31st December 2011

To all followers of the Derwentflyfisher blog

I wish you all a happy and safe New Year for 2012.

Tight lines from Derwentflyfisher

Saturday 26th November 2011

The months are passing very quickly at the moment so it was time to meet up with John again
to carry out River Monitoring on the Derwent, the river looked in very good condition the water
was very clear and there wasn't so many leaves coming down the river. We both had things to do afterwards so we didn't have a fish after the Monitoring.

Sunday 20th November 2011

Today we had the Grayling Society on beats 2 to 10 on the DFFC club water for their Grayling Day on the River Derwent, they also had 10 fisherman on Bubnell Fishing Fishing club water as well. We all meet in the Bridge Inn for Coffee at 9.00 -Brian Clark organised the day very well for all the fishermen who had come from all over. The catch returns showed that plenty of fish were caught on both parts of the Derwent. At around 16.00 most of the fishermen had returned to the Bridge Inn for soup and a meal to finish off the day. It was good to see so many fishermen having a good time.

Saturday 29th October 2011

I've been on holiday all this week but spent most of the dry days building a new fence where we park our cars, I had to hire a concrete breaker to fix the posts into the ground. Its all finished now and looks good. So this afternoon I booked beats 2 and 3 for a spot of Grayling fishing, I got down to the river at about 12.00 put on my neoprene waders and put on a Klinkhamer dry and a dropper with a gold head Nymph on the end and made my way up beat 2 and very quickly caught 2 Grayling and 2 Brownies all returned safely back into the river- I realised that I need a new pair of neoprene waders as I could feel the water leaking into them all over. So at 14.00 I decided to call it a day as I needed to walk the dog. After been so busy all week it was just good to be fishing again.

Saturday 15th October 2011

Another month has gone bye so this morning John & I carried out the duty of river monitoring again the river was still coloured, but it was a fabulous morning so after we finished we both had a little fish, John had a nymph on and i had a LDO dry on I very quickly caught 1 good Grayling and 1 wild brownie i decided to call it a day because I needed to go into Bakewell to collect my new glasses. And when ever I go into Bakewell I always call in to see Peter Arfield at the Bakewell Fly Fishing shop for a chat. Last weekend a purchased a 12' 6 piece float rod which I will use with the renovated Allcocks Aerial Trotting reel when the weather is frosty and cold trotting for Grayling.

Saturday 1st October 2011

Today has been my last chance to fish for Trout with the end of the Trout season next Friday 7th October. So today I booked beats 2/3 and parked in Grindleford Car Park there was a football match just getting going. I waded up beat 2 with a size 16 LDO dry fly and had two
good Grayling and 1 very small Brownie. The weather was so hot and sunny so the fish tended to be in the shaded spots I got many more takes but I just didn't catch any more but the 2 hours wa a were very enjoyable afternoon. Tight Lines everyone.

Saturday 24th September 2011

Today I fished with Matty & Alison watching on beats 9 and 10, Matty is 9 years old
and I think this was his first chance to Fly fish, so we started on the grass and tried casting
without a fly to start with, before wading up beat 9 watch is quite shallow on the right bank.
I caught a cracking Brownie to start but lost it unfortunately, as we waded up together I caugth
two more small Brownies before getting to one of my best spots where we caught 1 good Grayling and two more Small Brownies. We all had a very enjoyable afternoon.