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The River Dove divides Derbyshire from Staffordshire in this picturesque part of the Peak District.  It has provided wild trout with rich and varied habitat for centuries.

Fish the same waters that inspired Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, and which they immortalized in The Compleat Angler.

Piscatoribus sacrum

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History

In the Temple there is a single laminated sheet of paper, placed there by a long-time friend of the place, a devotee of Walton and angling.  On it is printed Robert Traver’s “Testament of a Fisherman.”  In the three centuries intervening Traver’s writing and The Compleat Angler mercifully little about the rite of fishing has changed.  “Study…

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For all enquiries please contact Stephen Moores stephen@beresfordfishery.com The Beresford Fishery Nr Hartington Derbyshire SK17 0HQ

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