Hi
I see that as from April 1st the day ticket prices are going up to £30.

Cheers

Steve

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is it worth the pennies????

For about £60 you can get twelve months trout and exceptional grayling fishing by joinig a club like cadac on the Welsh Dee.
£30 for a day on the wharf as much as i like to fish it is way too much.
other major beats which are open for winter grayling can be had for £8-£20

As both venues are about 60 miles from my home the Welsh Dee will continue to get my money.
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I went along the Wharfe at Bolton Abbey with my family for a new yrs walk - it was RAMMED with other families all doing the same. The car park was £5+ (so ticket + car pk = £35) then there is a cafe/shop etc.
There has been quite a bit of restoration of e.g. fences etc and general groundworks, also the cafe has been refurbed.

Clearly Fly Fishing is not their priority I'd guess, and they'll have worked out that they are popular anyway so can afford to reduce the fishing pressure with a more expensive ticket, whilst simultaneously covering the mortgage on the refurb.

Also brings them in to line with the likes of Appletreewick, Barden and Burnsall Angling Club & Kilnsey, who charge around £35.

Way OTT IMHO - I'll be off to my local £7 / day beat

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Christ on a bike! Time flies... and I must be getting old. Last time I fished Bolton Abbey it was something like £8.00, and the car park was free! I fished both Burnsall (which was about £17 at that time) and Bolton Abbey about a dozen times a year each... but then I was young, free, single.. and child free! Dosh was easy come easy go Different story now.. as with the prices. I love the Burnsall water, and have got to know it intimately over the last 18 years or so. If there's only a fiver difference in the price now between the Bolton Abbey and the Burnsall tickets, then it's a no-brainer. 7 miles or so of mailny double bank, excellent fishing, stunningly beautiful, free parking, and lots of places out of the reach of dinghies, dogs and dickheads.
Sure, clubs can offer great value, but £35 for up to 15 hrs access to one of the great northern trout and grayling streams is nowt.
It amazes me how some people balk at alot of day ticket prices, whether river or still, and talk as if they are being ripped off, and fishing is a necessity that needs to justified price-wise. It's not, it's a luxury, it's yer passion... Spoil yerself now and again.

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its a bit different though scratch when your a student
im used to my home rivers the aire and the wharfe being about 40-50 quid for a season, which includes other waters and winter fishing all the way through the year.

I did hear a rumour that the rules were due to change at BA this year aswell, no wading etc. anyone have you any news on that?

For me, the Burnsall stretch is superb, breathtaking in parts, certainly the best stretch of river I've fished and if the Test/Kennet/Avon etc. are £100+ a day, and the likes of Dever/Avington/Sutton Springs are getting on for that then £35 for a full day at Burnsall is a steal, particularly if it's only £5 more than Bolton Abbey. When a season ticket is similarly priced to those of some stillwater rainbow venues for me it put's the whole thing into context. I only wish I lived closed to Burnsall so I could fish it weekly.

Regards,
Terry

P.s. you don't pay for parking at BA if you are on a fishing ticket.

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My My you boys are getting well shafted , you can get a full season on the clyde( one of the finest rivers in britain) for the same price as a day ticket on the mentioned river , infact most rivers in scotland are all in the 8-10 pound bracket for a day ticket . It only starts to get dear when salmon are in the river system.

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You can even fish the TEST (yes, the Test !!) for £18 on a day ticket for Grayling.

I also take yr point tho Scratch about spoiling yourself now & then, just a shame it's so much if you wanted to fish it often. e.g 5 days for £175 - isn't it better to join a club?

NB Burnsall is the same price as BA once you add in the car park fee at BA.

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Car parking's free in the Bolton Abbey car parks if you display your fishing permit. Lovely place to fish but avoid sunny weekends and bank holidays if possible because it's popular with tourists and day trippers. It's a serious fishery right enough - they employ a keepr or two and have a brown trout breeding programme using trapped fish to maintain wild fish stocks. Well worth a visit even if it's just to enjoy the surroundings. And if you want a great meal at a reasonable price avoid the Devonshire Arms and visit The Fleece at nearby Addingham
http://www.yorkshire-escapes.com/yor...inn-addingham/
Tight lines & waist belts!
Marra