River guide
River Ure 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 River Ure fishing covered here is in North Yorkshire, around Swinton, Masham and Nutwith Cote Wood. The Nutwith stretch runs for 4 miles on a single bank through Swinton Estate land.
The Estate reports improved water quality over the last 35 years, alongside habitat-improvement work with Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust and a smolt-release programme. It says salmon numbers have increased, with juvenile salmon densities at some sites now rivaling leading UK salmon rivers.
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
Salmon day ticket
Swinton Estate
Book via FishPal.
Covers: Nutwith stretch of the River Ure
Grayling day ticket
Swinton Estate
Book via FishPal.
Covers: Nutwith stretch of the River Ure
Trout fishing
Swinton Estate
Special arrangement with FishPal or Swinton Estate; not available online as a standard ticket.
Covers: Nutwith stretch of the River Ure
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.
| Stretch | Carp | Tench | Bream | Roach | Pike | Perch | Barbel | Catfish | Trout | Rudd | Chub | Crucian carp | Eel | Zander |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutwith stretch of the River Ure | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* |
● named by the club for this stretch · ●* named across the club's waters · blank = not named (not "absent").
Rules — who runs what
Swinton Estate
Salmon and grayling day tickets are booked through FishPal. Trout fishing needs a special arrangement with FishPal or Swinton Estate, and prices must be checked because no fixed day-ticket prices are published.
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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
Masham 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 7 Oct 2026
- GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fish
- Swinton Estate — home (swintonestate.com)
Rules, prices and ticket availability change — the rights holder's own page always wins.