Start with Booby (8-10) on a fast strip on floating line or static on sinking. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely. In the ripple, a bushy searching dry (Hopper, Shipman's, Elk Hair Caddis) outperforms flush emergers — it stays visible and holds the surface tension.
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.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A good match for this venue — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
A dramatic Peak District reservoir in the Upper Derwent Valley — bank fishing for stocked rainbow and brown trout in a spectacular moorland setting. The Y-shaped water offers diverse bank fishing; the Ashopton Viaduct arm and dam wall are popular marks. Wild browns from feeder streams supplement the stocking. The gritstone-moorland setting means soft, slightly acidic water. No boats. Managed by Severn Trent Water.
A dramatic Peak District reservoir in the Upper Derwent Valley — bank fishing for stocked rainbow and brown trout in a spectacular moorland setting.
Start with Booby (8-10) on a fast strip on floating line or static on sinking. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely. In the ripple, a bushy searching dry (Hopper, Shipman's, Elk Hair Caddis) outperforms flush emergers — it stays visible and holds the surface tension.
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.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A good match for this venue — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
A dramatic Peak District reservoir in the Upper Derwent Valley — bank fishing for stocked rainbow and brown trout in a spectacular moorland setting. The Y-shaped water offers diverse bank fishing; the Ashopton Viaduct arm and dam wall are popular marks. Wild browns from feeder streams supplement the stocking. The gritstone-moorland setting means soft, slightly acidic water. No boats. Managed by Severn Trent Water.
