@David Greatorex Didn't think the River was capable of producing Perch like these for the time of year. I have caught a few in the summer months but not in Febuary. I only went on the back of the photos a received from Ian Gould last week. With the weather set fair on Friday i thought i would try my luck for a few hours in the field stretch up Cawdor. Armed with only a few red worms and a few lobbies i caught 5 Perch all over the pound mark. I fished 2 different pegs just fishing worm on the Bomb rod under the trees on the inside. I had one first put in and then a few trout before i swapped Pegs and caught 4 in a hour and a half.

RIVER DERWENT MATCH RESULT 22/02/2015
In a match only for the hardcore. A field of 14 fished the match on a clear frosty morning the match initially fished well for the first 3 hours until the weather turned for the worst. It was David Clark who came out on top with a weight of 8lb12oz. Dave was drawn on Peg 44 at artist corner and caught 16 Grayling mainly on the bomb and pole feeder. Second was Stevel Allcock who fished the whole match with no umbrella.Steve weighed7lb7oz From HOT PEG 57(Boathouse).
Joint third was John Barfoot and Malcolm Bent with a weight of 6lb10oz.

Results
1st David Clark 8-12 Peg 44
2nd Steve Allcock 7-7 Peg 57
3rd Malcolm Bent 6-10 Peg 71
John Barfoot 6-10 Peg 59
4th David Taylor 5-6 Peg 49

Maybe if the weather had stayed fine some double figure weights could have been on the cards. But overall the river fished well with lots of Grayling being caught!

RIVER DERWENT MATCH RESULT 15/02/2015
Unfortunately the River wasn't at its best today, With 14 anglers fishing the match the general feeling was that the river was in poor form because Severn Trent had ran water off from the Derwent dams through the night and this was very peaty and snow water. Sounds like a fishermans tale to me.

It was Ken Wood who came out on top with a weight of 4lb5oz consisting of 10 Grayling from Peg110. @Malcolm Bent came second to continue his good run of form with a weight of 3lb14oz from Peg89.
Results:-
1st Ken Wood 4lb5oz Peg110
2nd Malcolm Bent 3lb14oz Peg89
3rd David Taylor 3lb8oz Peg118
4th N Comeley 3lb3oz Peg119
5th Mark Gregory 2lb11oz Peg88
5th Roger Stone 2lb11oz Peg113

River match Sunday 1st February. Draw in the railway station car park at 8AM. This weeks match will be fished on pegs 44-77. Can Malcolm Bent make it 3 wins on the bounce?

2015 Club Books

New 2015 Club books now available at Leegem Angling Centre and Alfreton Angling Centre. Seniors have gone up to £45 this year. All other membership fees are the same.

RIVER DERWENT MATCH 25/1/2015

RIVER MATCH 25/1/2015

Well done to Malcolm Bent who made it back to back wins. With 12 people fishing the match it was Malcolm who came out on top with a weight of 5lb7oz. It was a close match with only a 1lb3oz separating the top 4 weights. The top 4 weights were:-

1st Malcolm Bent 5lb7oz Peg77
2nd David Clark 4lb9oz Peg89...
3rd David Taylor 4lb6oz Peg108
4th Mark Gregory 4lb4oz Peg82

All the top weights were made up of Grayling!

RIVER DERWENT (MATLOCK BATH) MATCH RESULT

RIVER DERWENT (MATLOCK BATH) MATCH RESULT

The match was fished at matlock bath, with the river being at a decent level for a change. it was expected to fish well! it didn't disappoint.
It was Malcolm Bent who came out on top from Peg 27A behind the PAV. Malc caught 18 grayling for 10lb4oz.. Second place went to Mark Gregory who's first 3 fish were all trout and all weighed above 2lb each. Not the best start when you cant weigh them in, but Mark did catch 11 Grayling once he ...realised that trout didn't count. He weighed 9lb11oz from Peg 35 with 7 grayling weighing more than a pound. Peg 35 is a well known Peg for producing large Grayling if you fancy catching a specimen. Third was Paul Simpson from Peg37 who caught 17 grayling for a weight of 9lb4oz. 12 people fished the match and 7 of them weighed more than 5lb.

1st Malc Bent 27A 10LB 4OZ
2nd Mark Gregory 35 9LB 11OZ
3rd Paul Simpson 37 9LB 4OZ
4th Dave Clark 1 8LB 7OZ
5th Steve Allcock 23 6LB 4OZ