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Draycote Fly-Fishers Association

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Welcome to the DFFA website

Welcome to the Draycote Fly-Fishers Association website.  We use this site to provide information about what events we run and how to get the best out of your fishing visits to Draycote Water. 

 

Note that we don't actually run the fishery - most of us fish there on a regular basis.

We have built this website to show what we do and share our knowledge about how to make the most of a trout-fishing visit to Draycote Water.  We encourage you to explore our website by using the tabs at the top of the page.  Below we have contact details if you have any enquiries or wish to join us.

Our Next Events 

 

Tuesday 11th March

Club Meeting at the Dunchurch Social Club

Tackle Auction and Prize Giving

This is the opportunity for members to pick up a bargain at our tackle auction.  We have a number of items of fishing tackle to sell off.  

There will be a small number of trophies to award on the night for our summer boat match and "biggest fish" awards.

7.30pm start.

Fishing  reopening update February 2025

Our DFFA monthly meeting was very well-attended by members on February 11th as we all eagerly awaited further news about the re-opening of Draycote as a trout fishery.  Many thanks to Will and Angela from Anglian Water for coming to speak with us and for fielding so many questions.

It was evident that the operational plans for the re-opening of Draycote for fishing are well underway at Anglian Water.  There is, however, the remaining legal process to be undertaken to agree and finally sign the lease with Severn Trent. The parties appear to agree about the general terms of the lease.

Generally, Anglian confirmed many of the details we have already posted.  This includes the online booking of passes and boats, stocking levels, ticket prices, the introduction of predator fishing, the planned April 2025– January 2026 season dates and that fishing includes boat and bank fishing.  There will be a well-stocked shop when fishing resumes.

 

There will be scope to keep running the club's bank and boat matches almost identically to how we have done so for the last 48 years.

There were a few issues that DFFA members discussed during the meeting:

·         The pontoon is currently broken but seems to be repairable in time for fishing to

          resume

·         Access for disabled anglers to the boat pontoon could be an issue with the planned

          closure of the barrier outside the lodge

·         Severn-Trent’s sudden change to parking payment methods, with ANPR for cars

          entering the reservoir, needs to be sorted out for anglers.  ST currently charge £7 for

         a stay over 4 hours, which would impact on every angler coming to fish

·         There needs to be quite a bit of work to be done to make large stretches of the bank

         fishable by clearing willow.  This needs equipment beyond small hand tools if it is to

         be done properly.

 

Overall, members were reassured that there is an intention to make trout fishing a success once again and we eagerly wait for confirmation of the lease signing and the opening date.

We will continue to liaise with Anglian Water and communicate any updates as we receive them

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Club Caps now available

Club caps are now available to buy at our members meetings and matches.  Member's price is £10 per cap.  Non-member's can purchase one at £15.

Contact

07855 164761

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For any enquiries you can either use the email address above or fill in the enquiry form.

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Thank-you

A big thanks to all our members who spent money on our charity auction night on 12th March.  We raised £350 for the Air Ambulance from the proceeds of the event.

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