The free event takes place on Saturday August 30 (10am-3pm) at Tansley Pond.

There will be five qualified national federation of anglers coaches there on the day to teach juniors about coarse angling.

The event is open to all juniors up to 16 years old, so it will be a great chance for boys and girls interested in angling to get started.

All licences are provided for the day, along with all equipment.

It is hoped that all the juniors who take part in the coaching will be provided with some fishing tackle to take away with them.

To book places for the coaching contact the club secretary Mr R Walsh on 01629 821831 or email matang@tiscali.co.uk. Please note this event is expected to book up quickly as there has been a lot of interest from juniors already.

Tansley Pond is at the bottom of Brookfield Industrial Estate, near Salisbury and Wood builders merchants.

All details are on the club website www.matlockanglingclub.co. uk

l THE weather has been absolutely dreadful at Carsington Water.

With the winds mostly from the south-east the temperature has stayed low and there has been plenty of rain.

In fact, so much rain that rangers had to bring the jetty back in again as the water level rose.

One advantage of all this unseasonable weather has been to bring the fish on and up in the water.

Although some of the best bags have still been caught using sinking lines and big lures there have been plenty of good bags taken using floating lines and smaller flies.

Craig Davies even took six fish using dry fly.

He tempted his six trout using Red Bob’s Bits fished dry in Millfields Bay, the best of which was a lovely 2lb 12oz rainbow.

The best rainbow this week went to John Scragg, who took a cracking 4lb trout while drifting across the main basin using a floating line and small white lures.

John was just using a steady retrieve of two foot pulls when this prize fish walloped his fly and took off.

It was the best of a bag of seven trout for John.

Mr A Langley landed the best brown this week, a stunning fish weighing in at 3lb 4oz.

Mr Langley was drifting out from the dam wall, using an intermediate line with a Whiskey fly on the point.

It was this Whiskey fly that the brownie took and it was good to see the old flies still work.

A special mention this week for Mr I Crair who landed a monster perch that was estimated at around 4lb.

This huge fish took his gold head damsel as he twitched it back on a floating line while drifting across the mouth of Fishtail Creek.

Not only was the perch a personal best for Mr Crair but it was also a fishery record for Carsington Water.

Top spots for the week were the deep water across the main basin, buoy eight out from the dam, Sitch Plantation and Millfields Bay from the boats, and Millfields Point from the bank.

The best flies were White Lures, Red Bob’s Bits, Damsel, Boobies, Gold Head Montana and Cats Whisker.