woollyback
Striker
When I was a kid me and my brother and dad and Granda were members of a fishing club (North West Durham or something like that) that fished Waskerley and Smiddy Shaw. I loved it! All methods allowed, stocked with small brownies that would grow on for keeping size in a year or two. Spinning using toby’s was great method at the beginning and end of the season, live baiting minnows summer time was awesome. Fly great once waters warmed. Smid was fly only at beginning of season. Happy happy days travelling to them from Penshaw. A pound and a half brownie was a big big fish, usually from Smid. Waskerley fish smaller but lush to eat, we called them Wask fish fingers (9 inch minimum taking limit)I am ( and have renewed again this year)..and so is wisemensaysteve if I remember rightly
I have an old greys xflite fly rod that I love and has been great, but the uplocker is pretty much knackered now, still prefer a medium action and so many rods are much faster actioned these days
think about a snowbee spectre pro in 9ft6 at a 6 or 7 weight.