Tadcaster Angling & Preservation Association

Tadcaster club holding fishing rights above and below the town on the River Wharfe, plus canal rights.

Tadcaster Angling & Preservation Association holds fishing rights on the River Wharfe both above and below Tadcaster, offering a mixed fishery known for chub and barbel alongside dace, roach, pike, eels and flounder. The stretch between the town bridge and the weir is reserved for club members only. The association also holds fishing rights on the Aire and Calder Canal. Membership and day-ticket registration is now administered online, with anglers required to supply an Environment Agency rod licence number as a condition of joining. The association is listed among Tadcaster's active local societies by the town council, and continues to register new members into the current season.