Day Tickets

Please read the rules before you buy. The purchase form for each ticket asks you to confirm that you have read them. All of the tickets below, adult and junior, day and week, follow the same rules and include the River Nidd day-ticket waters and Scar House Reservoir.

What follows is a summary of the club’s Day Ticket Fishing Rules & Map. The PDF is the full version.

Download the full rules & map PDF, 2 pages, 1,537 KB Buy online Buy in person

The rules

Rules for all anglers

All anglers must carry:

Your day or guest ticket
A valid EA rod licence
A recognised means of measuring fish
A landing net
A disgorger or forceps
A method for cutting nylon

Catch and release: the River Nidd and Scar House Reservoir are both catch and release. No brown trout or grayling may be taken.
No dogs or radios are allowed.
Juniors under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult, within calling distance at all times.
Anglers must complete and send the catch return after fishing: complete the catch return online (opens in a new tab).
Anyone breaking the rules will be asked to leave the water immediately and may be liable to prosecution.
Beware of overhead power cables. The club accepts no liability for any accident while fishing club waters.

The river

River Nidd

Wild brown trout Grayling

Where: the day-ticket stretches are shown on the map below and on sign boards on the river bank.
Methods: single rod only, using barbless or de-barbed hooks. Fly, or worm on float and leger.
Maggots are allowed between 16 June and 14 March only. Natural minnow is allowed between 1 July and 30 September.
Banned: swim or float feeders, keep nets, lead shot, hooks larger than size 12 (size 10 is permitted for Mayfly and Czech nymph), rods and poles over 15ft, spinners, artificial minnows, and double or treble hooks.

The reservoir

Scar House Reservoir

Wild brown trout

Scar House is included with your ticket. It is not drawn as a fishing boundary on the River Nidd map below: the map only points the way towards it.

Hours: from 8am to one hour after sunset.
Methods: fly, worm and artificial minnow.
Access: pay the statutory fee, if applicable, to enter Yorkshire Water premises, and follow all the rules, including those on parking.
Not allowed: fishing from the dam wall, wading, swimming, boats or inflatables.

Fishing safely

Check the weather and the river level before you go, take care on banks and paths, and never fish under or near power lines. Read the Health & Safety guide.

The map