Post by richardw on Jan 2, 2004 9:13:02 GMT -5
River walks are the sole fare at the moment. Water levels still low for the time of year but the weather is forecast moist for a while so there is still time to get things right. Large Dark Olive are about the only fly I’ve noticed, but I live in hope to see a winter hatch of Iron Blue Dun once again.
Spawning seems to be coming to a conclusion now with fewer fish running the weirs and almost none standing guard over places on the redds. The adults’ job now is to eat and recover from the after effects of such strenuous work. Some are certainly doomed by fungus but most seem to be in pretty good form. Their eggs will be eyed now and the process of preserving their unique gene pool will be well under way.
On a favourite tributary to the Derbyshire Wye, the keepers have been working hard to increase habitat whilst repairing erosion at the same time. The labour intensive woven living fences are in evidence reinforcing the banks. The willow in these fences has already begun to sprout, a sure sign that it is rooting and creating vegetation that will stop erosion whilst providing overhanging cover for fish and thus new habitat for new occupants. We can expect our casting to be tested for accuracy here if we want to make personal acquaintance with these fish.
New to these rivers, again to protect eroding banks and to make even more safe places for fish, are underwater “coffee tables”. Each comprises a split tree trunk anchored by concealed steel rods that pass through the “table top” and drilled out “legs”. They are submerged along the edge of the eroding banks and the legs make a space about 6 inches high all the way along under the “table”. Fish are already using these, in fact some were in place within a few hours of the tables being erected.
The main river (Peacock stretch of the Derbyshire Wye) will benefit greatly from work done in 2003 to get more sunlight to the riverbed. More, thick, billowing, fronds of Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus fluitans) will mean more food and more hidy holes for many more fish. We are in for more treats this season, methinks…<br>
My advice if you want to be sure of some mayfly fishing here this year is to get booked in as soon as you can. The 12 rods per day rule will be just as strictly adhered to as in 2003 so it’s a case of “first come first served”.
I called in the Peacock last year to book my fishing but you can book over the ‘phone just as well.
The number is 01629 733518 from the UK and +44 1629 733 518 from abroad.
The Season starts April 1 and ends October 7.
The tickets are the same price as last year:
£60 per day from 15 May to 20 June
£30 a day at all other times.
To email the Peacock it is
reception@thepeacockatrowsley.com
The Peacock can provide you with tickets on the Derbyshire Wye and, if you stay as a resident, on the Derbyshire Derwent. Dry fly only and no wading are the only rules for the Wye with fly only being the rule for the Derwent. The Derwent is full of fish and quite a bit easier than the Wye but you will need to wade (breast high) to get the most out of it.
Ask the Peacock to send you their “Six frequent observations from our regular anglers”. It's a free sheet of half a dozen tips. The bits about stealth are the most important. As mentioned last year, I can’t catch a thing here if the fish know of my presence. Hide though and sport is often very brisk indeed.
All the best
richard
Spawning seems to be coming to a conclusion now with fewer fish running the weirs and almost none standing guard over places on the redds. The adults’ job now is to eat and recover from the after effects of such strenuous work. Some are certainly doomed by fungus but most seem to be in pretty good form. Their eggs will be eyed now and the process of preserving their unique gene pool will be well under way.
On a favourite tributary to the Derbyshire Wye, the keepers have been working hard to increase habitat whilst repairing erosion at the same time. The labour intensive woven living fences are in evidence reinforcing the banks. The willow in these fences has already begun to sprout, a sure sign that it is rooting and creating vegetation that will stop erosion whilst providing overhanging cover for fish and thus new habitat for new occupants. We can expect our casting to be tested for accuracy here if we want to make personal acquaintance with these fish.
New to these rivers, again to protect eroding banks and to make even more safe places for fish, are underwater “coffee tables”. Each comprises a split tree trunk anchored by concealed steel rods that pass through the “table top” and drilled out “legs”. They are submerged along the edge of the eroding banks and the legs make a space about 6 inches high all the way along under the “table”. Fish are already using these, in fact some were in place within a few hours of the tables being erected.
The main river (Peacock stretch of the Derbyshire Wye) will benefit greatly from work done in 2003 to get more sunlight to the riverbed. More, thick, billowing, fronds of Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus fluitans) will mean more food and more hidy holes for many more fish. We are in for more treats this season, methinks…<br>
My advice if you want to be sure of some mayfly fishing here this year is to get booked in as soon as you can. The 12 rods per day rule will be just as strictly adhered to as in 2003 so it’s a case of “first come first served”.
I called in the Peacock last year to book my fishing but you can book over the ‘phone just as well.
The number is 01629 733518 from the UK and +44 1629 733 518 from abroad.
The Season starts April 1 and ends October 7.
The tickets are the same price as last year:
£60 per day from 15 May to 20 June
£30 a day at all other times.
To email the Peacock it is
reception@thepeacockatrowsley.com
The Peacock can provide you with tickets on the Derbyshire Wye and, if you stay as a resident, on the Derbyshire Derwent. Dry fly only and no wading are the only rules for the Wye with fly only being the rule for the Derwent. The Derwent is full of fish and quite a bit easier than the Wye but you will need to wade (breast high) to get the most out of it.
Ask the Peacock to send you their “Six frequent observations from our regular anglers”. It's a free sheet of half a dozen tips. The bits about stealth are the most important. As mentioned last year, I can’t catch a thing here if the fish know of my presence. Hide though and sport is often very brisk indeed.
All the best
richard