Snow and then rain have helped to boost water levels in both the rivers and lake here in the Peak District. The Wye was looking good yesterday when I was with a client at Monsal Dale although there was just a tinge of colour which slowed down the Olive hatch meaning we fished nymphs more Read more…
The first two weeks in May have seen me both on the local stillwaters and the rivers again with visits to the Wye at Rowsley and Monsal Dale. With the water levels very low and the weather patterns somewhat strange for this time of year, fishing is a little patchy at times but all Read more…
April has seen me spending some time on the river Wye, both at Monsal Dale as well as lower down on the Peacock at Rowsley water. As is normal for this time of year the main activity was around lunchtime with fish rising to sporadic hatches of small olives, with sport easing off by Read more…
Philip White APGAI – Your UK Fly Fishing Guide and Instructor at Peak District Fly Fishing. I am a member of the Game Angling Instructors Association (GAIA) and hold the Advanced Professional Game Angling Instructor (APGAI) qualification in all three disciplines, namely Trout and Seatrout(single handed casting), Salmon (double handed casting) and Fly Dressing. Read more…
The popular fly fishing school, Peaks Fly Fishing, has announced that they will award one lucky person a free fly fishing course in the second most visited national park, The Peak District. The competition is now open. The Peak District, Derbyshire, 24th January, 2012: The second most visited national park in the world, The Read more…
Fly fishing Tuition at Chatsworth has certainly proved to be a success in more ways than one. It has given Fly fishers the chance to fish for winter Grayling, which many people don’t have access to. It has also fished its little socks off with everyone getting into some lovely, fin perfect, fish. The trick Read more…
Fly fishing Tuition in the Peak District, Derbyshire Dales & South Yorkshire takes you to some beautiful locations on both river & still water. I teach Casting, Fly fishing Techniques, Basic Entomology, Fly Choice, River Craft, Tackle & Set Up, but regardless of where I teach or what is to be included SAFETY is always Read more…
Fly fishing Tuition in the Peak District, Derbyshire & South Yorkshire has been very busy during June, with both Rivers & Still Waters fishing well. July should continue the trend and if the weather stays warm it should encourages the fly life to remain active. Only the odd May fly is still emerging and the Read more…
Fly fishing tuition in the Derbyshire Dales, Peak District & South Yorkshire has been very brisk in September. Unfortunately the weather spoiled itself in the final week after what had been the best month of the season so far. I struggle to remember a wetter or more unpredictable season but early & mid September did Read more…
Fly Fishing in the Peak District, Derbyshire & South Yorkshire in August can prove to be tricky. Fly fishing instruction requires a detailed knowledge of the water to be fished & its inhabitants. Learning to Fly fish isn’t just about learning to cast or having a vast choice of flies. It’s about being able to Read more…
Fly fishing in Derbyshire, the Peak District, South Yorkshire or anywhere for that matter is about deceiving fish with an artificial fly. There is much confusion about what is meant by “Fly”. Just look in a Fly Tackle Shop and you will be amazed at what passes as a so called fly. River & Lake Read more…
I cannot remember the last time I had a days fishing with a Klinkhammer and didn’t have a fish rise to my fly. This revolutionary fly was invented by Hans van Klinken in 1984. Hanns was fishing the Glomma river in Norway, chasing the huge Graying that the river is renowned for. Hans was trying Read more…
Crocus and Snowdrops are blooming in my front garden, a timely reminder that spring is just around the corner, even if more snow is ‘promised’ for the next few days. This tells me that I must get on with two things immediately. The first is to plan at least one trip after the ‘lady of Read more…
The 18th March sees the river fly fishing season open on many waters, although some prefer to start a little later at the beginning of April. I drove up to Buxton today passing along the river Wye in the process. There was a good number of rods out for their first cast of the season Read more…
I have recently been to visit a newly available stretch of the Dove near Hartington. This is the Beresford Dale beat which has on its banks the historic Walton/Cotton stone built fishing hut often referred to as the ‘Temple’. It is certainly unique as fishing rooms go and quite something to see. The water Read more…
Last time I raised hopes by mentioning the immanent Mayfly hatch. Well, sadly this was a bit of a ‘damp squib’ this year pretty well throughout the Derbyshire area. Most of the waters saw only sporadic hatches and these only lasted about a week or so. Probably low water conditions have had a part to Read more…
July has been just as dry as the preceding months, with fishing getting harder and harder during the day on all the waters. Fly hatches are sparse until the evenings but a sedge fished on the surface has picked off fish on the Wye and Press manor for various clients during the month. Montana nymph Read more…
Of all the places to fish, the river will always be closest to many anglers’ hearts. Whilst on the still water or pond one can catch the same fish all year, on the river who knows what monster has slipped upstream during the recent high water! The Derbyshire Derwent flows for half of Read more…
Learn to Fly fish in the Peak District on a stunning section of the beautiful River Wye with all tackle provided & Qualified Instructors & Coaches to help you along. All you have to do is turn up with a positive attitude, a picnic lunch, a hat & glasses – there must be a catch Read more…
My name is Peter Lax and I am a Professional Game Angling Instructor qualified at GAIC Level for Game Angling Techniques with a Single Handed Rod. I am also a UKCC Licensed Level 2 Game Angling Coach. I offer Fly-fishing Lessons, tuition, coaching & guiding in and around North East Derbyshire & South Yorkshire. If Read more…
Fly fishing in the Derbyshire Peak District & South Yorkshire for River Trout is now almost at an end for another season. Still Water Fly fishers will continue to fish for stocked Rainbow Trout on many fisheries. If the weather allows it can be a good time to find a little peace and quiet as Read more…
