ANGLING: Chance for late catch on River Aire
WITH just four days remaining of the brown trout season, the River Aire is in fine fettle for the chance to get a specimen catch.
WITH just four days remaining of the brown trout season, the River Aire is in fine fettle for the chance to get a specimen catch.
THE slightly unsettled weather with spells of rain has managed to keep the level of the river Aire a bit above normal and both bait and fly anglers have continued to enjoy some good sport from Skipton to Gargrave.
IT is rather disconcerting to receive a letter from a member of the public about finding an assortment of food litter wrappings mixed with discarded fishing tackle on the banks of Embsay Reservoir.
AFTER several weeks of relatively dry weather - just 47.5mm of rain fell from May 1 until July 26 - everything changed at the weekend.
RIVER coarse fishing begins this Saturday but unless there is a dramatic change in the weather, the dry conditions will mean that anglers will have to wait for a chance to get among the chub.
THE local match fishing programme is now in full swing with Tuesday evening and Sunday matches available from now until the end of August.
THE Skipton Summer match fishing league got off to a flying start when the first match was fished on the marina length of the canal at Barnoldswick in ideal conditions.
THE settled weather conditions have continued to improve the sport on all the local waters with the trout excelling themselves at Embsay Reservoir.
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