Can anyone tell me if you can fish the River Wye in Bakewell and if so who owns the rights? How much do day tickets cost?

I remember going there when I was a very young child and one of the few things I remember is seeing the River near the centre of the town as we were on the way back to the car to drive home, and the River was absolutely packed full of trout, at least I'm pretty sure they were brown trout, and they were no tiddlers either.

Can anyone tell me if my eyes were deceiving me or are there big troots in there and can you fish it?

See following website The Peacock at Rowsley - Fly Fishing on the Derbyshire Wye

Kev

John, your eyes were not deceiving you, there are some very big trout down there, I saw a good few today when I was down there with my nipper after we had done the shopping. They fight the ducks and geese for the holiday makers bread.
Cheers Dave

They are Rainbows. At least when ever I'm down there visiting the outlaws, it is Rainbows that I see, and big ones at that. Your right about the bread thing! I bought a Bakewell tart (well you have to don't you when your in Bakewell) and I think the Rainbows got the most of it.

Now how do you make a fly that resembles a Bakewell tart!!!

arthur's got it

There are browns too and also grayling if look for long enough. BTW, it's pudding mate, not tart lol. You buy Bakewell tarts in Asda, the genuine thing is a pudding and they're scrummy!! http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...ding_shops.jpg
You don't need a pudding fly, just a bread fly, a floating one of course, as it's dry fly only any other method is punishable by death lol
Cheers Dave

Wonder when Warren Slaney is going to read this...I understand he doesn't think much of any white Dry Fly on that stretch!

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Roy

Never seens browns there, but I'll take your word for it. Bake well tarts is a recognised name viz The Bakewell Tart, also known as Bakewell Pudding, is a jam pastry with an egg and ground almond enriched filling. Both the pudding and tart, (not to be confused with Mr. Kipling's products), originate from the Derbyshire town of Bakewell.[1]

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Much prefer a Tart to a pudding anyday

You won't buy them in the Bakewell pudding shop mate lol. They're sh!te compared to the real thing. I still maintain it's a pudding so we'll have to agree to disagree The pudding was created by mistake when a cook put ground almonds in the mix instead of flour, so the story goes. There's a rumour going round that you can pick Bakewell tarts up on a Friday night if you play your cards right
Cheers Dave

Never knew that, need to visit the outlaws more often What are they charging you, don't want ripped off as a tourist would