Leap Year Day saw me looking over the wall at Ladybower Fishery which opens this weekend – members only on the 1st and 2nd March and the general Fishing Public on the 3rd. March. Traditionally an early opening water this year finds it full again after a very low water period last year although the Read more…
Ladybower Reservoir in the Peak District under new management! A report from Peak District Online Fishing Expert Philip White Ladybower Reservoir is opening for fishing under new Management on Tuesday 1st March 2011. I spoke to David Smith today and he tells me he is working hard to get everything shipshape by Read more…
Ladybower reservoir, in the heart of the Peak District Natioanl Park is one of the most stunning fly fishing venues in the UK. Built in the late 1930’s by flooding the villages of Ashopton and Derwent, Ladybower’s water is supplied by the rivers Derwent and Ashopton which flow in to the reservoir. Opening day for Read more…
Fly Fishing in the Derbyshire Peak District & South Yorkshire has been anything but predictable so far this season. Fly life seems to have been put back by about a month due to the cold and windy spring. I didn’t see the Hawthorne fly until the very end of May and it usually puts in Read more…
Fly fishing in the Peak District & South Yorkshire has been tough so far this season, but the fish are there to be had if you are prepared to venture out. The season started with low river levels & has now seen the rivers a little on the high side & coloured. The one constant Read more…
Bakewell, Derbyshire The rain which we spoke of in the December Prospects has hardly let up and the river angler has been doing well to catch anything like reasonable conditions. It seems the river Dove has been a little more fishable than say the Wye or Derwent at times, but, by and large fishable days Read more…
Fly Fishing in the Peak District National Park during September will hopefully be a little more predictable. So far we have had a lot of rain and unseasonably cool weather. It’s hard to believe that the last month of the Trout Season is upon us. Here’s hoping it will live up to expectations. September is Read more…
The Gentleman said – “I have rights to just a bit of River that runs at the bottom of the garden. Hardly anyone fishes it and it’s not stocked or anything but I guess it will do for what we want”. What I heard was – “I have fishing rights on a small section of Read more…
Fly fishing in the Peak District & South Yorkshire is only 3 weeks away now. It’s an exciting time as we all wonder what the new season will have in store. Hopefully the weather will be kinder than last season and the Fly life and Fish will be plentiful. It’s time to go through your Read more…
The month of May is a highlight in the Fly fisher’s calendar as waterborne flies start to emerge in ever increasing numbers. The Mayfly (Ephemera Vulgata & Danica) puts in an appearance any time from mid May to mid June and we enter a period classed as “the cream of fly fishing time”. The price Read more…
Fly Fishing in Derbyshire & the Peak District can be very good in the month of June. The Mayfly will still be around in the early part of the month to induce the Trout to give the vicious takes that are so exciting to the Fly fisher. This will gradually subside and then the fish Read more…
I offer Fly fishing tuition in the Derbyshire Dales, Peak District National Park & South Yorkshire during November usually for two distinctly different types of people. Firstly for the smart Fly fishers who want to use the quieter time to prepare & practice their skills in readiness for next season. Those who want to be Read more…
Fly fishing Gift & Present ideas always seem very straight forward to me but my wife always says I am difficult to buy for. The reason is – she doesn’t fish & I do. So for me any Fly tackle shop is like Toys R Us but for her it is all very bewildering. In Read more…
Bright sunshine today saw me on the banks of the river Derwent talking to a friend who fishes there. It was great to see some water in the river again after the extreme low levels of 2011, even if it is still only about normal summer level. I am hoping for some decent rains this Read more…
If you are in the Peak District this Summer and fancy learning the art of fly fishing then why not book yourself a days tuition with us on our Private section of River Derwent in Darley Dale. Because we own the fishing rights here, you will have this beautiful river all to yourself whilst your Read more…
David Johnson runs Peaks Fly Fishing, a fly fishing school operating in and around the Peak District. Peaks Fly Fishing is unique as it owns the fishing rights on a small private stretch of the river Derwent where customers can learn the art of fly fishing with the river all to themselves. David has 25 Read more…
Successful Dry Fly Fishing is partly down to getting the correct Fly Pattern on your leader but mainly down to correct Presentation of the Fly. Presenting a fly is about making it behave in the same way as the natural insect would. When Nymph fishing we need to put a natural movement into the nymph. Read more…
Another week that has started with foul weather affecting the rivers and any sensible chances of fly fishing. Still that does not mean there is nothing to do. Will be giving a talk and fly tying demo to Derby County Angling Club tonight. This is one of the strongest Fishing clubs around and it has Read more…
Fly Fishing in the Peak District National Park during September will hopefully be a little more predictable. So far we have had a lot of rain and unseasonably cool weather. It’s hard to believe that the last month of the Trout Season is upon us. Here’s hoping it will live up to expectations. September is Read more…
Fly fishing in the Derbyshire Peak District & South Yorkshire for River Trout is almost at an end for another season. It ends in South Yorkshire on the 30th September but the Peak District has the benefit of another week until the 7th October on most waters. Still Water Fly fishing will continue for stocked Read more…
I offer Fly fishing tuition in the Derbyshire Dales, Peak District National Park & South Yorkshire during November usually for two distinctly different types of people. Firstly for the smart Fly fishers who want to use the quieter time to prepare & practice their skills in readiness for next season. Those who want to be Read more…