Start of season catch return report 2022
Thanks to those members who have been filling in the online catch return forms and including those (unfortunate) blanks. It really does make a difference! We’re starting to build a picture of how the rivers are performing and how often the beats …
Bailiff report for Gargrave/Inghey – May 2022
We are keen to encourage discussion about the fishing on our waters, this could be talk about good sessions you have had plus the bad ones, unusual or humorous things you have seen while fishing. But particularly we would like to see …
Work party at Shipton Lake
It takes a lot of work to run an angling association. Part of this is the administration and financial tasks which are undertaken by the committee, equally important is the upkeep of the waters, fortunately BCAA has an active group of willing …
Impressions of the 2022 beginner fly fishing course.
In recent weeks nine BCAA members have attended a beginner fly fishing course. The course was in five sessions totalling twelve and a half hours in all. Here course member, Mike Latham, gives his impressions of the course, it sounds like it …
2022 Game Fishing Open Day – Sunday may 8th
2022 Game Fishing Open Day – Sunday May 8th After it being cancelled for two years we are pleased to announce that the Open Day will again be held on Sunday 8th May. The format will be same as previous Open …
BCAA joins the #OurCleanRiver event on 7th April
On 7th April BCAA members will be involved in the Aire Rivers Trust event #OurCleanRiver. The campaign runs from 7-10th April when individuals and organisations all along the Aire and it’s tributary becks, from Gargrave down to Leeds, will be removing …
How your catch returns help us help you
For the past three years we have been asking anglers to fill in catch return books at either end of our Gargrave/Inghey stretch of the Aire,the following is an analysis of the data from those returns. It shows that we are …
Beginners fly fishing course coming up in April
Some members will remember that in amongst dodging covid lockdowns last year the fly section organised a couple of teaching days in July. One was a day’s nymphing masterclass with Paul Gaskell and John Pearson the other a beginners day. Both events …