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Long Preston (Bowland GFA)

River Ribble · Members only

Long Preston is a proper Ribble game-fishing beat run by Bowland Game Fishing Association, with the inspected upper section sitting between Stainforth and Long Preston Beck. There’s slower deep water, varied river habitat and some cracking floodplain-shaped features around the Long Preston Deeps.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Maiden Castle River Wear

River Wear · Members only

Maiden Castle is a proper double-bank River Wear stretch near Shincliffe and Durham, run by Durham City Angling Club. It’s club-members-only, with brown trout, chub, roach, dace and an improving barbel presence.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Stenkrith Fishery

River Eden · Day ticket or members

Stenkrith Fishery sits in Stenkrith Park near Kirkby Stephen, on a cracking, rocky bit of the River Eden. It’s deep and tight around the bridge, with quieter, more varied water dropping away below the park.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Nappa

River Ribble · Members only

Nappa is a cracking 1.5-mile, single-bank beat on the River Ribble between Gisburn and Long Preston, run by Ribblesdale Angling Association. It’s proper wild game-fishing water, with small pools and recognised salmon, sea-trout, brown-trout and grayling fishing.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Paythorne, River Ribble

River Ribble · Members only

Paythorne is a proper rural River Ribble beat near Paythorne Bridge, with BGFA holding the fishing rights. It’s a narrow-to-moderate upland river section and is associated with fly fishing for game species.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

North of Settle & Rathmell Deeps Beats

River Ribble · Members only, with guest tickets

A proper rural Ribble stretch run by Settle Anglers Association, with the Rathmell Deeps section lying downstream of Settle and fishing extending to just above Rathmell Beck. Chub and grayling are the main named residents here, with the odd barbel turning up too.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Mitton Beat

River Ribble · Day ticket

Mitton Beat is a cracking, natural stretch around Great Mitton, fishing the River Ribble and River Calder under the Ribble Rivers Trust Angling Passport scheme. It offers both game and coarse fishing, with roughly 2.5 km to explore and a maximum of 12 rods.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Valley Burn to Nicky Nack Beck, River Wear

River Wear · Members only

A proper club stretch on the Wear, running from Valley Burn to Nicky Nack Beck. It’s mixed water, with game and coarse fishing, but this is members-only rather than a day-ticket doddle.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

River Eden: Musgrave

River Eden · Day ticket or members

Musgrave is a cracking upper-Eden fly-fishing stretch, running from Blandswath Bridge to Great Musgrave Bridge. It’s popular KSDAA water with wild brown trout and grayling, proper pools, quick runs and deeper water around the beck mouths.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Ribblesdale Farm (Post Office)

River Ribble · Day ticket or members

Ribblesdale Farm, also described as Ribbleside Farm, is an SDAA-controlled River Ribble length running from the farmyard upstream to the boundary opposite Melling’s Wood. It’s a tidy farm access with limited day tickets, proper tidal movement in the wider Church Deeps section and a decent mix of river species.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

River Ribble at Sawley

River Ribble · Members or guests

A proper cracking stretch of the Ribble between Gisburn and Sawley, run by Yorkshire Fly Fishers' Club. It’s nearly three miles of lightly fished, keeper-managed water, with everything from easy-wading gravel pools to steeper wooded and rocky ground.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Paythorne with Gisburn Fishery

River Ribble · Members only

A cracking nearly three-mile River Ribble beat between Gisburn and Sawley, run by Yorkshire Fly Fishers' Club. It’s proper varied water, from wooded rocky pocket water up top to easier gravel-bottomed pools and open meadow glides lower down.

Species not listed by the club.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Shincliffe Village and Shincliffe Hall Water

River Wear · Members only

A cracking bit of Wear water at Shincliffe, split into the shallow, fast upper section and the deeper, wooded lower Hall-to-Rose Tree stretch. It’s club water with brown trout, grayling and a few proper cheeky surprises when conditions line up.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

River Eden: Ploughlands

River Eden · Day ticket or members

Ploughlands gives you roughly two miles of River Eden, running from Musgrave Bridge to Warcop Old Bridge. It’s KSDAA water with a more lowland feel than the upper Eden, and the association describes it as cracking, productive fly water for wild brown trout and grayling.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

River Ribble: Skirbeck

River Ribble · Members only

A cracking 2,500-metre stretch of the River Ribble between Settle and Long Preston, run by Bradford City Angling Association. It’s a mixed fishery with deep meanders at the Preston Deeps, mostly sluggish water and one faster reach for the fly boys.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Stainforth / Knight Stainforth Farm fishing

River Ribble · Club members and guests

A proper spate-river stretch on the west bank of the Ribble, running from below Stainforth Packhorse Bridge down towards Robin Hoods Wood. It’s members-only water with wild brown trout and a real migratory-fish feel.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Samlesbury Fishery

River Ribble · Day ticket or members

Samlesbury Fishery is a proper deep, steep-banked tidal stretch of the River Ribble, run by Southport & District Angling Association. There are two sections, including the bigger Church Deeps water, with roughly a mile of Ribble fishing from Church Brow past Ribbleside Farm.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Carlisle Angling Association River Eden Fishery

River Eden · Day ticket or members

Carlisle Angling Association controls roughly 7 miles of River Eden, with mainly double-bank fishing around Carlisle and down towards the lower Eden. It’s a proper mixed fishery, from quick streams and glides to calm water and a tidal lower reach.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Caton Day Ticket Beat

River Lune · Day ticket

Caton Day Ticket Beat is a cracking, separately marked stretch on the River Lune, run by Lancaster & District Angling Association. It’s salmon, sea-trout and brown-trout water, with tickets open to local and visiting anglers on weekdays.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Waddow Weir pool and Ribblesdale Angling Association River Ribble beat

River Ribble · Members only

Waddow Weir pool sits within Ribblesdale Angling Association’s cracking three-mile River Ribble beat, running from Low Moor upstream to West Bradford. It’s primarily fly water, with big holding pools for migratory fish and proper chances of salmon, sea trout, brown trout and grayling.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Woodcutters (Dewhurst Farm), River Ribble – Hurst Green

River Ribble · Members only

Woodcutters at Dewhurst Farm is a cracking 1.5-mile, members-only stretch of the Ribble at Hurst Green. Warrington Anglers Association controls the right bank, with mixed game and coarse fishing through riffles, pools and proper deep-water features.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Trough House Beat

River Ribble · Members only

Trough House is a cracking, over-one-mile beat on the Ribble near Hurst Green, run by Mid Ribble Angling Society. It’s right-bank fishing, linked with Cross Gills, and mixes big pools, streamy water and a proper fast run.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Standen Estate, Mitton / Mitton Beat

River Ribble · Day ticket

Mitton Beat is a cracking natural-river day-ticket stretch run through the Ribble Rivers Trust Angling Passport Scheme. It covers around 2.5 km across the River Ribble and River Calder, with game and coarse fishing in a proper wild setting.

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Sandford stretch

River Eden · Members only

Sandford is a cracking River Eden stretch near Appleby-in-Westmorland, with two long beats either side of Blacksyke Bridge. Expect fast runs, steady glides and some seriously tasty grayling water upstream.

Checked 11 Oct 2026