River Skirfare
River Skirfare, Amerdale Dub to Hawkswick
River Skirfare, Amerdale Dub to Hawkswick is a fishing beat on the River Skirfare. Day tickets from £40.
Pricing and season
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Fishing details
River Skirfare, Amerdale Dub to Hawkswick at a glance
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Fishing methods
This is the club’s River Skirfare water, the section its beat map marks upstream from Amerdale Dub to Hawkswick, around two and a half miles of river. Kilnsey Angling Club controls about 18 miles in all across the Wharfe and Skirfare, and runs them as a beat system: day ticket holders are allocated a beat each morning and fish it for the day.
The Skirfare is a limestone river, and the club describes its water as supporting a rich variety of aquatic life and a healthy head of strong, hard fighting brown trout. Visitors fish for trout on an artificial fly. Day tickets are limited each day and cost £40, or £20 for anglers aged 18 to 35 on the day only. Day ticket holders cannot fish for grayling.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for River Skirfare, Amerdale Dub to Hawkswick
Visitor day tickets are for trout on an artificial fly only. A day ticket holder is allocated one beat and fishes it for the day; visitors are not allocated beats before 9.30am and may not move to other beats. Fishing is from 9.30am until one hour after sunset. Trout under 10 inches (25cm) must be returned. No more than three brace of trout may be taken in a day, including no more than one brace above Kettlewell Bridge, where every wild fish must be returned. Rainbow trout may be removed and do not count towards the limit. All grayling must be returned and no visitor tickets are sold for grayling. Barbless or de-barbed hooks are recommended. Any waders may be used. Fish may not be sold or bartered. An Environment Agency rod licence is required and a catch return, nil returns included, must be completed after fishing. No barbecues or open fires.
Where River Skirfare, Amerdale Dub to Hawkswick is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
54.12245, -2.05353
The river
River
The River Skirfare is the river of Littondale, one of the quieter side valleys of the Yorkshire Dales. It begins at Foxup, where Foxup Beck and Cosh Beck meet, and runs about nine and a half miles before it joins the River Wharfe at Amerdale Dub. The name comes from the Old Norse for bright, clear river, which suits…
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FAQ
River Skirfare, Amerdale Dub to Hawkswick FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing River Skirfare, Amerdale Dub to Hawkswick, from tickets to tactics.
