Cumbrian Derwent

[actinsley]

(Like everywhere else!) the Cumbrian Derwent now has plenty of water and will have enough water to be fishable for at least the next two weeks. I am pleased to report, after occasional algal blooms in the last few years, that it is running clean. The few stale springers have moved up, and some spanking fresh fish have moved in. More should now come in with every day that the river is high enough, this river peaking in September/October. Like last year there do not appear to be many sea trout cf the abundance of 2-3 years ago.

[actinsley]

Enough water now for it to be fishable for at least 3 weeks. Plenty of spanking fresh fish.

[actinsley]

10 salmon in the last 4 days, but mostly on spinner as it's so high, peaking at 5'. Make that enough water for another 3 weeks+.

[actinsley]

Great fishing here at the moment, 8 yesterday & 23 for the week, all fresh, mostly 10-12 lbs but up to 18lbs.

[ACW]

Now i have booked my backend weekend ,I can heartily recomend a visit ,Derek the man on the water tells me its stuffed with fish ,
now I am praying for some regular gentle rain and a pleasant few days .
It is a super bit of water ,and you can fish on the sabbath .

[actinsley]

Now 41 in the last 10 days, the purplest patch in the 6 years I've had it. I can't go for 2 weeks......
Down at the bottom of the river in the beat just off the tide each of 4 rods caught 20lbers yesterday, so the big fish are on their way.

[actinsley]

Now 82 for the year, heading for the best season in the last 6 years. Hate to tell you, Andy, but the ghillie had 5 in one hour after you left........!

[auchinbadie]

Seems like your having a good season. Is that true for all the Cumbrian rivers?

[ACW]

Anthony , despite my lack of fish read about it here
p076.ezboard.com/fsouthernoregonflyfishing16217frm22.showMessage?topicID=63.topic
We Lord Geoff , the maddish Chef and i had a great time ,we are back next year ,great scenery a cracking river , a learning curve ,a nice B+B with great hosts ,Derek your Bailiff/ghillie who is a smashing guy ,the odd red squirrel ,the mad chef has enough crab apples and sloes and other hedge row fruits to keep Sohos French House's profits Sky high .
a fish would have been nice ,but not nessacary (SP) .
We had fun ,all of us .
roll on october 05!!!
PS tell Derek hes a bar steward !!! ;D ;D ;D

[Willie Gunn]

Just off the phone to ACT on his way to the Derwent, so that should finish the fishing.

Andy, Dereks a nice guy.

[actinsley]

You had that right, Malcolm. I had one on on Wednesday for a minute, never properly on. Derek gets only fish of the day & yesterday was the first blank day in over a month........Another 4-5 days & it would be short of water but judging by the cloudbursts we've had in Norfolk today it should get the necessary soon. About 88 for the season to date, of which 53 to the ghillie who is there all the time....

[salar76]

Fished the delightful Derwent over the weekend (Anthony's beat). Lovely beat in classic english countryside. As anticipated in Anthony's last post, you wouldn't have like much less water in it, but for the 3 or 4 rods fishing over the weekend 3 were landed and several lost. And i was rather pleased with returning my first ever english salmon - a coloured cock of around 10lbs!

[ACW]

Lawrence glad you got a fish ,where did you take him !
looks like from todays weather forecast they wont be short of water ,well worth a visit !!

[salar76]

Cheers Andy! The pool was lower danes (i think that's what it was called) and the fish was taken on a #6 willie gunn. although we saw very few fish, there clearly isn't a shortage of them in hte system.

many thanks for the b&b recommendation - graysonside was superb!

[ACW]

Lawrence , glad you liked graysonside ,they are nice folks ,maybe tie up with my folks next year could be fun ,there is one heck of a lot of river to fish on the isel beat .