
Guided Fly Fishing
Trips, England
in association with
Hardey Grays
Academy
Quick guide:
Trout Fishing Norfolk
Exclusive Private Lake in the Heart
of Norfolk
Day trips
available - May to Sept 2010 | Up to 10
People Per Trip.
These lakes are set in the heart of the rolling Norfolk countryside, where
you can relax and enjoy the peace and tranquility of this idyllic fishing
location.
The fishery comprises of two
lakes with good access to all the banks. One lake is about 1 acre and the other is approximately 7
acres. Both lakes are spring fed so the water quality and fly life are excellent.
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How to get
there: From London via the M11 motorway the A11 to Newmarket and then the A14
to Bury St. Edmunds. Take the A143 to Harleston where we will meet you. From the north & west,
take the motorway system M6 and M1, then take the A14 east to Bury St Edmunds.
Getting there
by air: Nearest Airports are London Stansted
Airport or Norwich Airport
What fishing gear to
bring: Your normal fly fishing gear (9‘ or 9’6”
rods and floating lines.)
Don't have any fly fishing
gear? We can arrange fishing gear for hire at
£10 per head (including: rod, reel & line,
nylon, 1 pack of flies, scissors and priest.)
The Itinerary
For The Day: We start at 9.30am and you will be met at
the local inn and taken down the winding country lanes to the lakeside log cabin with all
facilities.
Coffee will be served, followed by a
briefing by the lake and then a quick demonstration of the casts and tactics most likely to
succeed on the day.
Those of the party who fish regularly go off
to try their hand, while the less adventurous will have a chance to practice under the watchful eye
of Tim, your Instructor. He will take everybody to a suitable place to catch a
fish.
The fish in these lakes are hard fighting
Rainbow Trout and can be up to 3lbs in size; some even more than that.
A BBQ lunch will be served at 1pm followed
by more fishing until 4.30 when tea will be served and the catch weighed in.
To make this a fun day out, there will be
prizes for 'the best novice' and 'the best experienced fisherman', 'the biggest fish' and the
'smallest fish'.
After this you can carry on fishing 'til
dusk or leave happy and contented.
How much does
it cost? £75 per person based on up to 10 people attending. (including:
refreshments, lunch, permits and tuition as required.) Reserve Your Place On This
Trip>>
One day’s
Fishing Licence available if needed - @ cost.
NB. This trip would
make an excellent corporate fly fishing day.
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Trout Fishing the Derbyshire Wye
Day trips available - June & July 2010 | Up to 6 People Per Trip
A day's guided fishing on the River Wye, covering all
aspects of dry fly and nymph fishing on a limestone river.
The Derbyshire Wye
is probably the most historic trout fishery in the north of England and one of the few rivers
in the UK that rainbow trout have naturalized. Here you will have a chance to catch brown
trout, wild rainbow trout and grayling.
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Getting there by car
from the North: take the M1
south, turn off to Chesterfield at junction 29 and follow the A617 to the city and then take
the A619 to Baslow. Here take the B6012 to Rowsley. From the South, take the
M1 north to junction 28 then take the A38 to Alfreton and the A615 to Matlock. From Matlock
take the A6 for 6 miles to Bakewell.
Where will you be
fishing? You will be fishing on the Haddon Estate water, which runs from
the town of Bakewell through to Rowsely, some seven miles in all. The fishing is divided into
sections (beats) and you will be allocated a beat in the morning and changing over to another
one in the afternoon.
Who will be
taking care of us on the trip? Tim Gaunt-Baker or one of his staff will be on
hand throughout the day to advise you on the best tactics for the conditions. Like all our
trips we will also be there for any extra fly fishing tuition that you may
need.
We meet at the
Peacock Hotel at Rowsley in Derbyshire, one of the famous fishing hotels
in England, for breakfast. This is followed by a briefing for the day, the hand out of fishing
maps and permits. Breakfast, and lunch on the
river bank are included and the
fishing will be from 9.30 am to dusk.
What fishing gear
to bring with you: 8’6" to 9’ rods, #4 and #5 floating lines plus your
usual fishing gear. We do have rods reels and lines available to hire should you need them at
£20 per head (including: Hardy's rod, reel & line, nylon, a pack of flies, scissors and
priest.)
How much does it
cost? £125 per head for the day - based on 6
people
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Trout Fishing in Yorkshire
The Rivers Derwent, The Yorkshire Esk and Driffield
Beck
3 days fishing
trips - July and Sept 2010 |
Up to 6 people
You
willbe staying at the Hackness Grange Hotel set in
the hills and dales of the North Yorkshire moors near
Scarborough.
The accommodation here
will be on a half board basis for the three nights. As you arrive on the Thursday evening you
will be greeted by Tim Gaunt-Baker, who will introduce you to the rest of the group and be your
guide for the duration of the trip. After dinner Tim will give a short
introduction as to what to expect from the three days fishing
trip.
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Getting there by car from London
and the south, you take the motorway network to the A1 near
Leeds then the A64 to Scarborough. A detailed map from
there will be available upon booking the trip.
From the North and West, take the
motorway network to Leeds AI and then the A64 to Scarborough.
Day
1: We will be fishing for wild brown trout on the River Derwent, adjacent to the hotel, where
there are 6 miles of river to explore. We will have lunch on the river bank, followed by more fishing in the
afternoon with a break for tea around 4.30pm. We will carry on fishing for the evening rise, finishing around
7.30pm, then back to the hotel for dinner and relax in the bar where the stories of the day's fishing will no doubt
be told.
Day 2: We'll have an early breakfast and then depart
to the Yorkshire Esk some 20 miles away where we will fish the Egton stretch of the Esk for the day. Lunch
today will be at the Three Horseshoes at Egton Bridge, then we will fish until 5.30pm and return to Hackness
across the Moors, through Heartbeat country. (Heartbeat is a famous British TV series set in the Yorkshire
Dales.) We will be back in
time to relax in the lounge and recount the tales of the day’s successes before our final night's
dinner.
Day 3: We will
check out of the hotel after breakfast and travel south for a day's fishing on the Driffield Beck,
Britain's most northerly Chalk Stream. Lunch today will be in the fishing hut on the river bank. The
fishing on this river is upstream for dry fly or nymph only and stalking the fish is name of the
game . You can fish here until 5pm and then you can make your way back to the motorway network via the
M62 just half an hours drive away.
What to Bring: 8’ to 9’ rods taking 3# to 5# lines, waders and all your
usual fishing gear. As previously mentioned, rods reels and lines are available for rent if necessary for £20 per head
(including: Hardy's rod, reel & line, nylon, a pack of flies, scissors and priest.)
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How much does it cost?
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