Winter Fly Fishing at Kilnsey
Our fly fishery offers excellent fishing throughout the winter as it is fed from spring water that emerges from deep underground. This means that the clear spring water enters the top lake at a constant temperature of 7.5°c regardless of the air temperature.
As the water stays at in ideal temperature for growing trout, they remain very active and feed just as well throughout the winter. This is also helped by the abundant natural food supplies like buzzers and bloodworms.
The pictures on this page were taken in December 2010 following a week of temperatures below -10°c, and the top lake is virtually unaffected by ice. In fact since opening in 1978 the top lake has never frozen over. During this extreme cold spell in 2010, as the valley bottoms reached down to -18°c, it actually stayed noticeably warmer up here.
Winter fishery opening times
The fishery is open every day throughout the winter, except for Christmas day only.
We open at 7.30am on weekends (or sunrise if later), and 8am weekdays
We close at 5.10pm everyday (or dusk if earlier)
Winter café opening times
9.30am to 3.45pm, with hot food served between 9.30am and 2pm.
