afternoon I got home at 5.00 and booked beat 2 which is just above Grindleford Bridge,
I parked in the Car Park and changed into my fishing gear and walked across the road and waded under
the bridge to beat 2 there were a few fish rising I had a dry LDO fly on which very quickly I caught 3 Brownies just above the Bridge. I then walked up the Cricket Pitch and through the gate and waded up beat 3 there were a few fish rising but no success. I say a kingfisher fly past me on beat 3 I only fished for about 1 hour but it was very enjoyable.

Wednesday 10 July 2013

I managed to get home for 5  o'clock today and got down to Grindleford Car Park to park my car I put on
all my fishing gear and waded up beat 2 I had a dry black fly on and I caught a rather big Brownie from the
the right hand side of the river. There were a few Mallard and chicks around but they soon disappeared.
I only fished for about 1 hour  and then walked up to beat 3 and had a short chat with another member of
the club.

Thursday 4 July 2013

I managed  to book beat 2 when i got home I waded up beat 2 and caught a good sized Brownie which I returned to the river. I then waded up beat 3 and caught another Brownie which broke my line.There were
loads of swallows and mallard chicks on the river. I only fished for about 1 and half hours before driving home for my tea.there was a cricket match on the Grindleford cricket area.
 

Wednesday 3 July 2013

I started early this morning so I left work at 5.00 and managed get home for 6.30 I  quickly had my tea  then  got all my fishing gear ready in the car and then travelled to Beat 1 which is not bookable. I waded up the beat and caught a good sized Brownie on a dry Mayfly hook, after fishing I called at my sisters house to drop a dish  which she gave me on Sunday with  strawberries in..

Sunday 30 June 2013

Today I booked beat 9 I managed to park up in the car park and had my lunch, i fished for about one hour
I first off all fished opposite the bench but not fish were rising so I waded down the beat 9, and caught a Brownie but unfortunately my line broke and I lost my dry may fly as well. I do hope the Brownie gets the fly
out of his jaws.  

Saturday 29 June 2013

The beats were very busy today so I booked beat 17 which is very close to Bamford Recreation Ground.
i fished the about 1 and half hours and caught 2 Brownies it is not a very big beat so I moved to beat 1 which
is just below Grindleford Bridge down to the laundry so I waded up beat 1 and caught 2 Brownies very quickly when I walked to the main road a man had missed the bus so I offered him a lift to Baslow so he came with me. I didn't see many birds or chicks this morning.

Thursday 27 June 2013

On Thursday I booked beat 9 and arrived at the River about 12.00 I had my lunch in the car then got all my fishing tackle on. Then i walked down to the bench which is one of my favourite spots. I very quickly caught
a rather nice sized Brownie on a Dry Mayfly hook I released him back in the river. There were a lot of swallows flying about and loads of Mallard chicks about. The rain  then started it then came down quite
a lot. so I decided to call it a day and headed to home.

wednesday 26 June 2013

I've had a problem with my car, the spring on the rear side had broken I got the call at 13.30 today from the garage in Matlock that my car had been fixed. When i got home I changed into my fishing gear and headed for Beat 1 which is not bookable. i made my way down to the river and waded up to wear I could see rising
fish i had a dry mayfly on very quickly caught 2 small brownies and 1 rather larger Rainbow Trout that did not want to handled the beat is very quite and a very enjoyable afternoon fishing.

Tuesday 25 June 2013

Well today i booked beat 2 which the first beat above Grindleford Bridge and managed to wade up the beat
after 15.00 and fished for about 2 hours with a Mayfly dry on. I waded up the beat and caught 5 Brownies
and 1 Grayling the sun had warmed up the water and there were plenty of rises. It was one of best afternoons fishing i have had. It was a very enjoyable afternoon.

Sunday 23 June 2013

We have just returned from our holidays what a lovely time we had. I decided to book beat 9 for Sunday afternoon so i get there about 1.00 had my lunch then walked down to the bench and put on a mayfly dry
and very very quickly connected with a rather large Brown Trout about 2 and half lbs. I continued to fish
with the mayfly and caught another Brown Trout which was rather red I had not since brown trout so red before it was a similar size to the first fish. I fished until 13.00 and called it my sisters house but they were both out. The weather improved during the afternoon. When I walked back to my car the calfs were all round to gate so I walked past them and up the steps back to my car.  

