Carsington is a big Severn Trent reservoir set in the Derbyshire hills, and it fishes like proper reservoir water — open, wind-shaped, demanding that you read the day rather than just turn up and cast. The rainbows cruise in pods, following the food and the wind lanes, and the browns keep their own counsel near the deeper features. Wind, which beginners curse, is the friend here: it stacks the buzzers along the windward shore and puts a ripple on the surface that gives a fish the confidence to come up. On a flat-calm bright afternoon the place can feel empty. Wait for cloud and a chop and it transforms. Best read by wind, light and water temperature.
- Reservoir
- Mixed
