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The Junior Competition will be held this year on Saturday 14 May at the weir at Shotley Bridge. The competition is free to enter for all junior members and everyone will receive a prize. There’s no need to register – just meet at the car park next to where the iron bridge used to be [...] Another year of fishing the River Derwent is at an end and I hope all members enjoyed fishing our little river. I would like to thank all members of the committee for their efforts over the last 12 months. As the 20010 season ended I looked at a difficult year for the Association but as [...] Following discussion at this year’s AGM,it was agreed that from this season onwards,all hooks are now to be barbless. (Crimped down barbs are acceptable.) We would also like to remind members that the wild trout area above Allensford is all catch and release and that all grayling are to be returned. We’d also [...] Club members wishing to renew their membership for the coming season may now pick up their new permits at the Post Office at Shotley Bridge. The fee for membership this year is £50 for seniors and £21 for juniors. Prospective members should email Membership Secretary Ian Colborne. There is currently a short waiting list for [...] Just a quick reminder that it’s the Derwent Angling Association AGM this coming Saturday 12 February,upstairs at the Crown and Crossed Swords,Shotley Bridge. Proceedings start at 7pm and all members are welcome to attend. See you there. Tweet This is the press release that has just been put out by Fish Legal,who acted as our solicitors in our recent case against Northumbrian Water following the pollution incident in 2009 which did so much damage to the river. We’d particularly like to thank Will Rundle for all his hard work and determination in [...] The association would ask all members catching any rainbow trout from the River Derwent to remove them and if possible to take a picture and a record of length and weight and email it to us through the contact form on the website. We do not stock these fish and their introduction from the Derwent [...] We are delighted to announce that we have come to an exchange ticket arrangement with Richmond &District Angling Society,who have some good coarse and game angling on the upper River Swale. For tickets,please get in touch through the contact form at the top of the page. And if you meet any Richmond [...] As club secretary I try to run the association for the continuing benefit of all of its members. We are always open to new ideas and different points of view ,so here is your opportunity to tell us your thoughts and feelings on the association. What we’re asking for is feedback from the membership: What [...] It has come to our attention that a mistake had been made on the membership information page of our website on which we stated that the club’s senior membership had a limit of 200 members. This was incorrect – senior membership is in fact capped at 250,as stated in rule 13 of the club’s [...] | ||||
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