The River Goyt is a characterful urban and semi-rural river flowing through Derbyshire and Stockport in north-west England, offering a surprisingly diverse fishery set against a striking post-industrial landscape. Rising from upland peat deposits in the Peak District — the same moorland plateau that feeds the headwaters of the River Dane and the Derbyshire Wye — the Goyt descends through New Mills and into Stockport, where it eventually joins the River Mersey. The Stockport and District Anglers Federation (S&DAF) holds fishing rights over approximately 4.5 miles of the river, making it one of the more accessible stretches of quality river fishing in the Greater Manchester and Cheshire area. The river supports a genuinely mixed fishery, from wild brown trout and grayling in its faster, cleaner reaches to chub, dace, roach, barbel, and carp in its deeper, slower pools — a combination that makes it appealing to fly anglers, trotters, and coarse anglers alike.