RIVER CLUBS TO JOIN IN 2017
JOIN a club and enjoy some top-class running water sport.
A club book can be the cheapest and often easiest way to gain access to some of the best river fishing of all. A lot of club books go on sale now, so here are 10 top river-based groups to join….
DONCASTER AND DISTRICT ANGLING ASSOCIATION, SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Rivers in South Yorkshire are improving all the time, and this club’s stretches of the Don and Torne are up there with some of the best. Prices: £25 adults, £20 concessions Contact: 07946 382882
FARNHAM ANGLING SOCIETY, SURREY
Some of the most sought-after river stretches on this card include those on the Rivers Blackwater and Loddon. Prices: £100, concessions £50, juniors £25 (adult joining fee £25) Contact: 07826 851122
KING’S LYNN ANGLING ASSOCIATION, NORFOLK
Specimen pike and zanderand bags of roach and bream are reported every season from Ten Mile Bank and the Middle Level. Prices: From £43 adults, £30 concessions for basic river book Contact: 07876 491748, www.klaa.co.uk
LONG EATON VICTORIA ANGLING SOCIETY, DERBYSHIRE
One of the best-value groups in the Midlands, the club controls sections of the Rivers Trent and Soar. Prices: £27 adults, £15 concessions £8 juniors Contact: 07766 081877
MAIDSTONE VICTORY ANGLING SOCIETY, KENT
Several beautiful sections of the Rivers Beult and Medway offer coarse and game fishing, available on this club book. Prices: £80 adults, £47 concessions, £29 juniors. Joining fee £20 Contact: 07920 113201
NOTTINGHAM FEDERATION OF ANGLERS, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Some of the country’s biggest chub and barbel are in this club’s stretches of the Rivers Trent and Derwent. Prices: £35 adults, concessions £25, under-12s fish free Contact: 0115 9749915
PETERBOROUGH & DISTRICT ANGLING ASSOCIATION, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
The barbel fishing has taken off here in recent seasons with areas such as Castor Backwater superb for double-figure fish and lots of chub as well. Prices: £28 adults, £15 concessions 12-18s £5 Contact: 07815 555403
READING & DISTRICT ANGLING ASSOCIATION, BERKSHIRE
The Rivers Thames, Loddon and Kennet can be fished on this club book. Between them they offer pretty much every river species. Prices: £65, concessions £45, juniors £10 Contact: 0118 9 867 430
VAUXHALL ANGLING CLUB, BEDFORDSHIRE
Some superb stretches of the Rivers Great Ouse and Ivel offer some of the best specimen fishing in England. Chub to 9lb and barbel to 17lb are present. Prices: £55 adults, £30 concessions Contact: 07506 378748
WIGAN & DISTRICT ANGLING ASSOCIATION, LANCASHIRE
Miles of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal are supplemented by some cracking stillwaters as well as rivers such as the Ribble, where big barbel can be targeted. Prices: £32 adults, £16 OAPs Contact: 01942 208197, www.wigandistrictangling.co.uk