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Fishing Derbyshire

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Places to Fish in your Area

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Allestree Lake (nr Derby, Derbyshire) 01332 367800

Alton Manor Farm (Wirksworth, Derbyshire) 01629 822318

Arnfield Fly Fisheries Ltd (Tintwistle, nr Glossop, Derbyshire) 01457 856269

Barlow Coarse Fishery (Barlow, Chesterfield, Derbyshire) 01142 890543

Beehive Farm (Rosliston, Derbyshire) 0973 387315

Bowden Hall Lake (Chapel-en-le Frith, Derbyshire) 0161 225 9768

Butterley Reservoir (Ripley, Derbyshire) 01773 749545 or 07990 964515

Carsington Water (Ashbourne, Derbyshire) 01629 540478

Catton Park Lake (Catton, nr Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire) 01283 716876

Codnor Park Reservoir (Ripley, Derbyshire) 01773 749545

Combs (Chapel en le Frith, Derbyshire) 01928 812186

Cooper's (Weston-on-Trent, Derbyshire) 01332 690726

Derbyshire Trout Fishery (Belper, Derbyshire) 01629 882318

Derwent Valley (Darley Abbey, Derbyshire) 01332 874116

Donkhill Fisheries (FLY FISHING VENUE) (Donkhill Farm, Catton, Derbyshire) 01827 383296 or 01827 383719 or 07778 858867

Erwood Reservoir (Buxton, Derbyshire) 01625 525270

Foremark Reservoir (Milton, Derbyshire) 01283 703202

Haddon Fisheries (Bakewell, Derbyshire) 01629 636255

Harlesthorpe Dam (Clowne, Derbyshire) 01246 810231

Higham Farm (Alfreton, Derbyshire) 01773 833812 or 01773 602741

Higham Farm Lakes (Clay Cross, Derbyshire) 01773 602741

KJS Fisheries (Killamarch, nr Sheffield, Derbyshire) 01142 470876

Locho Park (Spondon, Derbyshire) 01332 751938

Manor Floods (Ilkeston, Derbyshire) 01159 301610

Mapperley Reservoir (nr Ilkeston, Derbyshire) 01773 75480

Melbourne Pool (Melbourne, Derbyshire) 01332 862091

Moss Brook, River Rother (Eckington, Derbyshire) 01246 435163

Ogston Reservoir (Clay Cross, Derbyshire) 01629 540696

Pebley Reservoir (Pebley, Derbyshire) 0114 2474378 or 01742 474378

Press Manor Fishery (Wingerworth, Derbyshire) 01629 760996 or 07976 306073

River Derwent (Darley Dale, Derbyshire) 01928 716238

River Derwent (Matlock, Derbyshire) 01773 832611

The Coppice Water (Heanor, Derbyshire) 01773 712606

Trent & Mersey Canal (Egginton, Derbyshire) 01332 766866

COPING WITH DEEP HOOKED PIKE Despite your best efforts you might still occasionally hook a pike further back than you would like, you might find yourself fishing near someone who has deep hooked a pike and needs assistance, or you might land a pike which has someone else's lost trace down its throat. Even when hooks are out of sight the pike can generally be unhooked safely provided you take care and follow the guidelines outlined here.

On some occasions the act of pulling on the trace will result in the bait (which is almost always still attached to the hooks when a pike has swallowed it) simply popping out of the pike's throat - hooks and all. This is not always the case, but in any event if you can see the bait it is always a good idea to grip it with a pair of strong forceps and try to pull it out before starting to remove the hooks. Getting the bait out of the way makes it much easier to see what you are doing when operating on the hooks.

When there are two of you one opens the pike's mouth as described on the previous page while the other pulls the trace using any line attached, or if necessary gripping the swivel with another pair of forceps. The pull should be firm and sustained until the pike's stomach starts to emerge into the throat. Once the first hook on the trace becomes visible - working with the forceps either down the throat, or very carefully through the gills - it can be inverted and un-hooked. If necessary, bits can be cut off the hook in order to remove it with minimum damage to the fish. Carry on using exactly the same approach with the second hook - assuming that it is a standard snap tackle. Once the hooks are removed the stomach will normally retract itself.

