Fished open day from sun up for 4 hours. Quite a few anglers on the banks but at 85 acres it still seemed empty!

Fish seemed to be tightly grouped but anyone mobile enjoyed cracking sport with rainbows to 4lb once they were located.

Fish falling mainly to lures but naturals expected to outfish lures once the fish settle and disperse.

http://www.effc.co.uk for day ticket & other information etc

Going to try Carsington next week if the forecasted strong winds blow over before the weekend. If not staying in the Goyt as its well sheltered in the valley and easy to get out of the wind.

This is the first time I have been aware that this place was available on a day ticket basis...or indeed that a fly fishing club had the fishing rights. I had a look at the website and the price for membership of the club seems a bit steep to me (considering the yearly membership of the Prince Albert at £90 per year with initial £90 starter fee).
Anyway it looks good and any more info you can give would be gratefully received. I need somewhere different to fish other than some of the puddles around here (Cheshire).

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I suppose the club fee is steep depending on how many times you fish the water

To me £155 a year seems too cheap but then I live 4 minutes away and can fish for a few hours most days of the week - as some of the old boys do.

Day tickets are £15 and we are open late March until the last day of November a season ticket gives you 37 weeks fishing. Compared to some other clubs/commercial fisheries this seems a bargain to me as all profits are put back as fish.

The Prince Albert comparison is also a bit unfair as they are mainly coarse fishing based so fish are always returned (so isnt £90 expensive!) the Prince Albert trout fisheries around here have a fish limit of 1 fish per day again keeping costs down.

I would be interested to hear what other people think though - I know Carsingtons season ticket is around the £600 mark and limits the number of times you can fish there.

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If you fancy a days fishing go early and you can enjoy the scenery at its best, if your lucky you can catch the deer drinking at the reservoir, watch wild grouse and mountain hare, view numerous birds of prey including owls and
hear woodpeckers drilling away in the background. If you take the rest of the family there is some fantastic walks to be had or they can spend the day in Buxton while you bag up!

There are two reservoirs in the Goyt valley Errwood and Fenilee. Errwood is the higher of the two reservoirs on the left if you enter the valley fom the Buxton Whaley Bridge road.

Day ticket outlets are easy to find and there is a map on the website showing their locations. There are no day tickets sold on the bank.

Anything else you need to know just ask

After a quiet Easter week where the bright calm conditions meant the best fishing was to be found late at night Errwood Reservoir has bounced back with some excellent fishing.

Small browns showing in catches for those who move away from lures and fish smaller more tradditional flies.

Rainbows currently being taken to 4lb - unfortunately not by me!

I've just been reading about this place in the local paper.

How regularly does it get fished?

Is it just the reservoir or can you fish the feeder streams too?

Do I read the website correctly to mean that there aren't any boats?

How regularly does it get fished?
On average there are less than 10 people fish it a day, club members tend to fish it for a few hours day tickets fish it for longer. Its quiet in the week busier on weekends especially if the weather is nice.

Is it just the reservoir or can you fish the feeder streams too?
You can fish the feeder streams going into the reservoir for a few 100 yards, lots of natural browns hang around where the rivers enter the water.

Do I read the website correctly to mean that there aren't any boats?
There are no boats and no boat fishing is allowed. Long casts arnet needed and fish will often be caught feet from the bank

Please note at the moment the local rangers close one of the roads off at 10:00 am - 5:00pm on Sundays as a traffic calming measure. If you wish to fish this bank you can park up in the free car park and walk past the road bank approx 50 yards to the water - or if you go past the road block before 10:00 am the rangers will open the road for you - but please be courteous to the rangers

Finally if you wish to join the club membership is now at 106 and we have a 110 angler limit.

Amazing what you learn on Trout forums.I'm assuming Goiter, (swollen neck,symptom of thyroid deficiency) is named after the locality the reservoir is in .I remember from o-level biology that Derbyshire had a high incidence of goiters because of iodine deficiency resulting from the distance from the sea.
Sorry to sidetrack but I can't help wondering if the local rods all have size 32 inch collars!

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Behold the fisherman
He riseth up early and disturbeth the whole household.
MIGHTY ARE HIS PREPARATIONS!
He goeth forth full of hope and when the day is far spent he returneth
Smelling of strong drink, and the truth is not in him

thanks for the info - definitely going to give it a go, sounds fascinating. can't work out how I've missed it over the years.

now...

The Concise Dictionary of English place names (4th Ed) gives the derivation of the word "Goyt" as being from the Middle English word for a brook "goeth" and it has a lot of similarities with the Welsh word "gwyth" (meaning a channel conduit) and the Old cornish word "guid" a vein. So, sorry to disappoint but to me this makes much more sense.

the website says

"Day Tickets are available for catch or release with a 3 fish limit"
and, in the club rules section:
"Only 3 fish of 10” or over can be killed in one day, after which the angler shall cease to fish. (Fish under 10” should, until further notice, be carefully returned to the water)"


does that mean

1 you can take 3 fish and then fish catch and release afterwards
or
2 you can't keep any fish and once you have caught and released 3 fish you have to stop
or
3 you can just fish catch and release if you want to
or
4 you have to take the first 3 fish you catch and then stop fishing
or
5 combinations of the above.


and, in the club rules where it says
"The number of fish taken is restricted to 9 per week (Sunday to Saturday) for the period of the third Saturday in March to 30th November." Presumably the missing clause is "per angler"

and finally - presumably when you buy the ticket you have to state which day you are going to fish? To put it more clearly, you can buy a ticket a few days in advance?

No apologies for pedantry - although I'm never sure precisely what that means.

You've misunderstood, I'm not claiming the medical condition gave the place its name- the other way round.I've since learnt that I am correct in my assumption, and that the high incidence of thyroid problems in the valley gave the condition its name.Apparently that is why iodine is added to table salt, so no, I won't see the local rods with 28" collars!

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Behold the fisherman
He riseth up early and disturbeth the whole household.
MIGHTY ARE HIS PREPARATIONS!
He goeth forth full of hope and when the day is far spent he returneth
Smelling of strong drink, and the truth is not in him