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River Wear & Brasside Stocking
D.C.A.C., one of the regions fastest growing clubs, has waters to satisfy the needs of all freshwater anglers’ from salmon/sea trout and specimen/specialist coarse fishing on the river Wear to Stillwater coarse/match fishing on its four lake stillwater complex at Brasside...and all for the same very affordable YEARLY membership fee, amounting to little more than the cost of half a dozen ‘commercial water’ day tickets. Plus your kids under 16 and wife/partner fish for free.
Game angler are catered for with big sea trout running the river, the occasional salmon, brown trout and grayling. The Environment Agency has recently stocked several sections of the river Browney with grayling which in time should improve the Wears population of this lovely looking ‘lady of the stream’. A recent EA survey showed excellent growth rates with 2 year fish
The recently redeveloped Brasside complex caters for all types of still water coarse fishing. Record match weights to a little under 90 lbs have been taken and pleasure anglers are delighted at full nets of mixed catches, whilst the specimen West Water continues to produce carp to over 26 lb. Pike anglers have recently taken an interest during the winter months with fish to mid teens being taken.
A ‘canal’ type match water (re stocked spring 2010) has been built and work is on-gong to provide access for disabled members throughout the entire site. The backwater has also had a recent (July 2010) stocking of 1500 crucion carp
Brasside also incorporates a wetland area created to encourage the already flourishing
wildlife to be found at the site. A very recent survey by a team from Leeds University
showed the waters had a very healthy and flourishing population of the native white-clawed
crayfish.
The river Wear was fishing exceptionally well towards the end of last season
with mixed dace/chub catches over 140 lbs being taken. The river Wears’ chub and
barbel continue to grow and there never has been a better time to take a P.B. specimen
and a new national record dace is always a possibility, and not only as is generally
thought, from a small section of the river by the County hotel; big dace are being
taken from all D.C.A.C. sections of the Wear. July 2010 saw another stocking of 3000
each of chub and dace at Shincliffe and Maiden castle.
Big roach have also featured in matches with several fish over 2.5lb helping to swell
the match weights. The recently held Wear Championships, which sadly fished relatively
poorly due to very low river levels, produced a 17lb all roach catch from a Club
section.
The content of this web site is intended to provide a resource for Members
and help keep everyone informed as to what is happening within the Club.
Equally importantly is feedback from members so any news/ information or photographs you have, be it a new PB or a good pleasure session, then please let the Club know either by posting on the members forum boards, by e-mail to info@durhamanglers.co.uk by telephone to the number given on the letter accompanying your Membership/Rule book, or post to:-
D.C.A.C. PO Box 508. Durham. DH1 9BP
Please note: None Club members can only fish D.C.A.C. waters as the guest of a Club member.
Guest Permits are available at a cost of £5-00 from Anglers Services, Langley Moor
The Club Membership/Rule Book will need to be shown when requesting any permit/s
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