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Rules & Information 2021
The rules are arranged under the Junior Members. Children aged from
following headings:- 8 to 16 years, who upon application,
with proof of age, have been accepted
Westwater Fly Fishing Club by the Directors. They shall be
Membership nominated by an adult Full Member.
Subscriptions Junior Membership is held in the
Fishing name of that nominating Full Member,
Boats & Equipment and is free.
Hygiene
Times Student Membership. A person over
Nets the age of 16 who is in full-time
Restrictions education.
Riparian Owners
General Items Honorary Membership. A person
A Few Important Reminders whom the Directors shall deem
Safety Recommendations suitable for the privilege may be
granted Honorary Membership by the
… Directors on an annual basis.
Westwater Fly Fishing Club If a person has served a minimum of
10 years as a director, and has
Westwater Fly Fishing Club is a fly- rendered outstanding service to the
fishing club whose policy is to promote Company, the Directors may grant
the art of fly-fishing and to provide such Honorary Membership for life.
sport for its members. Honorary Members enjoy the same
full fishing privileges as Full Members.
We are based at Hallington Reservoir,
where there is the members’ lodge, the
office, and two extensive lakes totalling Subscriptions
250 acres.
An annual subscription, at a rate
The key provided to each member will determined by the Board is payable
open the oar lockers and premises to by all members.
which members need access.
Replacement keys are available from Subscriptions are due on the 1st
the Office Manager. November each year and should be
paid promptly to the Office Manager
upon notification.
Membership
By arrangement with the Office
There are five categories of Manager, subscriptions may be paid
membership: in instalments. Members whose
subscriptions are still outstanding on
Full Members. Persons who, upon 31st January following will be deemed
application have been proposed and to have terminated their membership.
seconded by members, and are
accepted by the Directors. Full Payments in respect of guests are
membership is annual and by invitation. due on demand.
Full members have full rights and
privileges, including the right to attend
and vote at general meetings of the
Company.
2Fishing o If the fish is exhausted, keep it in
the net in the water and steady it
Method of Fishing. FLY ONLY. All
in its natural position before
imitations of non-natural fish food,
allowing it to swim off.
including pellet imitations, egg flies and
the like, are banned from our waters. o Do not use flies that fish tend to
swallow e.g. Boobies.
After catching 3 fish at each runner on o Do not measure the fish.
East and West, anglers must vacate
these spots for the remainder of the o Do not weigh the fish.
day. o Do not continue fishing if you
have reached your Catch &
Size Limits. Brown trout under 20cm in Keep limit as you need to be
length must be returned to the water able to kill any damaged fish
unharmed. Trout between 20 and 30 without breaching the Catch &
cm will not count towards a member’s Keep limits.
catch & keep limit.
o Respect for the fish is
Catch & Release Limits. A member paramount.
may Catch & Release up to 16 trout a
day and 270 in a year. Catch & Release will be monitored to
ensure that the above Good Practice
Catch & Keep Limits. Of the above, a is followed.
member may keep up to 5 trout a day
and 85 in a year. Please note that once Catch & Release fishing may be
5 fish have been killed on any one day, suspended during and immediately
angling must cease, as the option to kill after periods of high water
a damaged fish no longer remains. temperature.
If fishing Catch & Release it is essential Record sheets. There are record
that the fish be returned to the water in sheets in the signing-in hut.
the best possible condition.
Before starting to fish, all anglers
Catch & Release Good Practice must enter their name, membership
number, vehicle registration number,
o Use only barb-less hooks. time of commencement, and whether
they are fishing from bank or boat.
o Use hooks no bigger than size 10
long shank. When finished fishing the sheets must
o Use leaders strong enough to land be completed to show the time of
finishing, the details of the fish caught,
the fish quickly. and the number of fish released. Nil
o Leave the fish in the net in the returns are important and are
water whilst unhooking it, or, if required.
fishing from a boat, in the net on
the mat whilst unhooking it. Anyone found deliberately entering
o Wet hands before handling the false data on the record sheets may
be banned from fishing at Hallington.
fish.
o Remove the hook using forceps if Extra Fish. The purchase of fish in
necessary. excess of the annual limit will be
o Kill the fish if it is bleeding or permitted. This purchase must be
made prior to the annual limit being
damaged in any way.
exceeded and will be available in
3blocks of 6 fish at a cost of £30 per Guests must abide by all rules and
block. the host member is responsible for
the guest’s conduct.
