mickr Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I never knew there were pike in there although it makes sense. I also used to get to Lincolnshire often - Chapel Hill, Dogdyke, Five Mile House etc happy memories. I now live in northern British Columbia and still fish although things are very different. Where I am we fly fish the many rivers for Dolly Varden, Rainbows, Arctic Grayling, Whitefish etc etc. No Salmon because we are on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains. No chance of having your catch grabbed by a grizzly or black bear at Clowne Pond!! regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owdlad Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 No chance of having your catch grabbed by a grizzly or black bear at Clowne Pond!! regards Oh I don't know about that Mick, there were some Grizzly lasses in Clowne (and still are ) and you could catch plenty after dark up there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickr Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 You're right Owdlad - I used to ride motor bike and hang out at the coffee bar in Creswell just down the road from Clowne. You were always in danger of 'having your catch grabbed' in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-and-pippo Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I don't know how many of you guys are aware that the real name of Clowne Pond is Harlesthorpe Dam. I never did fish the small pond on the left side of the road as you walked in from the bus depot. Wonder why the dam was built in the first place - drinking water source? Doe anyone have any history on it?? Most of the lakes and ponds in that area were built as compensation water (think that's the right term?) to top up the Chesterfield canal system, maybe Harlesthorpe Dam was used for that? It may be worth having a look here... Chesterfield Canal Trust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Oh I don't know about that Mick, there were some Grizzly lasses in Clowne (and still are ) and you could catch plenty after dark up there oi, both my sisters live out there... erm.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickr Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Don't worry Plain Talker - I'm too old to have been a danger to them! I suspect that owdlad won't be trying out for Manchester United any time soon either!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depoix Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Hi Owdlad - used to go there regular on a sunday in the early sixties. The owner was a guy called Sibring - do you remember him watching what you were up to thro binoculars from the little store down at the entrance? He too stocked the pond with trout so you could fish all year round. My brother once fell into the pond off the shuttle at the far end. I think it was the outlet but had a small stone jetty with wooden planks on it that jutted out a few feet. Used to be lots of gudgeon (spelling?) moving around in small shoals around the edges - couldn't get them to bite on nothing! Do you know if anyone ever fished off the island that was just by the boathouse?we used to fish off the island in the very early 70,s it cost a bit more but we did it at night,the owner would row us out then come back next morning for us,i once saw him walk round the bank with a shotgun,asked what he was up to,he said some one reported a large pike was eating the fish,later in the day we heard the gun go off,and there was a lovely double figure carp in the margins with no head on,what a plonker......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newyankee Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 I may be wrong but I think that the original pond at Clown was owned by the Joseph Rogers Fishing Club of Pond Hill Fame now sadley gone the Factury that is But at least I am told there is a plaque on a wall someware to say they existed. my Dad worked ther all his working life. Cheers peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazel Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 My husband and I used to go fishing at a pond up Orchard lane at Beighton. It had steep sides and was very deep, and no longer exists I think it would have been somewhere behind the Doctors Surgery now. I remember once going and catching fish with elderberries, it was just going dusk and watching the waters churn as fish went on a mad feasting session. I can almost feel it now, getting cool, insects biting, slight breeze, birds swooping and the end of a perfect day. Forgot to mention I was 6 mths pregnant and we had to dash to catch the hourly bus back. hazel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owdlad Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 I may be wrong but I think that the original pond at Clown was owned by the Joseph Rogers Fishing Club of Pond Hill Fame now sadley gone the Factury that is But at least I am told there is a plaque on a wall someware to say they existed. my Dad worked ther all his working life. Cheers peter. Peter, sorry to tell you that you are wrong. The Pond that Rodgers owned was Killamarsh Reservoir, and was down a very long and rough lane (and still is) that was at Norwood. I used to fish it when JR owned it, and we had to walk from the bottom of Lock Hill, and go through a farm yard to get to it. The pond is just above and to the right of the figure 47 on this map, and the other one that used to be up there (it belonged to Nethergreen club & Balfours) is just to the right of Rodgers pond. http://tinyurl.com/36f727 By the way, what was your Father called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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