River Nidd
Foster Beck to Pateley Bridge
Foster Beck to Pateley Bridge is a fishing beat on the River Nidd. Day tickets from £15.
Pricing and season
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How Foster Beck to Pateley Bridge compares on the River Nidd
Typical, lowest and highest full-day rod, from 4 beats with published day rates
Day tickets on the River Nidd run from £15 to £15. The typical full-day rate is around £15, peaking in January.
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Foster Beck to Pateley Bridge at a glance
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- Length
- 0.45 miles
- Water type
- main river
Fishing methods
Foster Beck to Pateley Bridge runs from the mouth of Foster Beck, past the caravan site, to the weir just above the town. It is one of Nidderdale Angling Club’s day-ticket stretches, open to fly and bait, with a footpath along the river.
The club has built platforms for disabled anglers on the Millennium Green, just above the weir at the bottom of the beat, and there is pay parking in Pateley Bridge. Ticket anglers fish with a single rod and barbless or de-barbed hooks; worm on float or leger is allowed, maggots only from 16 June to 14 March and natural minnow only from 1 July to 30 September.
Adult tickets are £15 a day or £40 a week, and juniors under 16 pay £5 or £15. They are sold online or from Summerbridge Stores and the Spar on the High Street in Pateley Bridge, and every ticket also covers the club’s other day-ticket stretches and Scar House Reservoir. Everything goes back: the Nidd is catch and release.
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Rules and policies
Fishing rules for Foster Beck to Pateley Bridge
Day and week ticket rules: single rod only, with barbless or de-barbed hooks. Fly, or worm on float and leger, is allowed; maggots only from 16 June to 14 March and natural minnow only from 1 July to 30 September. Banned: swim or float feeders, keep nets, lead shot, hooks larger than size 12 (size 10 for Mayfly and Czech nymph), rods and poles over 15ft, spinners, artificial minnows, and double or treble hooks. The river is catch and release: no brown trout or grayling may be taken. Carry your ticket, an Environment Agency rod licence, a means of measuring fish, a landing net, a disgorger or forceps and a way of cutting nylon. No dogs or radios. Juniors under 14 must be accompanied by an adult within calling distance. Send in a catch return after fishing. Beware of overhead power cables. Trout season 25 March to 30 September, grayling 16 June to 14 March.
Where Foster Beck to Pateley Bridge is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
54.09059, -1.76548
The river
River
The River Nidd rises at Nidd Head Spring on the slopes of Great Whernside and runs nearly 59 miles through Nidderdale to join the Ouse at Nun Monkton. In normal conditions the young river disappears into a sinkhole called Manchester Hole and comes up again at Nidd Head near Lofthouse. Three reservoirs, Angram, Scar…
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