Fishing near Irlam, England

This is Irlam, an English town in Derbyshire. About 19,442 people live here. Running from near to far: Fir Tree Flash a touch under 6.5 miles, Leigh Branch a touch under 11 miles to the north-west, Bottoms Reservoir a touch under 19 miles, Torside Reservoir a touch under 22 miles to the east followed by Blackmoorfoot Reservoir a touch under 26 miles. Fir Tree Flash fishes short: get the depth right and the distance takes care of itself. A lid forms in certain years only. Plan the winter round open water instead. No two of these fish quite the same way. Structure beats open water on every one of them. Fir Tree Flash is the near option, about 12 acres in size. Fir Tree Flash has mapped parking, which saves a long carry. Fish documented across Derbyshire include brown trout, rainbow trout, chub and European grayling. Derbyshire covers most of this list, so one licence usually does....