Saturday 22 September 2012

Well today I booked beat 9 the river is still not very clear after all this rain. I waded up from the bottom of the beat and caught a good sized Brownie and then waded further up the beat and caught
a Grayling on a LDO dry I waded further up to one of my favourite places and caught another Grayling. There was a lot of fly life today. It was just a pity that the river was not a bit clearer.
I only fished a about 1 and half hours and called in to see my sister in Grindleford.    

Wednesday 19 September 2012

Still on holiday so today I booked beat 9 when I parked my car the rain was coming down quite hard, but thankfully it stopped so I walked up to one off my favourite places to fish. I had on a LDO dry which quickly caught 2 Brownies and a Rainbow Trout the river had quite a bit of colour but the fish still spotted the dry fly coming down. The Rainbow was caught on a double Badger dry fly. I had some jobs to do at home so at 16.00 I headed for home. 

Tuesday 18 September 2012

I'm on holiday this week so I'm trying to get as much fishing as I can. I tied some size 16 LDO dry this morning after having my lunch in Bakewell and having a look at the River Derwent after the very heavy rainfall fortunately the river was still running clear. So i booked beat 2 which is one of my favourites, and waded up the beat and caught a good sized Brownie and the rain started again so I took shelter under a tree until it stopped. Which was not long to wait. The Wind was quite strong
as I waded further up the beat I came out and walked up to the locked gate and started waded up beat 3 there were not many fish rising i saw a Water Vole playing at the side, I also saw a kingfisher and  a Dipper as waded up beat 3 towards beat 4 very few fish rising today, but all the same a very enjoyable walk up and down the beats.        

Sunday 16 September 2012

This week we booked beats 8/9/10 because Rod and David were joining us to fish, we meet up at 11.30 and Rod started fishing up beat 9, I walked down to the bottom of beat 8 and fished up and caught 1 Brownie and 1 Rainbow on a size 16 LDO dry my favourite fly. I then walked back up beat 8 to meet up with David and Rod in the hut where we all had tea and something to eat. After our little break David went down beat 8 I went further up beat 9 to one off my favourite spots and caught a furher 2 Rainbows and 4 Brownies just before the rain started at 15.00. The trout season finishes on the 7 October so not so many days left to fish with a dry fly. A very enjoyable afternoon.    

Sunday 9 September 2012

Well today i booked beat 2 and arrived at the Derwent River at 10.00 this morning and waded up the beat and caught 3 fish but lost them all, I didn't realise that the hackle on my fish had come undone so i think that was the reason why i lost them. The dipper was flying past a lot this morning up and down the river and walked up to beat 3 and 4 and tried casting to fish which were rising but no success. So after 2 hours i headed for home.   

Thursday 5 September 2012

This is the first time i've been able to fish this week, I've been in Berlin since Saturday taking my daughter there. So today i booked beat 2 and had my lunch sitting on the car park wall in Grindleford. the Derwent was very clear and there were a few fish rising just above the bridge I caught 2 brown trout on a size 16 LDO very quickly I then waded up the beat and then walked up and through the gate and waded up the top part of beat 2 towards beat 3, the sun was out and not many fish were rising so I called it a day and called in on my sister for a coffee and a chat. before heading for Bakewell to call in to see Peter Arfield at the Bakewell Fishing shop. It was a very pleasant one hour fishing trip. 

Saturday 25 August 2012

I've been in southern Ireland for 4 days this week and seen some great rivers they have had a lot of rain this year. I booked beat 2 last night and thought that the river Derwent would not be fit to fish today but it was I parked in the Grindleford car park at about 1.15 and waded up beat 2, just above the bridge i saw a fish rise and cast to it and caught a large Brownie and put it back in the the river.
I waded further up the beat and didn't caught anything until i walked up past the hut and waded up
to the start of beat 3 and cast over the far side and caught a further 4 Brownies and 1 small Rainbow
trout at around 14.00 the thunder started and the rain came down quite hard i took shelter under a tree
till the rain stopped. I then walked back to my car and headed for home. I needed to head into Sheffield to do some shopping. It was a very enjoyable afternoon.  All fish caught on a size 16 Dry LDO