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Walton AC was formed by a group of miners from the Walton Colliery who took over a section of the Barnsley Canal. As the membership grew the club acquired access to various waters in and around the Wakefi eld area. It off ers Strawberry Field Pond, Walton Nature Reserve Pool, and the Aire and Calder Canal. Fees are: men £20, ladies £10.50, 12-16-year-olds £10, disabled/OAPs £10. Contact Walton AC HQ: Weaver’s Green pub, Crofton, Wakefi eld. Secretary/treasurer: L Gray. Call 01226 724771 or visit www.waltonanglingclub.org.uk


Go with the flow


THIS is a great time of year to tackle a river, but before setting out consult this excellent website provided by the EA www.environment-agency.gov. uk/homeandleisure/fl oods/riverlevels/default.aspx It updates the levels regularly and could save you a wasted journey. Try to look for a falling river during settled weather for best results. The River Wharfe consistently provides good


fi shing from Pool, West Yorkshire, all the way downstream to Tadcaster. There are innumerable swims on the Wharfe,


home to lovely chub, perch and pike, all of which reach specimen proportions. Even barbel are caught in winter. The key is to look for cover. Be mindful of making a quiet approach to any swim, and be mobile and try various spots. Bread works well along with lobworms at this


time of year, and the hour around dawn and after dusk can often be the best time for chub and perch, with pike mostly showing around the middle of the day. Call 01937 849848. Up the A1, in North Yorkshire, the River Ure off ers the chance of chub and quality perch, but once again you can’t just turn up and expect to sit anywhere and catch. You have to work for your prizes, and that entails travelling light and trying


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the possibility of a bite? David Deeson, via e-mail.


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a few spots, but most importantly trying them at the best times of day, which are last light and fi rst light, especially if the river is clear. Look for deeper pools


With Christmas not too far off , why not leave some subtle hints to


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relatives that you don’t want ‘smellies’, you want wellies - or any other form


of fi shing tackle, or even a tackle shop voucher. They certainly need extra trade through the winter period.


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and back eddies, as well as steady glides where there is obvious far bank cover. Keep tackle robust with 5 lb breaking


strain advisable to prevent the fi sh from


snagging you in the powerful fl ows. A good look at google maps ‘satellite view’ is massively informative when it comes to spotting potential swims. Call (01765) 635115.


In East Yorkshire the River Hull around Beverley


and up to Hempholme can be well worth a look. There is a tidal surge, so check times before fi shing. Hybrids, roach, perch and quality pike can be located on this drain-like watercourse. As with all rivers, it is worth getting to


know the river fi rst. Go down and speak to the knowledgeable locals in an eff ort to try and identify the key fi sh holding areas. Stick fl oat is a pleasure to use on this steady fl owing river, and feeder fi shing can also be


Chappy


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I am a total beginner and am looking for somewhere to learn to fi sh in Cumbria. Can you recommend a venue with


productive when there is extra pace and colour. Call 01482 869948.


Cheshire’s River Dane often fi shes better in the winter months. The key is persistence here. Be prepared to feed a swim for at least an hour before fi shing it.


This can often bring lovely catches of unwitting chub to 4 lb-plus on stick fl oat and maggots, for example.


Bread, worms and possibly pellets can


score with both barbel and chub, as can meat and stinking cheese paste. Keep your options open and remember to stay an hour after dark, equipped with your head torch and Startlight on the end of the rod. Tel: 01606 833853.


Finally, Lancashire’s River Ribble is in spanking


good form for loads of dace, chub, and barbel, and if you are smart you will also take a pike rod out with you as there are a signifi cant number of massive pike lurking in deeper parts of the lower river. Stick and waggler will yield plenty of silvers from


now onwards with the leaves and weeds long gone from the fl ow. Use maggots and casters on a size 20 hook to 0.10 mm hook length for success. Bread, worms, pellets and paste will yield barbel to double- fi gures, typically after dark. Call 01772 253 476.


with Ron Cousins Tel 01291 420001 or 07831 242820


Chappy says… I would suggest your first port of call should be my good pal Martin Mitchell who is based at Castle Loch, Lochmaben. He is your nearest PAA accredited angling instructor and he should be able to set up a session with you where fish are caught. Call 01721 729 886 or 07952 545883. At Broome Fishery, at Annan, you will also find good advice and eager-to-feed fish in their commercial-style waters on-site. Call 01461 700209. Another guy well worth spending a day with is Chris Bowman from Carlisle. He is a top coach for all aspects of angling. Call 01228 674519 or 07714 168939. Welcome to a hobby that will generate a lifetime of interest for you! Just don’t dive headlong into specimen hunting before you learn the basics. Tight lines, mate!


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Pictured readers, with catches from day ticket waters, net a bulk spool of Daiwa Sensor line


worth £6.99, plus a cap.


Dromonby Farm Fishery, Kirkby, North Yorkshire. Ben Escritt had a good session at Dromonby Farm Fishery where he snaffl ed this common carp. He wins a cap and line for appearing here. Venue latest: 07778 022619.


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Clowbridge Reservoir, Burnley, Lancashire. Adam Lunn legered a smelt with a 20 lb trace and 15 lb line to tempt this PB 11 lb 4 oz pike on Clowbridge Reservoir. It was only the nine-year-old’s third piking session. Venue latest: 01282 456668.


River Don, Denaby Main, South Yorkshire. Mark Chapman used a spinner with size 8 hooks in four feet of water on the River Don to snatch this 12 lb 8 oz pike. He used a 15 lb trace with 20 lb line. Venue latest: 01709 862558.


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FROSTS are hitting sport on many fi sheries, but sheltered Lower Pen y clawdd Farm at Dingestow in Monmouthshire (01600 740223) has fared better than most. Wagtail Pool is good for carp to 5 lb or so as well as barbel, bream and roach and Charlie Lloyd topped 80 lb when he pole fi shed pellets and paste. Adam Norris had carp to 8 lb in a three-fi gure total from Stephen’s Pool and John Herbert caught a 4 lb tench, while on John’s Pool Andrew Smallcombe bagged up with carp on waggler and maggots and Simon Kibble had a 12 lb carp in his catch. Bread is a banker bait at the moment. The lower reaches of the River Wye are unpredictable as the level has been rising and falling daily; but upstream near Builth Wells (01982 551520) dace and grayling have been feeding and there have been a few perch to 3 lb. There are also some big chub about and Terry Moss caught one of 7 lb 3 oz on


legered maggots during a Rhymney AS match at Boughrood. Maintenance work is going on at Conwy Water Gardens, Rowen near Conwy in Gwynedd (01492 650063) so only the middle and bottom lakes are open for fi shing at the moment; but both are worth a visit, particularly for the bream which are piling on the weight. Carp to low doubles are also being caught with most coming to meat or the local favourite off ering of seawater mussels.


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