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For most of the fly fishing season, I am busy delivering fly fishing lessons in the Peak District. Most of my fishing these days is for the Grayling during the winter as that’s when I finally get a bit of time off. Last week however I had a rare day off and went fishing of course! I fished on the lovely Derbyshire Wye, a limestone stream which is most famous for it’s wild population of rainbow trout.

The view from the river, searching the water for rising fish.
The view from the river, searching the water for rising fish.

A wild brown trout that fell to a griffiths gnat
A wild brown trout that fell to a griffiths gnat

A wild rainbow trout. Wild rainbows are common in the Derbyshire Wye but rare in all but a few rivers through out the UK
A wild rainbow trout. Wild rainbows are common in the Derbyshire Wye but rare in all but a few rivers through out the UK