If the problem trace is not yours it is unlikely you'll have a clue where the hooks are if none are visible but you should still try the above procedure. If the trace has already been cut pull the cut end with forceps. If this is not possible, cut and remove as much of the hooks/trace as you can and release the fish. It is reasonable to conclude that hooks left in a pike will eventually disintegrate by a combination of digestion and rusting (assuming that stainless steel hooks have not been used and for this reason they should not be). Whenever possible attempts should be made to remove any and all hooks.

Should you be fishing alone, pull the line or braid with your teeth to raise the hooks up. If there is no line attached to the trace then a piece of leather, or a pad of other material, can be attached to the swivel by means of something resembling a paper clip and this again pulled using your teeth. Be ready for any sudden movement of the fish though!

Do not forget that you are dealing with a living creature and time is of the essence. It may even pay to interrupt proceedings by putting the pike in the margins to re-charge it's batteries before continuing. The fish should not be out of the water for longer than two or three minutes at a stretch.

To summarise, the best way to avoid deephooking pike is to use good bite detection, to pay attention to it and to strike as soon as you can. Placing the hooks towards the rear of the bait will further reduce the chances of a pike swallowing them. The use of barbless or semi-barbless hooks will make unhooking much easier should this happen. However, barbless hooks should not be used as an excuse for leaving pike to swallow baits. You might also like to consider using double hooks rather than trebles, especially when fishing with deadbaits. Always carry adequate unhooking gear - two pairs of forceps and a pair of wire cutters. Try wherever possible to remove all hooks - but don't over stress the fish in the process.

Fishing Derbyshire

Freshwater Fishing - Trout Secrets

When do you know it’s time to change flies?
Palmerton: For nymph fishing, the biggest variables are depth and presentation. I’ll tinker with both of those things before I switch patterns.
Gunn: I try to stick to a proven pattern and not randomly switch flies. That said, I’m always open to trying a new pattern that a customer might have in his box.
Whitley: After six good drifts over fish I can see, I change. With dry flies, I’ll drop down in size before I switch the pattern altogether.

Fishing Derbyshire

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Fishing Derbyshire

Alport Height-Derbyshire (near Wirksworth)

Alsop en le Dale-Derbyshire (near Ashbourne)

Amber Row-Derbyshire (near Alfreton)

Arkwright Town-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Ashbourne Green-Derbyshire (near Ashbourne)

Ashford in the Water-Derbyshire (near Bakewell)

Ashover Hay-Derbyshire (near Matlock)

Aston on Trent-Derbyshire (near Derby)

Ault Hucknall-Derbyshire (near Sutton in Ashfield)

Barber Booth-Derbyshire (near Tideswell)

Barrow Hill-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Barrow on Trent-Derbyshire (near Derby)

Beighton Hill-Derbyshire (near Wirksworth)

Belper Lane End-Derbyshire (near Ripley)

Birch Vale-Derbyshire (near New Mills)

Bole Hill-Derbyshire (near Dronfield)

Brailsford Green-Derbyshire (near Ashbourne)

Calver Sough-Derbyshire (near Bakewell)

Carr Vale-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Castle Gresley-Derbyshire (near Swadlincote)

Chapel en le Frith-Derbyshire (near Whaley Bridge)

Chapel Milton-Derbyshire (near Whaley Bridge)

Chunal-Derbyshire (near New Mills)

Church Broughton-Derbyshire (near Burton on Trent)

Church Gresley-Derbyshire (near Swadlincote)

Clay Cross-Derbyshire (near Alfreton)

Coal Aston-Derbyshire (near Dronfield)

Cock Alley-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Common Side-Derbyshire (near Dronfield)

Coplow Dale-Derbyshire (near Tideswell)

Coton in the Elms-Derbyshire (near Swadlincote)

Coton Park-Derbyshire (near Swadlincote)

Cowers Lane-Derbyshire (near Wirksworth)

Crich Carr-Derbyshire (near Wirksworth)

Cross Hill-Derbyshire (near Ripley)

Cross o' th' hands-Derbyshire (near Wirksworth)

Dale End-Derbyshire (near Darley Dale)

Darley Abbey-Derbyshire (near Derby)

