Shocking phosphate testing results.
I’ve been testing the Wye for phosphate pollution for two and a half years now and I thought I would never see a reading as high as the one I had today at the Canoe Launch in the Park. I test at …
Ross on Wye Angling Club Annual General Meeting.
The 2022 club Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday 7th December at the White Lion pub at Wilton on the banks of the Wye. The meeting will start at 7.30 pm and all members are welcome. Please bring your membership …
Work Parties and Club Social
Dear Ross-on-Wye AC Members, We have scheduled two work parties to attend to swim clearance and maintenance on our Benhall beats, particularly the Upper Benhall area. These will take place on Wednesday 21st and Saturday 24th of September and the meeting point …
Ross Angling Club Support for Cannop Ponds
Dear All, Two lakes at a beauty spot known as Cannop Ponds in the Forest of Dean could be drained and the landscape returned to how it was before the industrial revolution. The ponds contain a huge amount of bird and other …
4/08/2022 Salmon angling again suspended on Ross AC waters.
Due to high water temperatures and consequent falling levels of dissolved oxygen the Committee of the Club have had to suspend salmon fishing for the second time this summer. This comes as the long dry summer continues and with weather forecasters predicting …
28/07/2022. Club Waters open again.
The Club Committee has opened ROWAC waters again for both members and day ticket anglers from Thursday 28th July 2022. Water temperature will be much lower than they have been recently and oxygen in the River will be back to a reasonable …
23/07/2022 Club waters to remain closed.
The Committee have decided that for now ROWAC waters on the River Wye must remain closed both for salmon and for coarse fishing. The River Wye is as low as I’ve ever seen it and locals tell me it is as bad …
ROWAC close all waters during the heatwave.
Due to high water temperatures and very low water in the River Wye the Committee of ROWAC have decided to CLOSE ALL WATERS for the duration of the hot weather that is forecast over the next week. Water Temperatures were recorded at …
