Fly Fishing Hints and Tips for Wharncliffe Fly Fishery

Tried and tested flys found to get great results

Olive Fritz: a fly for all seasons! Early and late, best fished on a floating line, a long leader deep and slow. In the middle of the year works pulling in combination with Soldier Palmer.

Black Fritz: similar to the Olive Fritz, but doesn't seem to work pulling.

Pete's Black and Green: some call this a "dancer", again best fished slow and deep on a floating line rig.

Bloodworm: 2 patterns - tungsten bead version and unweighted version. Early season best fished in combination under an indicator with tungsten ca 6-8 feet deep and unweighted ca 3-5 feet deep.

Black Shipmans: best fished static most of the time but occasionally retrieved slowly. Works well in combination with Black Buzzer on first dropper and Shipmans on the point.

Hares Ear Shipmans

Black buzzer

Mustard Buzzer: Seems to work well when sedges are about especially in combination with the fawn deerhair - buzzer on first dropper and deerhair on the point.

Fawn Deerhair: see above.

Soldier Palmer: works well for just a few weeks when the fish are in chasing mode!

Black Deerhair: works at various times of the year in combination with the black buzzer. During May /June works well when Hawthorn flies are about - best when wind is in the East or North and the flies are blown on.

Greenfly: the curse of Wharncliffe Fly Fishery! Clouds of them are blown on from May through to the first frosts. The fish are then content to cruise along sipping them from the surface.

Rules & Regulations

The fishery is open every day from 8am to dusk

1.  All flies are to be barbless, or effectively de-barbed.
2.  No double, treble or tandem hooks are permitted.
3.  Maximum of 2 fish on any day, or 2 in any week, may be taken.  Any of your catch may be taken subject to maximum.  No fish are to be “passed on”.
4.  All fish of 4 pounds or over must be returned alive.
5.  All fish to be landed using an approved knotless landing net and returned safely to the water.  DO NOT HANDLE FISH – return using a landing net.
6.  All coarse fish are to be treated with respect and returned alive.
7.  No brown trout to be taken.
8.  No booby fishing, or floating fly on sinking line.
9. Before using the boat you must complete the boat ticket (located on the desk in the hut).  Retain half and put the other half in the envelope with the fee payable in the secure box under the rubber mat.
10. When fishing from the boat you must anchor to one of the buoys, drifting or trolling is not permitted
Boat Ticket Fees are:
Morning        08:00 - 13:00     £4.00
Afternoon     13:00 - Dusk      £4.00
Full Day         08:00 - Dusk     £7.00
11. All Environment Agency rules are to be complied with at Wharncliffe.
12. All bags may be searched.
13. No dogs or radios.
14. Please close the gate behind you.
15. Do not leave any litter and do not discard any line or hooks – TAKE THEM HOME.
16. No loose feed to be thrown in the water.
17. No vehicles are to be driven onto the dam wall, or parked on the dam wall.
 

Any angler breaking the rules risks the following penalties:

a) Being fined
b) Suspension of membership
c) Being expelled and membership cancelled with no refund.