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Barnsley Trout Club

Barnsley Trout Club venue image

Club (est.

Fair · Rainbow
Minkie · 6-10
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Reasonable autumn fishing likely at Barnsley Trout Club
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
62% confidence

Barnsley Trout Club is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindSW 20 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Minkie
Minkie6-10
Retrieve, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Gentle breeze
SW 20 km/h
N
SW
from the south-west
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp13.7°C
Air temp16°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1012 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
The buzzer is on at Barnsley Trout Club. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently.
Where
Start with Minkie (6-10) — on the point. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Minkie (6-10) — on the point. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.

Plan B

If the main plan stalls, drop to a size 14–16 midge — switch to a washing-line or suspender rig and change drift line before you change food group.

Watch for

Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.

Bank

Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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Through the year
0–3 scale · September highlighted
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J
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
2
2
2
1
Reservoir BuzzerHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Lake OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
2
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
59%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp60%

A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Club (est. 1958) running ~40 acres of trout fishing on Scout Dike Reservoir in the Pennine foothills near Penistone, stocked with rainbow and brown trout 1.5-8lb. Bank fishing only; fly, lure and bait permitted (not fly-only), day tickets ~£12.

  • Reservoir
  • Sandstone
Why this score
  • Buzzer is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
  • Reservoirs of this kind fish hard at this time of year.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 April30 September
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