Welcome to the DCAC Fly and bait mixed fisheries.

Fly and Bait fisheries for members of the Derbyshire County Angling Club
The Derbyshire County Angling Club (DCAC) have a few fisheries which are what we term as mixed fisheries, these are fisheries where bait fishing is allowed when the brown trout season has ended on the 7th of October up until the end of the coarse fishing season in March.

The DCAC also have fly fishing, salmon and sea trout fishing and rented rods on some great still waters.

DCAC also provide Coarse Fishing, Reservoir Fishing, Mixed Fishing and Salmon Fishing for our members.

River Derwent, Willersley

This fishery on the Derwent is near Cromford and is only available to fish on

certain dates throughout the year, these are notified to members through our email system.
This is primarily a brown trout fishery but after the brown trout season has

finished on 7th October bait fishing for grayling is allowed.
Members can, of course, fly fish for grayling as well up to the end of the coarse

fishing season on 14th March.

Catching 20 plus grayling in a session is commonplace.
This is a very productive river which contains numerous wild brown trout as well as the afore-mentioned grayling.
There are also some very large barbel, chub and roach present along with the odd pike.

River Derwent, South Darley

The second fishery on the Derwent is situated near Matlock and consists of two small upstream stretches either side of a horseshoe bend.
It is stocked with a few brown trout but most of the fish, both browns and grayling in particular, are wild and can give tremendous sport on the dry fly especially on a summers evening.
Bait fishing on this fishery is allowed for grayling only.
The fishery holds a good head of brown trout but access is quite difficult and only a few hardy souls attempt to fish there which is a real pity because it can be a very productive water especially for grayling.

River Dove

The Derbyshire County Angling Club have stretch of the river Dove near Mayfield,

and another near Doveridge, these are classed as large rivers simply because

they are on the Lower Dove as opposed to our other fisheries on the Dove which

are in the upper reaches.

These fisheries is again brown trout fisheries with grayling being present in high

numbers.
Bait fishing is allowed for grayling in a similar way to the river Derwent.

There are numerous wild brown trout present on these fisheries but the casting can be quite challenging at times due to overhanging branches and other vegetation especially during the summer months, chest waders are a very useful bit of kit on these waters.

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