Darley Bridge-Derbyshire (near Darley Dale)

Darley Dale-Derbyshire Denby Bottles-Derbyshire

Denby Bottles-Derbyshire (near Ripley)

Denby Village-Derbyshire (near Ripley)

Doe Lea-Derbyshire (near Sutton in Ashfield)

Dove Holes-Derbyshire (near Buxton)

Dronfield Woodhouse-Derbyshire (near Dronfield)

Earl Sterndale-Derbyshire (near Buxton)

Emmett Carr-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Farnah Green-Derbyshire (near Ripley)

Fenny Bentley-Derbyshire (near Ashbourne)

Furness Vale-Derbyshire (near New Mills)

Giltbrook-Nottinghamshire (near Eastwood)

Golden Valley-Derbyshire (near Ripley)

Grange Mill-Derbyshire (near Wirksworth)

Great Cubley-Derbyshire (near Uttoxeter)

Great Hucklow-Derbyshire (near Tideswell)

Great Longstone-Derbyshire (near Bakewell)

Green Fairfield-Derbyshire (near Buxton)

Hales Green-Derbyshire (near Ashbourne)

Hallam Fields-Derbyshire (near Eastwood)

Hallfield Gate-Derbyshire (near Alfreton)

Harpur Hill-Derbyshire (near Buxton)

High Cross Bank-Derbyshire (near Swadlincote)

Hills Town-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Holbeck Woodhouse-Derbyshire (near Worksop)

Holbrook Moor-Derbyshire (near Ripley)

Hollow Meadows-Derbyshire (near Stocksbridge)

Horsley Gate-Derbyshire (near Dronfield)

Horsley Woodhouse-Derbyshire (near Ripley)

Horwich End-Derbyshire (near Whaley Bridge)

Hulland Ward-Derbyshire (near Ashbourne)

Ireton Wood-Derbyshire (near Wirksworth)

King Sterndale-Derbyshire (near Buxton)

King's Newton-Derbyshire (near Derby)

Kirk Hallam-Derbyshire (near Eastwood)

Kirk Ireton-Derbyshire (near Wirksworth)

Kirk Langley-Derbyshire (near Derby)

Lane Ends-Derbyshire (near Burton on Trent)

Langley Common-Derbyshire (near Derby)

Langley Green-Derbyshire (near Derby)

Langley Mill-Derbyshire (near Eastwood)

Lea Bridge-Derbyshire (near Matlock)

Linton Heath-Derbyshire (near Swadlincote)

Little Cubley-Derbyshire (near Uttoxeter)

Little Eaton-Derbyshire (near Derby)

Little Hallam-Derbyshire (near Eastwood)

Little Hayfield-Derbyshire (near New Mills)

Little Hucklow-Derbyshire (near Tideswell)

Little Longstone-Derbyshire (near Bakewell)

Litton Mill-Derbyshire (near Tideswell)

Long Duckmanton-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Long Eaton-Derbyshire (near Nottingham)

Low Leighton-Derbyshire (near New Mills)

Lower Birchwood-Derbyshire (near Alfreton)

Lower Crossings-Derbyshire (near Whaley Bridge)

Lower Hartshay-Derbyshire (near Ripley)

Lower Kilburn-Derbyshire (near Ripley)

Lower Lumsdale-Derbyshire (near Matlock)

Maes Y Waen-Derbyshire (near Ripley)

Mapleton-Derbyshire (near Ashbourne)

Marsh Lane-Derbyshire (near Dronfield)

Marston Montgomery-Derbyshire (near Uttoxeter)

Marston on Dove-Derbyshire (near Burton on Trent)

Mastin Moor-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Matlock Bank-Derbyshire (near Matlock)

Matlock Bath-Derbyshire (near Matlock)

Middle Handley-Derbyshire (near Dronfield)

Middleton (Youlgreave)-Derbyshire (near Bakewell)

Millers Dale-Derbyshire (near Tideswell)

Millers Green-Derbyshire (near Wirksworth)

Monsal Dale-Derbyshire (near Tideswell)

Mount Pleasant-Derbyshire (near Ripley)

Muggintonlane End-Derbyshire (near Wirksworth)

