Fly Fishing Lessons in Derbyshire & The Peak District

Nestling on the edge of the Peak District in Derbyshire, just a few miles downstream of the Chatsworth House, our private beat of river Derwent near Darley Dale is available for all our clients to learn the art of river fly fishing.

You will be targeting wild brown trout and grayling using the dry fly, nymph and wet fly. The River is teaming with insect life and is renowned for it's fly fishing. During Your one to one fly fishing lesson you will have the river all to yourself as we own the fishing rights on this small beat of river.

Season - April to October

Barlow Trout Fishery

The beautiful village of Barlow lies in a valley skirting the edge of the Peak District National park. The fishery has four beautiful trout lakes stocked with Rainbow and Brown Trout wildlife is abundant especially the grass snakes which are a common sight in the hotter months

Your fly fishing tuition at Barlow will take in all the latest still water techniques and tactics and will enable to hone your fly casting skills with easy back casts and well kept banks.

Season - All Year Round

Ladybower Fisheries

Learn the art of fly fishing at one of the finest waters in the UK. Ladybower is set in the heart of breathtaking scenery of the Peak District near the villages of Hope and Hathersage.

During you fly fishing tuition at this Derbyshire reservoir you will learn you skills in some of the most beautiful surrounding in the uk. Ladybower is just a short hop over the Snake Pass and is ideal those located in Manchester looking for fly fishing lessons.

Season - March - November

Howden & Derwent Reservoir

For those of you who fancy getting away from it all we can provide fly fishing lessons for wild brown trout in the upper reaches of the Derwent Valley at Howden and Derwent Reservoir near the villages of Hope and Hathersage. There are no stocked fish so you will need to learn the art of wild fishing in truly unbelievable surroundings.

With no roads, shops or sometimes even people nearby, the silence can be deafening, only interrupted by the occasional bird of prey whistling overhead or the distinctive call of the grouse on the moorland edges. Howden & Derwent are just a short hop over the Snake Pass and are ideal for those near Manchester looking for fly fishing lessons.

Season - March to November

All our fly fishing lessons and fly fishing courses are near to Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield, Leeds & Manchester. The venues we use for fly fishing lessons may change from time to time from those published.