Author: Chris White

The Wild Trout Trust fundraising auction is now live! Auction closes the evening of Sunday 29 March. The timing of the Auction is (to put it mildly), unfortunate, in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis and many potential bidders will be concerned about committing to buy fishing at this time. We can only be optimistic that […]

The club has permission to fish Howards beat for grayling with 7 day access  for 2 rods until March 2020.  Please take care when driving along the beat during wet periods as it can be very slippery even with 4 wheel drive.

Patigonia has now released their film on YouTube it is over an hour but is worth watching although you will see that the reference to damage from hatcheries is all about the mega hatcheries in the USA and not UK small scale stocking.  If you click this link it will take you to YouTube and […]

The club has booked the Discovery sailing from Liverpool on Monday  6 January sailing at 07:30 meet in the Liverpool Marina car park at 07:00.  The cost of the trip is £65 all tackle and bait provided.  Cut-off date for exclusive WGFC booking is 6th December you can find details and make a booking on the website.

On a recent trip to the Border Esk Paddy Hoy caught a 14 lb cock salmon (safely returned) from the Willow Pool (Scottish bank), well done Paddy.

It is sad to report that Bob Wilson passed away yesterday morning (Wed 8 Oct) he had been suffering from an inoperable brain tumour for the past few years.  Our thoughts go out to Bobs wife Carol and his family. Bob’s funeral will be on Thursday 24 October at 10 am at the Landican crematorium.

The grayling research trust has produced a guide on conservation. This guide has a lot of information about grayling in the UK and is well worth a read.  You can read a copy by clicking this link once you click the ‘Read More’ button: Grayling Research Trust