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..