Nether Handley-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Nether Heage-Derbyshire (near Ripley)

Nether Moor-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Nether Padley-Derbyshire (near Tideswell)

New Brampton-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

New Houghton-Derbyshire (near Mansfield)

New Mills-Derbyshire New Tupton-Derbyshire

New Tupton-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

New Whittington-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Newton Grange-Derbyshire (near Ashbourne)

Newton Solney-Derbyshire (near Burton on Trent)

Normanton Common-Derbyshire (near Derby)

North Wingfield-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Oaks Green-Derbyshire (near Uttoxeter)

Old Brampton-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Old Dam-Derbyshire (near Tideswell)

Old Glossop-Derbyshire (near Stalybridge)

Old Tupton-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Old Whittington-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Over Burrows-Derbyshire (near Derby)

Over Haddon-Derbyshire (near Bakewell)

Over Woodhouse-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Park Head-Derbyshire (near Alfreton)

Peak Dale-Derbyshire (near Buxton)

Peak Forest-Derbyshire (near Tideswell)

Pear Tree-Derbyshire (near Derby)

Pilsley Green-Derbyshire (near Alfreton)

Pleasley Vale-Derbyshire (near Mansfield)

Priestcliffe Ditch-Derbyshire (near Tideswell)

Primrose Hill-Derbyshire (near Alfreton)

Pye Bridge-Derbyshire (near Alfreton)

Shelton Lock-Derbyshire (near Derby)

Shottle Gate-Derbyshire (near Wirksworth)

Smalley Common-Derbyshire (near Eastwood)

Smalley Green-Derbyshire (near Eastwood)

Smithy Houses-Derbyshire (near Ripley)

Somersal Herbert-Derbyshire (near Uttoxeter)

South Normanton-Derbyshire (near Alfreton)

South Wingfield-Derbyshire (near Alfreton)

Sparrow Pit-Derbyshire (near Whaley Bridge)

Stanhope Bretby-Derbyshire (near Swadlincote)

Stanley Common-Derbyshire (near Eastwood)

Stanton by Bridge-Derbyshire (near Derby)

Stanton by Dale-Derbyshire (near Eastwood)

Stanton in Peak-Derbyshire (near Darley Dale)

Stenson Fields-Derbyshire (near Derby)

Sterndale Moor-Derbyshire (near Buxton)

Stoney Middleton-Derbyshire (near Bakewell)

Stony Houghton-Derbyshire (near Mansfield)

Street Lane-Derbyshire (near Ripley)

Sunnyhill-Derbyshire (near Derby)

Sutton on the Hill-Derbyshire (near Burton on Trent)

Sutton Scarsdale-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Temple Normanton-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Toadhole Furnace-Derbyshire (near Alfreton)

Totley Rise-Derbyshire (near Dronfield)

Two Dales-Derbyshire (near Darley Dale)

Unstone Green-Derbyshire (near Dronfield)

Upper Birchwood-Derbyshire (near Alfreton)

Upper End-Derbyshire (near Buxton)

Upper Hackney-Derbyshire (near Matlock)

Upper Hartshay-Derbyshire (near Ripley)

Upper Langwith-Derbyshire (near Mansfield)

Upper Midhope-South Yorkshire (near Penistone)

Upper Padley-Derbyshire (near Tideswell)

Upper Town-Derbyshire (near Darley Dale)

Upper Town-Derbyshire (near Wirksworth)

Walton on Trent-Derbyshire (near Burton on Trent)

Warsop Vale-Derbyshire (near Mansfield)

West Hallam Common-Derbyshire (near Eastwood)

West Hallam-Derbyshire (near Eastwood)

West Handley-Derbyshire (near Dronfield)

Weston on Trent-Derbyshire (near Derby)

Weston Underwood-Derbyshire (near Derby)

Whaley Bridge-Derbyshire Whittington Moor-Derbyshire

Whittington Moor-Derbyshire (near Chesterfield)

Whitwell Common-Derbyshire (near Worksop)

Wilday Green-Derbyshire (near Dronfield)

Wooley Bridge-Derbyshire (near Stalybridge)

Woolley Moor-Derbyshire (near Alfreton)

Fishing Derbyshire

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