River Chew
River Chew, Chew Valley Lake to Pensford
River Chew, Chew Valley Lake to Pensford is a fishing beat on the River Chew. Club members only. Membership is open, so joining is the straightforward route on.
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River Chew, Chew Valley Lake to Pensford at a glance
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This is the stretch of the River Chew that runs out of Chew Valley Lake, past Chew Magna and Stanton Drew, down to Pensford. Knowle Angling Association and Frome and District Angling Association share the lease on it, so members of either club can fish it, wherever you see the Knowle signs.
Frome and District describe it as a trout water, with grayling in the lower reaches around Pensford and coarse fish in the river too. Knowle say the Chew has a good mayfly hatch and a good head of wild brown trout, along with stocked rainbows, and that both rise to a dry fly in the right conditions.
Frome and District say it is open to fly anglers from 1 April and to coarse anglers from 16 June, and that it is closed to all fishing on 15 March. Park at Bye Mills, where the car park is signed for Knowle anglers, and sign in and out on the clipboard in the box.
It is members’ water. Knowle members join through Clubmate, and Frome and District members fish it as part of their trout membership.
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Rules and policies
Fishing rules for River Chew, Chew Valley Lake to Pensford
Members of Knowle Angling Association or Frome and District Angling Association only. Sign in and out on the clipboard at the Bye Mills car park, and Frome and District members should say so. An Environment Agency rod licence is required. Barbless hooks are required on all Knowle waters. The lease covers the river but not every bank: Frome and District say bank rights are held on the reaches from Bye Mills to Pensford, at Stanton Drew, between Stanton Drew and Bye Mills, and at Chew Magna, and ask members to keep to those. Maps are in the Clubmate Fishing app.
Where River Chew, Chew Valley Lake to Pensford is
Exact location is hidden at the owner's request. This beat is on the River Chew.
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River
The River Chew rises at Chewton Mendip in Somerset and runs north west for some 17 miles to join the River Avon at Keynsham. Near the top it forms Chew Valley Lake, and some of the lake water is used to keep the river flowing. Below the lake it passes Chew Stoke, Chew Magna and Stanton Drew, then Pensford, Publow,…
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