Year: 2023

This season is going badly for salmon angling on the Wye. Club Members so far have caught just 2 salmon and salmon numbers on the River as a whole are only 47% of what they are expected to be at this time …

First salmon of the 2023 salmon season has been landed from Ross AC waters by Committee man Richard Woodhouse. The fish weighing 20.5lb was taken from Weirend beat on a flying C in high water with another flood heading down the River …

Don’t Let Water Companies Hide Pollution A legal right for the public to know what damage privatised water companies are causing to rivers, lakes and coastal waters is under threat as part of a Government Bill currently progressing through Parliament. The right …

Ross-on-Wye Angling Club backs River Action legal claim against the Environment Agency Ross-on-Wye Angling Club (ROWAC)has thrown its weight behind legal action brought by campaign group River Action against the Environment Agency, for failing to prevent harm caused to the river Wye. …

The new Salmon Fishing season starts on Friday 3rd March and I’ve never seen the Wye so low at this time of the year. The Met Office announced today that February 2023 is the driest for 35 years and the Wye is …

Ross-on-Wye Angling Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Dreda Darling as its new President. Dreda is the daughter of the late Major Patrick Darling, of Sellack, who served as a distinguished and much-respected President of the club for more than …

Memorable day for member Kim Harman. Fishing an almost deserted Town stretch from the members side he set up a 4 gram stick float as well as a block end feeder rod. Kim loose fed red maggots with a catapult and was …

Biggest flood since 2020 is affecting the Wye at Ross on Friday 13th January. The peak of the spate happened at midnight Friday 13th into Saturday 14th January and measured 4.68 metres that is only 0.4 metres below the all time record, …