When the annual limit of 85 (or higher if
additional fish purchase is made) is An individual fishing as a member’s
reached, ALL fishing must cease until Guest (or on a Day Ticket) may not
an additional fish block has been fish our waters on more than a total of
purchased. This is to provide for the 2 occasions in any one season.
killing of damaged fish when ‘Catch &
Release’ is intended. Non-Fishing Guests. No charge is
made for non-fishing guests, but if the
Junior catch limits. Members may guest accompanies the member while
bring children to Hallington if they are he or she is fishing, the guest’s name
aged 8 to 16 years old, as follows: must be entered in the Non-Fishing
1. As a free Junior Guest Guest Book provided.
sharing the member’s rod & Non-Fishing Guests must not handle
bag limit. This may be done rods in the vicinity of the water.
up to 5 times per year.
2. As a free Junior Member, in Environment Agency Licence. All
which case the catch and those fishing must be in possession of
release limits are: 6 fish daily, a current Environment Agency
and 40 annually. Of these 2 Licence.
fish may be kept per day and
20 annually. Identification. Members must at all
times carry their membership card,
Junior Guests and Junior Members wear their WFFC badge, and display
must be accompanied by an adult Full the WFFC sticker on their vehicle.
Member at all times. An adult Full
Member may supervise a maximum of WFFC Bailiffs. The Office Manager,
two Juniors at any one time, but only and members of the Board have
one when fishing from a boat. authority to inspect catches, tackle,
and vehicles and to check record
The Junior’s details must be entered sheets etc.
immediately below the supervising Full
Member’s on the record sheet.
Boats and Equipment
Student catch limits. Catch and keep:
2 fish/day, and 40 fish/year. Catch and Boats are free of charge for
release: 6 fish/day, and a 60 fish/year. members and are available on both
the Hallington lakes. There is no
Fishing Guests. Members may take advanced booking system for the
guests fishing with them at a fee of £20 boats. They are used on a first come
per guest per day. Catch limits as for first served basis.
Full Members.
Life jackets MUST be worn, over all
The guest’s name must be entered other clothing, and properly fastened,
immediately following the member’s on when using a boat. In the case of
the record sheet and be annotated single occupants, it is advised that
‘Guest’ in the membership number they be of the automatically inflating
column. type. If you forget your life jacket you
must not use a boat.
4Boats must be secured to their sheet. Please handle the boats with
correct mooring after use, and the oars great care as they are quite costly to
returned to the oar lockers. repair.
Mooring ropes. The mooring rope is a Hygiene
continuous loop passing through a
pulley on the anchor and around two The Kitchen and its equipment must
posts on the shore, with a small knotted be left clean, and litter and uneaten
loop attached to the first post. To bring food deposited in dustbins or taken
a boat ashore, first release the loop in away. Fish must not be placed in
the rope from the first mooring post and refrigerators.
pull ashore the end of the rope passing
round the second post so that the Members must use the toilet
anchoring loop is pulled out towards the facilities provided in the lodge.
water as the boat moves in. To move a Northumbrian Water will insist that
boat out, first attach the clip to the boat anyone polluting the reservoirs or
and pull the other side of the rope. their surrounds be banned from their
When the boat is back out secure the waters.
rope loop over the first mooring post.
Do not use force, as this will drag the Members must not allow anything to
anchor. enter the reservoirs, or their feeder
streams, which could have a
Oars are available for each boat in the deleterious effect on water quality.
lockers at the top of each ramp. Boats
should not be taken out without oars on
board. Please return the oars to the oar Opening and Closing Dates
locker after use.
Rainbow Trout from the 1st of April
Boats should not be pulled ashore to the 30th of November.
and left, even for a short time. Please Brown Trout from the 1st of May to
use the offshore mooring facilities, as the 31st of October. Any brown trout
this greatly reduces wear and tear on caught in April must be released
the hulls. unharmed.
Not more than 3 adults, or two adults
and two juniors, may be in a boat, of Times
whom a maximum of three may be
fishing, at any one time. Time Fishing Commences. Fishing
starts at 08:00 hrs. However members
Juniors must not use boats unless are not allowed to enter the environs
accompanied by an adult. of the Hallington reservoirs before
07:45 hrs.
Anchors and/or drogues may be used
but are not provided. Time Fishing Terminates. This
varies with the time of year and will be
Trolling using a motor is not permitted. shown at the booking-in site. This is
the time by which all angling must
Boats should be left clean and litter have ceased, all boats connected to
free after use. their proper moorings, and all
members booked out on the records
Damage to boats, or the need for sheets. Anglers must have left the
urgent maintenance, must be recorded premises fifteen minutes after this
in the remarks column on the record time.
5o Do take care your dog is not left
Nets to suffer in an inadequately
ventilated or sun heated vehicle.
At each visit, you must disinfect o Do clean up after your dog and
your net in the tub where you sign in take the droppings away with
to prevent the spread of infections you for disposal.
or parasites from one water to
another.
