With the days at their longest and sun at its most intense there is no surprise that members have had more success during the early mornings or last light. The May Fly hatches have almost deserted us now but many anglers have taken advantage of the rich pickings with some fantastic wild fish caught over the last [...]
|
||||||
 |
The last couple of weeks have seen some good hatches of Mayfly on the water and trout have been turning their attention to these tasty treats. That being said many members have had more success using size 18 duns and nymph fishing. There has been some really impressive returns reported with anglers matching the hatch [...] Axwell Park & Derwent Valley AA hosted two coaching sessions on the river with About turn /Forces For Good, a wonderful social enterprise with charitable aims and objectives that provides support and guidance to ex-service men and women. The sessions were delivered by the clubs ADB qualified coaches who were on hand to offer advice [...] The river has seen some prolific hawthorn hatches over the last couple of weeks and the fish have responded accordingly. Many of the trout are confidently feeding on the surface and those with the correct imitation on the end of their line have done extremley well. Kevin Dick managed to get down to the river for [...] Members have experienced some quality days fishing over the last couple of weeks as water temperatures increased and items for trout to feed on are in abundance. Despite the bright sunny conditions trout have not been deterred and can still be caught from dawn until dusk. Members have reported catching in excess of 10 fish per [...] This warm dry spell has certainly seen more trout looking towards the surface for they daily intake. The trick has been to be in the right place at the right time to take advantage of the hatches and make contact with some of the bigger fish present. One member who manged that over the weekend was [...] Opening week of the season was much kinder than previous years with the river in good nick and the warm(ish) weather bringing some good hatches of olives, particularly those of the large dark variety. Trout have been coming to the surface to feed on these, albeit sproadically during the warmest part of the day. Members have reported these [...] Good luck to all members – enjoy the season! Welcome to our new website! The club has had an extremely busy close season and we are really pleased with the progress made on a number of fronts. We will be regularly updating this site to keep everyone up to speed with the developments taking place. The club has pleasure in announcing that membership fees [...] With this new website we hope to keep our members well informed over the coming season. Tight lines for 2011! |
|
||||
|
Copyright © 2012 Axwell Park and Derwent Valley Angling Association - All Rights Reserved |
||||||