River guide
River Derwent (Yorkshire) in North Yorkshire
1 checked stretches so far — day tickets, club waters and guest tickets, each checked against the club's own pages.
The lowdown
The Derwent stretch sits in the Vale of Hackness, North Yorkshire, running from Waters Meet — where the Derwent joins Low North Beck — through Langdale, Troutsdale, Holmeswood, Hackness, Everley Bottoms and Forge Valley.
Its character changes nicely along the way: open pasture and easier access give way to wooded, secluded and more technical water. Pools, runs, glides, riffles and slow glides all feature, with the final run down to East Ayton Weir taking in the narrower Forge Valley water.
Close season reminder
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 fishStretches
1 of 1 checked stretches. No rankings — we don't know which is "best" on your day, and neither does anyone else.
Pins mark the access postcode each club gives, not the bank itself. Exact boundary map: see rights holder.
Access & tickets
Club membership
Derwent Anglers’ Club
Membership fishing on the controlled River Derwent stretch. Contact Graham Pawson or the club for enquiries.
Covers: Derwent Anglers’ Club River Derwent stretch, Waters Meet to East Ayton Weir
Species
We only tag a stretch with a fish when the club names it. Some clubs name fish across all their water rather than stretch by stretch — those are flagged on the card.
● named by the club for this stretch · ●* named across the club's waters · blank = not named (not "absent").
Rules — who runs what
Membership enquiries can be made to Graham Pawson, Langdale End, North Yorkshire. The club also lists info@derwentanglers.com and 01723 374755 for enquiries; no standard membership price is published on the checked pages.
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Each stretch page lists its own key rules. You'll need an Environment Agency rod licence on all of them.
River levels
Measured readings straight from the Environment Agency. These are the nearest gauges we've matched — not readings from the stretches themselves.
Measured — Environment Agency
Mowthorpe Weir Head gauge
Nearest EA gauge we've matched — it isn't on this stretch, so levels on your peg will differ.
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We don't publish an "ideal level" — nobody can promise one. Flood water is dangerous: if it's up and coloured, stay well back from the edge. Open River Ready
Tips & reports
Our take (editorial, not club advice): on any decent-sized river, a lead that holds bottom without dragging is half the battle — go up in weight before you go up in bait. A bit of extra colour after rain often brings barbel and bream closer in, but a fast-rising, debris-filled river is dangerous; if in doubt, don't. Weather tools built for still lakes don't translate neatly to rivers, so we haven't bolted a lake-style weather score on here.
No angler reports on these stretches yet — we'll only show real ones once our moderated river reports are live.
Where this comes from · checked 9 Oct 2026
- GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fish
- Derwent Anglers’ Club — home (derwentanglers.com)
Rules, prices and ticket availability change — the rights holder's own page always wins.