Club regular Elliott Boam landed this brilliant mixed bag of bream, perch, roach & dace from the Derwent, on the first day of the 2020/21 season. 🎣
Great opening day catch for Elliott from the river.
River pegs ready for the new fishing season
The top stretch river pegs in the pond field are all ready for the start of season on 16th June! Some great fishing in lovely surroundings.
There are 16 pegs to choose from, and a large variety of species are present: predominantly dace, roach, perch, grayling, trout and chub, along with the occasional carp, barbel, bream and ide.
Also Wyver Lane Pond is looking in great shape which is a testament to the hard work by our committee members and volunteers.
Sewerage Works Section work party completed
The undergrowth was strimmed, overhanging branches removed and pegs levelled off.
We now have 13 pegs fishable with scope to develop another 5 pegs in the coming months.
Many thanks to: Peter Doran, Elliott Boamy, Adi Ingram and Martin.
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2019/20 River Coarse Fishing Season Now Closed!
All members & day ticket anglers should be aware that the annual river close season is now in force, from midnight March 14th until June 16th.
The only way you can now fish our stretch of the Derbyshire Derwent is to fly fish for the trout. Local byelaws apply.
Of course, our members can still coarse fish Wyver Lane Pond and our stretch of the Erewash Canal whilst the rivers are closed, for our stocks of carp, silver fish, bream & tench.
Also, don’t forget to renew your EA Rod Licence, which may expire during the close season. It is a condition of fishing club waters that all anglers are in posession of a valid rod licence.
Adam Ingram lands big Derwent perch
A lovely 2lb 4oz perch caught by Adam Ingram from the sewerage works section, using feeder with double maggot hookbait. Earlier in the session Adam had also taken some roach and dace. A quiet spell followed, then this cracking looking stripey graced his net.
Nice chub taken on stick float tactics by Elliott Boam today.
Great sport on the float, on the club’s stretch of River Derwent
A lovely grayling taken from one of the new pegs on the sewerage works section.
Well done Adam. 👍
River Derwent flooding at Belper – November 2019
After several weeks of sustained wet weather, with barely any dry days to speak of, it was perhaps inevitable that when heavy rains fell in our region the Derwent rose quickly and with devastating effect.
The floods of early November 2019 have set new river level records at Chatsworth House and Derby City measuring stations, whilst the flow rate at Derby City peaked at over 300m³ per SECOND!
Water levels and flow rates such as these have caused widespread damage to homes, businesses and property throughout our region. Sadly, there was also the tragic death of a woman who drowned in a raging flooded Derwent upstream of us at Rowsley.
Belper and Ambergate have not been immune to the destruction, and we have seen flooding to a greater extent in both places than has been seen for decades.
Our own Wyver Lane Pond became part of the Derwent for a few hours and our otter fence there (only erected in 2017) has sustained widespread damage. Committee members were quick to act, and as soon as water levels had receded sufficiently a small group set about re-erecting the fence and making it secure. Further work to fully repair the fence is still necessary and the club will be investigating this over the coming days. Incidentally, otter footprints were spotted in the silt around the pond less than 24 hours after the floodwater had flattened parts of the fence! This highliughts the need for the otter fence and the importance of anglers closing the gates behind them every time.
The Club has taken the decision to close Wyver Lane Pond to fishing until at least the end of November 2019. This decision has been made on safety grounds and the situation will be reassessed at the end of the month and a decision made on whether or not to reopen the pond.
Some of the pegs have been damaged and a large amount of silt was deposited on the path around the pond – six to eight inches in most places! It will be an ongoing task to clear this away and restore the path, so the club are requesting the help of any members who have a spare hour or two. Please visit the pond and clear a small section of the path. This work will all add up and, along with the work parties arranged for later in November, we should soon have the pond back to its best.
Committee member & bailiff Andy Bennett was out around Belper on Friday morning, November 8th, and shot the following pictures of the floods around our usual fishing areas…
Wyver Lane Pond (viewed from A6 – looking across the Derwent):
Belper River Gardens:
End of Derwent Street:
Behind Morrisons Superstore & B&M Bargains, Belper:
Sewerage Works Bridge:
Milford Weir:
The following video is some dramatic drone footage of Belper, shot on the morning of Nov 8th, showing the extent of the flooding from Strutts North Mill downstream:
The following video shows the sheer force of the Derwent flowing past Strutts North Mill, over Belper Weir and through the River Gardens:
Brace of 4lb River Derwent chub
This beautiful pair of Derwent chub were caught from our stretch of river near Belper.
Both fish weighed around the 4lb mark and were caught on legered luncheon meat by David Steed, who emailed us the details and photo via our catch report submission page.
Congratulations David and thank you for sharing the details with us!
River Derwent fishing peg improvements – new platforms installed on Sewerage Works section at Belper
This year, and particularly over the river close season, a small group of committee and club members have been extremely busy on our stretch of the Derbyshire Derwent; particularly the area known as the “Sewerage Works” section – downstream of Morrisons & the rubgy club in Belper. View a slideshow carousel of photos of the work.
Thanks to the hard work of these volunteers, new fishing pegs have been created and several existing pegs have been vastly improved – both upstream & downstream of the famous pipe bridge/foot bridge which crosses out stretch here. These fishing pegs will benefit match anglers, pleasure anglers and specialists alike – making it more comfortable to fish some of our most popular and productive swims; noted for chub, bream, perch and barbel.
Please visit these pegs, fish from them and let us know what you catch using our online catch report form.
Particular thanks must be given to Adi, Martin and Peter, who attended all or most of the work parties. This work would not have happened without them and the club is extremely grateful for their efforts. Other special mentions must go to Phil, Phil’s wife, Robert , Martin and Wayne; who each helped out at one or more of the peg improvement working parties.
This is a continuation of work undertaken in 2018 to replace and improve the fishing platforms on our members-only stretch of the Derwent beside Wyver Lane Pond.
If you would like to help with future working parties, please get in touch via our Facebook page or our contact form. We are always in need of extra pairs of hands and we encourage all members who have the time and are physically able, to help at as many work parties as possible. Great work, which benefits all members, is done during these days and we are always grateful for any help we receive.
The club plans to continue this work to increase and improve the pegs on our stretch of the Derwent. Much of which is under-fished, partly due to its “wild” nature. We’re hopeful that this programme of peg creation will increase the number of anglers wanting to fish the stretch and improve match turnout for any future events held on the river.
With the 2019/20 river season about to start, why not get down to fish the Derwent and try out our improved pegs, which can be fished on day ticket or season permit (all tickets must be purchased in advance – no tickets are sold on the bank).
