Stillwater · Mixed · North Yorkshire

Dromonby Farm Fishery

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Dromonby is a small farm fishery tucked under the North York Moors, the kind of honest, unpretentious stillwater that exists all over the north of England and is all the better for it.

Fair · Rainbow
Greenwell's Glory · 14-18
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Good summer conditions for Dromonby Farm Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
52% confidence
What moved it
  • WindS 17 km/hGentle breeze
Today’s fly
Greenwell's Glory
Greenwell's Glory14-18
Upstream dry, on top
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
S 17 km/h
N
S
from the south
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp17°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1015 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

Some readings unavailable — check directly before fishing.

How to fish it · for rainbow
When
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Dromonby Farm Fishery. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. Advice is based on the typical character of yorkshire, durham & northumberland small fisheries — local knowledge of this specific fishery will sharpen these suggestions.
Where
Start with Greenwell's Glory (14-18) on a As per local method. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Greenwell's Glory (14-18) on a As per local method. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.

Plan B

Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.

Watch for

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Bank

Bank fishing near inflows, dam walls, and weed beds. Move to find feeding fish.

Through the year
0–3 scale · June highlighted
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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
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D
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
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
65%
Cloud70%
Wind65%
Temp60%

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

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About this water

Dromonby is a small farm fishery tucked under the North York Moors, the kind of honest, unpretentious stillwater that exists all over the north of England and is all the better for it. You're fishing for stocked rainbows mostly, with browns in the mix, against a backdrop of moor and hill that makes even a blank feel like time well spent. The water sits high enough to stay cool, which means it fishes well into summer when lowland lakes have gone warm and lifeless. Spring buzzer hatches bring the fish up; a northern breeze ruffles the surface and gives you cover. It's not difficult fishing, exactly, but it rewards watching the water before you start flogging it. Best read by wind, light and water temperature.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • summer conditions with cloud skies and breezy wind.
  • Patterns drawn from the Yorkshire, Durham & Northumberland Small Fisheries regional profile.
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