The Fishing

                      
   
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
                                                                    
 
 
 
               
  

  


 Ribble


RiverAire


 Brockhole on  River Derwent


 
 

Derwent   
                   


                         
                       
                   Hodder Harvey Draw


 Hodder u/stream of Black Hole

 
 
 

          

                Parsonage reservoir                             Upper lLune                                      Arkholme

 

What more could an angler want !

                                                                                                                                                   
Trout

 

 

A Lune trout, weighing 6.5 lbs, landed in 2015 by Ken Maylor fishing a size 14 brown klink,  won the T&S "Trout of the Month".

This year, the best trout reported so far (2020) is a 6 lb 8 oz Aire  brownie.


Excellent wild trout fishing is available to members with fish of over 2lb not uncommon. BGFA no longer stock river beats with hatchery- reared brown trout

Salmon

 Salmon in the teens and over 20lb are recorded every year .The Association`s best salmon, caught by John Dixon on one of our Ribble beats was a 49ins cock fish taken on a stoats tail alevin.


Springers are a bonus on west coast rivers, but they are there in limited numbers.Tony Barrow`s 26lb springer, was landed and returned on Isel  
An exhilarating battle between hooking the fish in Upper Danes and eventually landing it in the Stones will surely be long remembered – and maybe even retold a few times over future hut lunches" (Salmon of the Month"in Sharp`s UK wide competition.

 

Grayling


         
             The Ribble and Hodder are excellent venues for grayling. David and Jonathan Hoyle took these photographs 

Sea Trout

 

There are runs of sea trout  on the Lune, Derwent, Liddel, Ribble and Hodder with catches averaging 161 over the last ten years

The Hodder and Lune are well known for their sea trout runs with double figure fish having been recorded