River Wharfe
River Wharfe, Upper Wharfedale
River Wharfe, Upper Wharfedale is a fishing beat on the River Wharfe. Day tickets from £40.
Source: Bolton Abbey Estate
Pricing and season
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How River Wharfe, Upper Wharfedale compares on the River Wharfe
Typical, lowest and highest full-day rod, from 9 beats with published day rates
Day tickets on the River Wharfe run from £11 to £80. The typical full-day rate is around £80, peaking in March.
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River Wharfe, Upper Wharfedale at a glance
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Fishing methods
Kilnsey Angling Club’s Upper Wharfedale water follows the River Wharfe from the club’s lower limit up through Kettlewell, Starbotton, Buckden and Hubberholme to Beckermonds, and takes in the headwater becks, Oughtershaw Beck and Cray Gill. The club’s beat maps divide it into sections, and a day ticket holder is allocated one of them each morning.
Below Kettlewell Bridge the water is stocked each year and the fish tend to run larger, with the occasional specimen. Above it the water is not stocked and the wild trout are generally smaller, which can make for enjoyable if sometimes challenging fishing. The limestone the river runs over supports plenty of insect life, and the water varies from streamy upland runs to deep pools and slow glides, so there is pocket water for nymphing and dry fly fishing. When the main river is unfishable in a spate, the club has stretches of feeder becks.
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. Grayling can be fished by members but not by day ticket holders.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for River Wharfe, Upper Wharfedale
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 Wharfe, Upper Wharfedale is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
54.15984, -2.06867
The river
River
The River Wharfe begins at Beckermonds in Langstrothdale, where Greenfield Beck and Oughtershaw Beck meet high in the Yorkshire Dales, and runs about 65 miles to join the Ouse near Cawood. For much of its middle course it marks the boundary between North and West Yorkshire. The upper dale is cut through limestone,…
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River Wharfe, Upper Wharfedale FAQs
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