Wild Trout Trust Auction 2021

The auction is the WTTs biggest fundraising event and provides vital funds, enabling them to deliver practical advice and habitat improvement projects for the benefit of wild trout and all wildlife that shares the places where they live.
The auction has over 300 lots, mainly fishing around the UK,  but also flies, hand made rods and, this year, some especially lovely art.
The bidding takes place on eBay and by post.

Download Auction Catalogue

SADAC  Covid-19. Third Lockdown. January 2021

After initially being told all fishing was to cease on January 6^th and accordingly closing our waters the Angling Trust have now had clarity from Government that fishing will be permitted from January 8th as one of the forms of daily exercise. This is under the strict rules applying to exercise and full information can be found on the Angling Trust website or Facebook page and in the Govt. publications.

One form of exercise each day, as close as possible to home and within walking or cycling distance. Where no other option exists you may travel a short distance by car, travel by car should be limited and local, “staying local means in the village town or part of the city where you live”.

Fishing should be limited to a few hours, the same as for exercise, you should not be taking meals or picnicking outdoors.

No form of competitive sport is permitted, so no match fishing.

No stays away from home, so no night fishing.

Distancing to be observed at all times. Do not use any huts or other facilities on site they will be locked.

Carry your own sanitiser and use it before and after contact with any locks , gates or any other item.

Wear masks if in contact with any of our staff or volunteers.

Take all litter home, leave nothing on site.

The club intends to fully support the Angling Trust guidelines and the country’s efforts to combat this virus. Please do not ignore any of these guidelines.

In order to provide some strictly local fishing for our members the following fisheries will reopen from Wednesday 13^th January after this matter has been publicised at our AGM on the evening of the 12^th. Our keepers […]

Weed Cutting Dates 2021  River Avon

The following dates have been approved by the Environment Agency and Wiltshire Fishery Association for weed cutting in the 2020 season.

Weed growth at the start of the year will be closely monitored and cut early in the allocated period if required .

The download link below contains the weed cutting dates for the rivers Wylye & Nadder

IMPORTANT NOTICE: EA WEED BOOM DEPLOYMENT DURING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

The weed booms were unable to be deployed in 2020 and we were unable to cut any weed.

 Discussions are continuing with the Environment Agency and are hopeful they will be able to install their booms in Salisbury & Chilhampton in 2021, however, this has NOT yet been confirmed. Further updates will be posted on the website as soon as we have more information. 

Chalk Stream Weed Cutting

River Avon – Above Crossing ‘C’

Crossing “C”

Used by the army ar river Avon crossing point.

River Avon – Below Crossing ‘C’

For obvious reasons in this very strange pandemic year our planed Annual Game Meeting was unable to take place.
As advised to the membership by email we held a webinar covering the majority of topics with Andreas Topintzis the Club Manager and John Stoddart our Game Vice Chair in front of the camera on 11th November. There was a good attendance but with all these things many members were unable to join the event.
We managed to record the webinar and this is now available to watch via YouTube.

The waters we fish are in crisis. Pollution is the main cause with every water body in England assessed against the Water Framework standard failing. And things are becoming worse, not better. Our Government has repeatedly said that the UK wishes to be a world leader in conserving both the environment and biodiversity but has frequently failed to back this up with action. Enough is enough!

The Angling Trust has been campaigning for cleaner waterways since 1948 and through our new campaign, Anglers Against Pollution, seeks to give anglers a voice in the fight for a better future for our environment by holding the Government to account for its promises, its actions and its responsibilities.

Our waterways are suffocating from all forms of pollution – from agricultural runoff to plastics, chemical pesticides to raw sewage – time is no longer a luxury we can afford in the fight for a cleaner tomorrow for our environment, our fish and our sport.

By joining Anglers Against Pollution, you will add your voice to our long-standing battle to hold the Government to account in our mission for healthier waterways.

The Club have been extremely busy since the Government has eased lockdown across the country and one of the projects is associated with a new Aeration System for both Hands and Clarks lakes. Yes, there was an aeration system present but after numerous tests at the lakes whilst they were closed – silt surveys – monthly – temperature checks – dissolved oxygen and  chemical analysis checks the results did not really show any signs of improvements. So, a group on the committee set to and considered what can we do to improve the lakes habitat. Milfoil weed was introduced and there is now evidence of prolific growth in Clarks lake. Siltex was also introduced into Clarks and the first of the Barley straw introductions has already been publicised. And we are now implementing the new aeration system which will be incredibly quiet and very efficient working from the lake bed up instead of just aerating the surface area. The action of these aerators should improve the aquatic environment of the lakes. For those that may consider this to be wasting money – during the extreme stifling weather last week many local fisheries were experiencing massive oxygen crashes on their lakes and sadly for some Clubs numbers of fish perished. Many of these Clubs were asking the help of the E.A. and others scrambling to get some form of aeration into their lakes. So, the importance of these additions to Club lakes in these times of climate change is certainly evident. Please see the plans of the aeration system and two of our new Force 7 units in place.