2023 Fly Fishing Course – Reflections
Pulling into the field at Inghey Bridge at 9 am on Sunday 23rd April, I had no idea of the treat I was in for. A fly fishing knowledge-fest over 3 Sundays that left no stone unturned. Fly fishers from far and …
Bailif Update – R.Wharfe Buckden – May 2023
Driving back from my annual visit to Assynt on 13th May we passed close to the River Eden at 8pm where I spotted a few rising trout in a roadside pool. This signalled a marked change in the feeding regime of the …
Bailiff Update – R. Wharfe Buckden – April 2023
25th March was a washout with the River Wharfe at over 0.8m on the Kettlewell gauge. I suspect that this wasn’t quite as frustrating for me as other anglers eager to wet a fly line because well over a week earlier I’d …
Reflecting on the end of the trout season.
Peter Ramsden, our bailiff on the Wharfe at Buckden and on the Ure, reflecting on the end of the trout season and getting a little bit nostalgic…………… “Far from the Madding Crowd(s)”, the summer bank holidays and half term breaks are over …
How have the BCAA waters in the Dales been fishing in the hot weather?
In the last news item about heat stress in fish and the closure of the Gargrave, Buckden and Hubberholme beats I said we might soon hear from Peter Ramsden, our bailiff on the upper Wharfe and Ure, well here is his latest …
Stewarding the Kildwick stetch
Last year the fly sub committee introduced a stewarding scheme on some of its waters, the idea being that members could “adopt” a local water, or one that they fish regularly, and help to maintain it. In effect they would be looking …
