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History of Our Club
Chester-le-Street and District Angling Club was formed in 1935 with very little water, but we now have around 10 miles
of double bank fishing.
The River Wear is now officially classed as the second best Sea-trout River in England
with some heavyweight fish being caught, a fish weighing into the teens of pounds not being uncommon. Salmon too are caught,
with the largest in the 2003 season so far being over 22 lbs. A lot of water has passed
under the bridge from those Heady days of 1965, the first year with a declared Salmon Rod catch of TWO!!! The declared Sea
trout catch for that same year was 658!! Wowww!! Salmon catches peaked in 1981 with 499 fish declared and Sea trout peaking
in 1995 with 947 fish declared!
And it doesn't end there! Coarse fishing is excellent, with Dace, Perch, Chub, Roach,
Gudgeon, Bream, Barbel, even Pike and not forgetting Grayling to be caught, Barbel well into double figures have been caught
this season alone. The Environment Agency River Wear fact file reports that "The River Wear at Chester-le-Street is popular
with coarse anglers and large catches of Dace are not uncommon", well I can add to that large catches of Chub,
in fact every coarse fish listed above, are not uncommon!
Our President is the Earl Of Scarbrough (and yes
that is the correct way to spell it, for it's not the seaside town of Scarborough).
Vice Presidents include Lord (Giles)
Radice.
Club Headquarters are at The Relton Workmens Club & Institute Ltd, Ropery Lane, Chester-Le-Street,
Co Durham.
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