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
Our winter meetings at the Draycote Social Club have now ended until November 2025. There will be regular, informal Social Club get-togethers over the spring and summer. Hopefully we will be able to schedule some fishing matches later this year.
Fishing reopening update March 14th 2025
Last month we hghlighted there were a few issues that needed to be addressed before Draycote could reopen as a fishery:
· The pontoon is currently broken and Severn Trent have not yet repaired it.
· 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.
At the present time these issues have not been resolved.
On the 14th March Anglian Water placed the following statement on their Facebook Page:
"Draycote Update.
As many of you are already aware, we are in active negotiations to lease the fishery at Draycote Water. We anticipated that contractual details would be finalised by this point in time and as publicised had hoped to open the water on 1st April 2025. However despite best efforts we are not quite over the contractual line. There are also some necessary repairs to complete before we can open safely. We will continue to push forward and hope to bring you good news very soon. In the mean time we plan to stock and open Ravensthorpe on a temporary basis for the month of April. Boat hire and day permits are available now from our website for bookings 1st - 30th April 2025. Season ticket holders can fish Ravensthorpe whilst Draycote is unavailable on their four water season ticket (with immediate effect from the bank and from 1st-30th April from a boat). We are working hard to ensure you, our anglers are at the heart of this process and hope to bring you more news very soon. If you have any questions please email fishing@anglianwater.co.uk"
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
For any enquiries you can either use the email address above or fill in the enquiry form.
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.
