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Cracking fish caught by Simon
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the best fish of a superb day of fishing enjoyed by member, Simon.
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Spring on the River. Photos by Jim Leitch
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Lovely afternoon fishing yesterday, after a hard couple of sessions earlier in April. A few fish were rising but keeping firmly tucked under the cover of branches.
This brownie was confidently feeding and I felt I could get a cast over him. After a few changes, this lovely fish fell to a size 16 double badger.
Hoping for more fish like this in the coming months!
Tight lines all. Hope to meet some of you on the bank 😊
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Harold Smedley
Photographs of the membership card and fly-tying box of Mr Harold Smedley, Clerk of Derby Racecourse in the 1930s.
He was the longest standing member of Darley Dale Fly-Fishing Club amongst those whose joining dates are listed, and a committee member.
The dyes in the case are special: they are a complete set of the Crawshaw's dyes that Halford recommended for his dry fly patterns.
The envelopes are Mr Smedley's old pay packets in which he kept his hackles and herls.
The whip finish tool is a Thompson, available from the early 1940s, this is probably an original item. The shot pliers, Veniard's winging pliers and the haemostats 3rd, 4th and 5th items on the 2nd row of tools have been added more recently, probably after the late 1960's.
Photographs and information courtesy of Don Stazicker.
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Jim on a Purple Patch
Jim Leitch has had a couple of great days on the river in the past two weeks with some cracking fish. Bravo Jim!
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First Day and First Fish
Had a great first day on the river today after joining the club yesterday, just some bank side fishing to begin with and was lucky enough to catch a brown trout, also my first ever fish as I'm just getting into the sport.
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I was also fishing yesterday and agree it was a lovely day. There were very few rises but I did manage to catch a feisty rainbow trout, of around 2 lbs in the pump-house pool on a nymph. No photo unfortunately. It jumped out of the water a couple of times. I am not sure if it was one of the naturalised rainbows from the Wye or a 'washdown stockie' from Chatsworth but it certainly put up a good fight. The river looked in good order.