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This is a new membership for game anglers who prefer more natural or sport fishing and covers all of WADAA's wild and annually stocked game waters. Wild Trout membership also provides access to over a 100 miles of top quality river fishing on the Eden, Eamont, Irthing, and other tributaries, Ehen, Greta , Derwent, Ribble, Hodder and Ellen through WADAA's exchange permit scheme. Wild Trout membership offers very high quality game fishing at affordable cost - and is also an alternative to the waiting list for full game membership. You may transfer to full membership after one season with no further joining fee payable. Waters available are:Simpson Ground. A uniquely beautiful 12 acre tarn stocked annully with rainbows averaging 2lbs and also holding a good head of wild browns to 3lb. Catch and Release only. A boat is available for club members and float tubes are permitted. High Fairbanks Tarn. A superb, crystal clear, ten acre tarn in a scenic upland setting offering catch and release fishing for naturalised rainbows. Stocked annually. Kentmere Tarn. Catch and release fishing for wild and stocked brown trout on this quiet fishery in the unspoilt Kentmere Valley. The smaller lake is stocked four times a year while the main lake holds some sizeable wild browns up tp 5lbs. Float tubes permitted on the main lake. Moss Eccles. A five acre fishery above Sawrey near Hawkshead stocked annually with brown trout averaging 1.5lbs. Two fish limit. Hayeswater. Magnificent scenery and beautiful wild trout in this 37 acre hill tarn above Hartsop. Catch and release is encouraged. High Arnside Tarn A small fishery holding wild browns - it does get weedy later in the season but it is a perfect little fishery for an evenings sport. Thirlmere. Dramatic fishing for wild browns. Bank fishing is feasible but Thirlmere is best tackled from a boat. WADAA members with their own boats may use electric outboards on this fishery. Rivers Rothay and Brathay. Small river fishing for 'beck trout' in the main - but bigger fish up to 3lbs are regularly taken after a spate and later in the season. Exchange Permits - visit the Exchange Permit page of the website for more details. Please note this membership does not include any WADAA coarse fisheries.
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