Stillwater · Mixed · East Midlands / Derbyshire

Barlow Country Club Fishery

Fishing lakes at Barlow Country Club Fishery near Common Side, Derbyshire, fed by Barlow Brook
Fair · Rainbow
Buzzer · 12-14
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Evening session looks promising at Barlow Country Club Fishery
Water temperature is the limiting factor today, not the wave. Fish dawn or dusk if you go at all, and handle everything with extra care.
53% confidence

Barlow Country Club Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindNW 17 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Buzzer
Buzzer12-14
Washing-line, in the film
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
NW 17 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp26°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1018 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Barlow Country Club Fishery. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. Very warm conditions — trout have a narrower safe zone of cool, oxygen-rich water. Fish only at first light or last light, use barbless hooks, keep fish in the water during release, and stop if fish struggle to recover. Evening can bring a surface rise — have a dry fly or emerger ready.
Where
Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.

Plan B

Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.

Watch for

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Bank

Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

Hatch predictions

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Through the year
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Daphnia SwarmHatch
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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Lake OliveHatch
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Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
49%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp25%

Conditions are away from Barlow Country Club Fishery's sweet spot — it usually fishes best in ripple wind with cloud skies.

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Gallery · 2
  1. Fishing lakes at Barlow Country Club Fishery near Common Side, Derbyshire, fed by Barlow Brook
    Fishing lakes at Barlow Fishery, fed by Barlow Brook, Derbyshire
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Why this score
  • summer conditions with overcast skies and breezy wind.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 January31 December
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