River Dove
Ellastone
Ellastone is a fishing beat on the River Dove. Club members only. Membership is open, so joining is the straightforward route on.
How to book
Fishing details
Ellastone at a glance
- Rods
- 1 – 2
- Difficulty
- Adventurer (3/5)
- Length
- 0.28 miles
- Water type
- main river
Fishing methods
Fly methods
Ellastone is the smallest of Derby Railway Angling Club's four sections on the River Dove: 500 yards of single bank fishing on the Staffordshire bank, upstream of the road bridge between Ashbourne and Rocester. It's also the most exclusive, restricted to two rods a day, booked in advance rather than turned up to on spec.
That trade-off is the point of the place. In exchange for the small size and the booking system, Ellastone stays quiet, and the fishing is good: brown trout and grayling, with the occasional rainbow, across a lower section of steady glides and deeper pools and a faster, riffled top end. A small brook feeds in from the Mill Pool, and trout and grayling can be found holding in its deeper holes and eddies, though the Mill Pool itself is currently badly silted and in need of restoration.
Ellastone is also excluded from DRAC's coarse-only membership tier, so fishing here needs the full Trout & Coarse membership, with the day itself booked ahead through info@drac.org.uk.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Where Ellastone is
Exact location is hidden at the owner's request. This beat is on the River Dove.
Approximate locationThe river
River
Rising on Axe Edge Moor near Buxton, the River Dove runs for 45 miles south through the Peak District before meeting the River Trent at Newton Solney, from where its waters reach the North Sea via the Humber Estuary. For most of its course it forms the boundary between Staffordshire and Derbyshire, meandering past…
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FAQ
Ellastone FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing Ellastone, from tickets to tactics.
