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Membership
Join Shefford DAA by post for 2008_9, to
download application form click
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Night Permit
To Apply for a Night Permit to fish the
Airman Pit and Willington Lake, required from the 16th June 2008
click
here |
| Broom Lake Track
Track closed 29th Oct |
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5 day forecast
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FROM MIDNIGHT ON 15TH JUNE A SEPARATE TICKET WILL REQUIRED TO
NIGHT FISH THE AIRMAN PIT AND WILLINGTON LAKE. ACTION WILL BE TAKEN
AGAINST MEMBERS INFRINGING THIS RULE. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ON
APPLICATION. |
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Shefford & District
Angling Association formed 1899
The
association established over a century ago and currently with over 800
members is the local coarse fishing society based in the town.
The association controls the fishing rights on several excellent lakes
and premier stretches of the rivers in and around Bedfordshire, the
Great Ouse, Ivel and Flit. With specimen carp over 40lb, catfish over
40lb, pike over 30lb, barbel and bream over 10lb and roach over 3lb in
its waters the club caters for the general angler as well as the
specimen hunter and match angler. The lakes include the Airman Pit,
Willington Lake, Stanford Pit and Broom Lake.
If you require further information then please contact Colin Smith (tel.
01462 812265 or
e-mail),
or why not call in and have a chat with Andy Davis at the tackle shop in
the High St.
Map for Andy's
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The Ivel Navigation –
Horsebridge Area
A couple of weeks ago a potentially catastrophic breach in the bank of
the Ivel Navigation occurred during a period of continuous heavy rain
which raised the level of water to almost flood proportions. The
location of the breach is downstream of the Horsebridge approximately
800metres from Shefford town centre. Levels of the main section around
the Horsebridge have fallen by up to a metre and in one section below
the weir towards Clifton, an area that has produced specimen roach, chub
and perch there is a just a series of pools which are likely to be
completely dry in the summer months.
It was several years ago that the club initially alerted the
Environmental Agency (EA) to the probability of such an occurrence when
during floods damage occurred on a small scale to the bank. In spite of
repeated warnings the EA has taken no action with the result that the
damage escalated to a point when the bank collapsed completely. The club
has had a negative response from the landowner who is legally
responsible for the bank and also adjacent landowners who subsequently
may be affected. The club requested the EA to carry an emergency fish
rescue but to date nothing has happened. If repairs are not carried out
in the near future then the river system immediately upstream and
downstream of the breach will suffer permanent detrimental effects for
many years. See Pictures
WILLOW POOL
From 1st
Oct 2008 the club no longer controls the fishing rights at Willow
Pool.
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News W/E 30/11/08
Latest news from the bank sides.
With water
temperatures falling rapidly as a result of the persistent cold
weather fish on our waters have been very hard to come by
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Submit a fish for inclusion in the photo galleries, must
be caught on a Shefford water.
email webmaster
View members photo gallery
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Forum
The new discussion forum is now in use for more info click
here .
To
go direct to forum click
here |
| New maps available for Shefford Waters
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The EA have updated the Anglian regional bylaws (Feb 2008)
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