Friday, July 25, 2008

24th july, howden/derwent reservoir's

Had a great day at the two reservoirs above ladybower
today which contain only wild brown trout.
The veiw below is from near the upper derwent river
mouth looking down howden res.

below is a walkers map of
the two reservoirs.

we fished on the right hand bank near to where the
abbey brook runs into derwent res but at the moment
low water as dried this brook up leaving a large beach
which to fish from.If you look closely at the rock and brick
remains scattered on this dried up beach i beleave they
are from former buildings left when the dams were built
around a hundred years ago.
below is one of the brown trout i caught using mainly
dry flys including claret hoppers,kites imperial and
wickhams fancy.
Whilst fishing we were shocked to the core when a
tornado gr4 approached towards us at a height of
about a hundred feet with a deafening noise as it
screamed away from us.
This is truly a majestic setting for a days fishing catching
truly wild fish in the peace of the hills.
Heed this warning though as we returned to the car
parked in the tree line we were attacked by midges in the
hundreds ,i didn't even pack my tackle away just chucked
it in the boot to quickly escape the little blighters.
my advice is to pack in before the midges appear as it
gets cooler in the evening.
great fishing trip.




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