Fishing

Nidderdale National Landscape provides a host of fantastic opportunities for fishing.

Whether you’re an experienced fisherman or fancy trying fishing in Yorkshire for the first time, some of the most beautiful, peaceful locations in the Yorkshire Dales can be found in the National Landscape.

Fishing locations

In the Washburn Valley Fewston, Swinsty and Thruscross reservoirs offer exceptionally high quality fly and coarse fishing in some of Yorkshire’s most stunning rural settings. These fishing sites are all easily accessible from the Yorkshire Dales, Harrogate, Otley and Leeds. Fewston is stocked with rainbow trout and Swinsty is available for both fly fishing and coarse fishing. Thruscross reservoir further North in Nidderdale National Landscape, in a wilder remote setting, provides 140 acres of water as a superb wild brown trout (catch and return) fly fishery. See the Yorkshire Water website for more information about opening times and prices

Continue into the Yorkshire Dales and Upper Nidderdale and the River Nidd has good fly fishing for both brown trout and grayling. Scar House reservoir provides fly fishing for wild brown trout. Contact Nidderdale Angling Club for more information.

** Please note that the tourism information on this website is designed to provide an overview of opportunities in the area. The Nidderdale National Landscape team do not have the facilities or resources to deal with individual tourism enquiries and these should be directed to the tourist information office at Nidderdale Plus or one of the other local Tourist Information Centres.