Rivers
Rivers are low at the minute due to the lack of rain. We will need more than the downpour we had overnight to bring them back up their rightful level. Despite this the fishing has been very good on our rivers. On the Derwent, lot’s of small stuff including greenfly, medium olives including spinners and of course mayfly have been taking fish.
On the Wye plenty of good size fish have been coming to olives and mayfly.
Also worth trying small sedge pattern in the evening in the faster runs.
On the Peak Passport waters, some good size fish have been coming out of the upper stretches of the Dove with one exceptional fish of over 20 inch being caught. Some good size Grayling have also been spotted. They are currently out of season but should provide good sport come Autumn.
Stillwaters
It’s s a similar tale at most stillwaters with lots of fishing moving just out of range of the average cast. If you are fishing one of the big reservoirs it’s at this time of year when boat fishing starts to come into it’s own. If you are bank fishing try hanging on until dusk when the fish should move closer to the bank to feed. Sport has slowed down at Ogston however good bags of fish are still being taken. Fish are feeding on pin fry in the shallows. Fish a small fry pattern or a gold head nymph pulled through the fry. Lot’s of good buzzers hatching late in the evening along with pond olives. Some good Perch are being taken and also quality roach on buzzers fished at the last knockings on the shallows.Press Manor is fishing well. Fish taking dries all over the lake. Try a small sedge or a small black gnat under the trees. Don’t be tempted to fish too far out as there are a lot of fish in the edge here.
Week Ahead
As the mayfly peter out on the rivers, the BWO’s should start coming back into their own. Also we should expect to see some good spinner falls in the evening. More rain is expected mid-week which should liven up the rivers and stillwaters with temperatures more on the cool side which should make fishing more enjoyable. On the rivers keep an eye out for Iron Blue’s during the wet weather.
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