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Willow Tree Island

Willow Tree Island is a proper secluded little venue on the River Great Ouse at Offord, with fishing on both the main river and a deep back stream. It’s LAA water, with around 30 swims and a cracking mix of roach, chub, bream, tench and the odd bigger surprise.

Run by The London Anglers’ Association · checked 11 Oct 2026

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The lowdown

  • The whole fishery is an island, so it feels nicely wild and tucked away from the usual riverside hustle.
  • You get over by pontoon across the back stream. The swims are only a short walk from there, with a good path running around the fishery.
  • The back stream is the real standout. It’s narrow, very deep tight to the bank and averages at least 9 feet. Proper roach water, especially when they’re on the munch.
  • Hemp and tares can produce good nets of roach at the right time. A steady trot or a well-presented bait in the deeper swims is the sort of game here.
  • The main river is shallower than the back stream. Upstream, the swims are wide and slow, with bream and tench on the cards.
  • Chub are worth a look around overhanging trees. Keep an eye on the crease and any slack-looking cover, as they’re often close to those trees.
  • The venue can also produce occasional double-figure barbel, so don’t assume every swim is just a roach and silvers job.
  • There are about 30 swims, all reasonably handy from the pontoon. Fishing is available on both sides of the island: main river and back stream.
  • The water is listed as bookable on Sundays in the 2024 LAA handbook. Night fishing is permitted, giving the island a different feel after dark.
  • Access is through the Offord and Buckden Angling Society field. Follow the track to the signed car park by the trees, then walk to the pontoon by the weir.

Methods: Trotting with hemp and tares is the obvious shout for roach in the deep back-stream swims. For the main river, try feeder tactics for bream and tench, or fish tight to overhanging trees for chub.

Access & tickets

LAA standard season membership

Covers the Association's waters except Britford. Ticket runs until 31 March 2027 inclusive.

£68 (as listed 11 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Environment Agency rod licence

Required in addition to LAA membership.

You’ll need London Anglers’ Association membership to fish Roxton A; the holder’s handbook lists no day tickets here. Check with the association for the current membership price and joining arrangements.

Fish the club names

roach, chub, bream, tench, barbel, pike, perch, zander

Key rules

  • The 2024 LAA handbook lists the fishery as bookable water on Sundays.
  • Night fishing is permitted.
  • Access requires the combination lock number shown on the membership ticket.
  • No more than five members may be on the pontoon at one time.
  • The pontoon must be locked back to the mainland after the last member leaves.
  • Visitors to LAA non-public-access fisheries must hold membership.
  • An Environment Agency rod licence is also required.
  • The LAA river season runs from 16 June to 15 March inclusive.

Coarse fishing on English rivers is closed from 15 March to 15 June inclusive. That's the law for coarse fish on rivers — it's not a club rule, and game-fishing seasons work differently.

GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fish

Where it is

Pins mark the access postcode each club gives, not the bank itself. Exact boundary map: see rights holder.

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