Your net should be large enough to Riparian Owners
cope with the large trout you will
probably land each year. Fish must be Four Riparian Owner’s rods are
netted, not beached. permitted each day. These rods are
required to book in and out on the
record sheets. They may use our
Restrictions boats.
Bank fishing may be restricted in any General Items
area by the Board and notices will be
displayed should this arise. Certain Poaching. Please ask to see the
areas may be closed to boats. A map of credentials of any angler who is not
any such area will be displayed in the known to you and who is not wearing
signing-in hut, or lodge. a WFFC badge. Members should not
After catching 3 fish at each runner on mind being approached and should
East and West, anglers must vacate be only too willing to co-operate. The
these spots for the remainder of the Board will continue with its policy of
day. securing the prosecution of poachers.
Vehicles. Members’ vehicles may only Trespassers. WFFC Members and
be parked in the car park in front of the personnel may only challenge non-
lodge. Parking anywhere else whilst members if they are fishing or
fishing is a concession intended for interfering with the fishing or our
disabled anglers. Particular care must property. Inappropriate or antisocial
be taken when driving on private roads behaviour by non-members should be
serving the reservoirs because of the reported to the NWA Rangers, whose
narrow width, poor sight lines and contact numbers are displayed in the
scarcity of passing places. Speed limits clubhouse.
must be observed.
Ground Baiting. Ground baiting is
Dogs. This is a sensitive issue. Many not allowed. Fish food pellets are
members prefer that dogs not be included in this ban.
allowed around the club premises, car
park, and the environs of the lakes. So, Electronic Fish Locators. This type
if you do wish to bring your dog along, of equipment is not permitted.
please ensure, at all times, that it is
under control, that wildlife is not Publicity. The general policy of
disturbed, and that your fellow Westwater Fly Fishing Club is that
members are not annoyed or alarmed publicity of any aspect of our activities
in any way by your dog. should only come from an official
o Dogs are not allowed to Board statement. Members should not
accompany you whilst you are make any claims for ‘records’ to
actually fishing. outside sources or supply any
6material which could identify our Safety Recommendations
waters.
If a member feels that there is a matter All anglers should be aware of these
of sufficient interest to warrant publicity dangers, not only to themselves but
he should inform the Secretary in also to others. Westwater Fly Fishing
writing giving sufficient relevant details Club shall not be liable for accidents
for the Board to be able to consider the to persons or their property, however
matter. they are caused. Please observe the
following:
A Few Important Reminders o Take care when wading.
Consider a wading stick. Wading
o Individuals who are ex-Members beyond thigh depth is not
because they did not receive an allowed.
invitation to rejoin, may not fish
our waters. o Take care when back-casting.
o Any dead fish found on any of our Look behind you first.
waters must be reported to the
Office Manager. Such fish must o When boat fishing, always wear
not be sent to any outside agency a life jacket, which must be worn
without permission from the on top of all other clothing.
Board.
o Boat anglers must keep well clear o Wear head and eye protection,
of bank anglers. The bank angler particularly when casting in
always has priority. All anglers are windy conditions.
expected to adhere to the general
rules of fishing etiquette. o Keep rods and lines away from
o Do not leave any litter; in particular overhead power lines.
do not leave discarded nylon
where it can be a hazard to o In a thunder storm, cease
wildlife. If you brought it, please fishing, put your rod down, and
take it away. move away from it.
o If you injure any farm animals on
estate roads, see the farmer o Be familiar with the location and
concerned and report the incident use of lifesaving equipment
to the Office Manager as soon as provided at the fishery.
possible.
o When completing the Catch & o Be prepared to help anyone in
Keep record sheets please enter difficulty, but do not put your own
the length of each fish (in inches) safety at risk.
with the notation ‘R’ for Rainbow
and ‘B’ for Brown, ‘Bl’ for Blue in o Northumbrian Water requires
the column provided. members to be aware of the
o NO fires, close all gates, and risks associated with fishing from
follow the country code. the dam walls, such as uneven
and slippery surfaces, tripping
hazards and holes, particularly
New Members when water levels are low.
We are delighted to welcome new o The consumption of alcohol
members. whilst fishing, especially from a
boat, is potentially dangerous, so
is strongly discouraged.
7Westwater Fly Fishing Club
The Fishing Lodge
Hallington Reservoir
Colwell, Hexham
Northumberland
NE46 4TP
Telephones:
The Office Manager: 01434 681405
e-mail addresses:
Secretary:
westwaterangling@yahoo.co.uk
Office Manager:
wwangling1@outlook.com
Web site:
http://westwaterflyfishingclub.co.uk/
1st December 2020
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