Saturday 8 June 2013

This morning John & I carried out River Monitoring on beat 6 we counted our sample with the following
3 Cased Caddisfly, 8 Caseless Caddisfly, 33 Blue -winged Olive, 20 Flat Bodied up wing, and 174 Olives,
and 28 Stoneflies. the River was a bit low but very clear we both had a fish afterwards. I had a Grayling on but lost it  I walked up to tell John that I was leaving and he had already caught 2 small Brownies.

Sunday 2 June 2013

Today I fishing with Rod a great friend from work on beats 9/10 we both started on beat 9 I caught a
rather big brownie on a LDO dry we than walked up to beat 10 when Rod caught a Rainbow Trout.
We then walked back down to the bench on beat 9 I decided to put on the Mayfly dry and caught another
brownie opposite the bench, the weather was very sunny and we both enjoyed our fishing today.    

Monday 27 May 2013

Today I booked beat 17 which is next to Bamford sports ground today the Sheep trials were on
I fished for about 1 hour but no fish were rising today and I didn't catch one fish. It was very noisy
with the whistles going on from the Sheep trials. I've catch fish here before but not today.

Sunday 26 May 2013

This afternoon i fished with David Marriottt on beats 8 and 9 he is a very good fly fisher man he caught 11
fish on beat 8 i fished on beat 9 and caught 1 brownie and lost one Rainbow and one brownie when i walked
down beat 8 to see David there was a Black -throated diver with seven chicks swimming acoss the river. Today i saw so many fish rising there were also lots of butterflies flying around. It was a very enjoyable afternoon.

Friday 24 May 2013

I booked beat 9 when i got home tonight and got to one of my favourite spots and caught a good sized Rainbow Trout and  a Brown Trout in just under a hours fishing and rain came  so I decided to head to home
when walking back to my car a calf was in the wrong field but managed to get over the walk back into the right field.

Tuesday 14 May 2013

After work tonight i booked beat 6/7 and waded to one of my favourite spots of beat 6 and cast across
and this Rainbow trout took my Large Dark Olive dry but unfortunate i lost it there were quite a lot of activity with fish rising but no more takes. When i walked back to my car there was a sheep which had come out of the field  some how.

Sunday 12 May 2013

I had booked beat 9 for the morning but decided to go the town so for things for holiday, I finally managed
to get to beat 9 at 15.00 the rain started and i started with a nymph but the fish were rising so i changed to a
Large dark olive dry and caught 3 grayling very quickly and 1 Rainbow and 1 Brownie. There were loads of swallows about it was very enjoyable afternoon in the rain.

Monday 6 May 2013

Today I booked beat 17 which is next to all the children's play area at Bamford Recreation sports Ground.  I waded up the beat there were a few fish rising and very quickly caught two brownies
and lost another one. I started about 5.00 and finished at 7.00 as I walked back to my car I started chatting with a guy who used to fish when he was younger on this beat. I really enjoyed my fishing today.

Sunday 5 May 2013

John & I carried out River monitoring this morning on beat 6 on the River Derwent, the river was quite clear and very low. We counted our sample we had 10 Caseless  Caddisfly, 54 Flat Bodied up wing Heptageniidea 3 Olives and 9 Stoneflies the weather was very enjoyable. 
  

Saturday 4 May 2013

Today I booked beat 3 for the afternoon, I parked in Grindleford Car Park put my waders on and waded
up beat 2 and caught a small brown trout on a Nymph, the fish are starting to rise but not to much.I continued to wade up beat 3 and still had a Nymph on but nothing came to take it. I decided to call it a day
i fished for about 2 hours and walked past all the sheep and lambs back to my car.

Saturday 20 April 2013

Well this morning I booked beat 2 which is just above Grindleford, as I waded up the beat I had a dipper and a kingfisher as company there wasn't much rising until I waded up beat 3 past the hut
and there was quite a bit of action with fish rising I cast across the water and a beautiful brown trout
went for my size 16 Large dark Olive dry it was 2lbs in weight. This is my first fish of this new season. I fished on until 12.00 and then walked back to my car. 

Saturday 16 March 2013 .

John & I carried out river monitoring this morning on beat 6 , we had 148 Flat bodied up wing, 41 Olives,
8 stone flies and 1 Blue winged olive the river was slightly coloured. We are both looking forward to the season starting on Monday 1 April 2013.

Saturday 5 January 2013

This morning John & I carried river monitoring the river was quite high and a bit coloured  still if we didn't have any more rain the river would be good next week-end to fish.

We still had 51 flat bodied up wing Heptageniidea and 6 Olives and 1 caseless caddisfly.