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nigel kitchen
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whilst traveling to york from hull you pass through two villages located on the derwent does any body know if they are owned by anybody or are they free to fish as they look idealic*
Hi, I know this is an old post but is guest poster Kevin Clifford or any other Derwent angler still around, Just looking for some info cheers.Hull & District have given up their stretch at Newton (hardly anyone wanted to fish it and the rent of ?1000 couldn't be justified). The club that has most of the fishing in that area is York & District. They have the lenght from Kexby Bridge (the bridge you go over from Market Weighton to York) all the way up to Stamford Bridge (4 miles) on left bank looking upstream of Bridge. They also have some on opposite bank just below Stamford Bridge. They also have fishing at Sutton on Derwent (above & below weir). York year books readily available from tackle shops in York. You can also get day tickets to fish Derwent in that area at a pub next to the river just north of Thorganby village (opposite Pocklington Canal). A lot of the lower Derwent (below Sutton) is operated through the Lower Derwent Fisheries Association. Basically, the EA who own the flood banks in this area wanted to deal with one body, rather than a lot of individual clubs. So the clubs got together and formed an umbrella organisation. The EA only own the floodbanks and so access to areas away from the bridges had to be negotiated individually by the clubs with local farmers. I can probably get hold of the details of who rents what sections but Hull & DAA has the bits at Breighton & Wressle. Fishing is very patchy in Derwent. At the moment its fishing quite well above weir at Sutton for roach in certain swims. In the Derwent roach tend to shoal up above the weirs after a few hard frosts. Above Kirkam weir also in winter (40lb of roach to 1lb possible) and above Howsham weir. Derwent has a few barbel 30-40 between weirs in about 3 miles and some big chub, but again difficult to locate but not as hard as the barbel. Not a river for the faint hearted. What you will come across are otters. The river has too many of them.
.... You may be better served just starting a new thread asking current members for information about the Yorkshire Derwent.