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WADAA's exchange permit arrangements give members the opportunity to sample the waters of several other Angling Associations in Cumbria and Lancashire and provide access to some excellent river fishing for trout, sea trout and salmon. For our coarse members we also have an exchange with Ribchester and District AC offering very good fishing for coarse species on the Ribble.
Two permits a day are available for each host Association’s waters. The permits must be booked in advance and can be obtained in two ways;
The Exchange Permits are held by Neil Birkinshaw in Grange over Sands. Please book if possible by email, if not by telephone. If available, they may be collected the day before use. Permits must be returned at the end of the day of use.
Keswick have fishing on the Derwent and the Greta. The Greta is well stocked with browns from the Associations own hatchery and offers varied fishing on interesting water. Both rivers have late runs of migratory fish although sea trout are present only in very small numbers.
Excellent trout fishing on the Eden, Eamont, Lowther and other Eden tributaries. Penrith have nearly 40 miles of some of the best wild trout fishing in the country available to WADAA members.
Kirkby Stephen Angling Association* Kirkby Stephen has some lovely smaller stream fishing for wild browns in wonderful scenery. Nine miles of wild trout fishing on the upper Eden with four miles on the River Belah and Scandale Beck.
Excellent trout and grayling fishing on the River Irthing and River Gelt. Beautiful streams in lovely locations.
The Association has several stretches on the lower Eden that hold trout, sea trout and salmon. This is big water but does return an awful lot of salmon, sea trout and some big browns
The River Ellen is a lovely small river with runs of salmon and sea trout later in the year and well worth a visit.
Barrow Angling Club* Barrow has excellent stillwater trout fishing on Poaka Beck, Pennington, Harlock and Ireleth reservoirs. Our exchange with Barrow is on a 'sport fishing' only basis.
Egremont Angling Association* Egremont have several miles of the River Ehen in West Cumbria with very good sea trout and salmon fishing.
Ribchester & District Angling Club* Ribchester have some excellent river fishing for big barbel and chub. There is also small river fishing for trout and grayling in the very uppr reaches of the Hodder. This exchange is now available by email.
Horwich and District Fly Fishers. Two permits are available for WADAA members to fish Upper Roddlesworth Reservoir and can be obtained from the Black Dog public house at Belmont. You will need to present your WADAA membership card. |
Please note that this exchange facility should not be seen as a 'back door' route to another clubs fishing and excessive use of the same club's permit is discouraged. Please also remember that the opportunity for our members to fish these other Associations' waters is a privilege. The club does not take lightly any abuse of that privilege - to do so would incur not only the wrath of any host association but also swift and summary retribution from your own.
