Aldwark Bridge Near york (river ouse/ure)

[timpearson]

I have a match there this coming sunday with my local angling club and im just basically looking for any tips or info.

all i have heard is that its quite deep in places so im gonna take the long rod.

 

Has anyone fished it?

[gozzer]

I have a match there this coming sunday with my local angling club and im just basically looking for any tips or info.

all i have heard is that its quite deep in places so im gonna take the long rod.

 

Has anyone fished it?

 

Not been for 3-4 years, but I gather it hasn't changed much, still a struggle.

Is it the Leeds & District stretch?

I've always preferred the bottom length, from the bridge up. The bottom (bridge) peg was good for a chub or two (feeder or lump of bread) and maybe the odd perch. The rest is much of a lottery unless you get a feature like a sandbed or tree. A couple of hundred yards up from the bridge there is a sandbed that I liked to float fish, it's a bit shallower there (about 8ft), I got the usual bits and the odd chub. Most pegs have about 12ft just past the rod, going to 20ft in the channel. Long rod/float tactics can produce, but most fish the feeder.

Finding the channel can be the key, if your on the inside of a bend it will be nearer to you than if you were on the outside. If you can fish on the edge of the channel you will find that the fish patrol this area, and it can be productive.

All the usual baits maggot, casters, bread, worm catch on their day.

 

I'm afraid that unless the bream move up from the Hunters Lodge stretch or the chub show then it will be the usual struggle, and a couple or three pounds will probably win your match.

 

Oh, and it can get busy with boats this time of year, sometimes this helps to stir things up near bank, and get the bits feeding.

 

John.

[timpearson]

Not been for 3-4 years, but I gather it hasn't changed much, still a struggle.

Is it the Leeds & District stretch?

I've always preferred the bottom length, from the bridge up. The bottom (bridge) peg was good for a chub or two (feeder or lump of bread) and maybe the odd perch. The rest is much of a lottery unless you get a feature like a sandbed or tree. A couple of hundred yards up from the bridge there is a sandbed that I liked to float fish, it's a bit shallower there (about 8ft), I got the usual bits and the odd chub. Most pegs have about 12ft just past the rod, going to 20ft in the channel. Long rod/float tactics can produce, but most fish the feeder.

Finding the channel can be the key, if your on the inside of a bend it will be nearer to you than if you were on the outside. If you can fish on the edge of the channel you will find that the fish patrol this area, and it can be productive.

All the usual baits maggot, casters, bread, worm catch on their day.

 

I'm afraid that unless the bream move up from the Hunters Lodge stretch or the chub show then it will be the usual struggle, and a couple or three pounds will probably win your match.

 

Oh, and it can get busy with boats this time of year, sometimes this helps to stir things up near bank, and get the bits feeding.

 

John.

 

thanks for the insight..at least i have a little head start..