Skipton Angling Association provides coarse and fly fishing around Skipton on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales.
Skipton Angling Association provides coarse and fly fishing around Skipton on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. Its flagship venue is Embsay Reservoir, a trout water of almost 30 acres, and the club also fishes Whinny Gill Reservoir, the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Day tickets are sold online and through local outlets for club-owned waters; Whinny Gill is gated, so day-ticket anglers must be accompanied by a key-holding member.
Reservoir · 30 acres
The club's flagship trout water of almost 30 acres, built 1905–1909 and fed by Moor Beck and Lowburn Gill. Fly fishing, float fishing with worm and minnow, and spinning are permitted.
Species: Brown trout, Rainbow trout, Spartic trout, Tiger trout, Perch
Reservoir
A gated Yorkshire Water reservoir fished by the club, with no close season. Day-ticket anglers must be accompanied by a member with a key.
