Brampton Angling Association

General Update for 2025 and Latest News

BAA membership renewal and application is available through the Membership Secretary and Brampton Post Office for the 2025 season..

The AGM was held at the end of the January 2025. There are no changes to the prices of Membership and visitor permits. BAA’s Privacy Policy requires consent to holding Members data and we ask that applicants sign the agreement on the application form or the record sheet held by the Membership Secretary or Brampton Post Office confirming their consent for the Association to hold that data.

The Committee is always looking to get more involvement of and contribution from Members to help us run the Association to best meet Members’ and the Association’s needs. If any Members wish to contribute to the administration of BAA or wish to ask questions, make observations or share experiences of fishing our waters please let us know. Members can contact the Secretary or any Committee member. BAA also has an active Facebook page and Members can post there.

For 2025 the Committee intends to:-

try to organise some targeted clearance of routes to waters to aid anglers’ access (and seek to control some invasive non native species) through organising work parties – please see the Facebook page for further information during the season
continue to provide sketch maps of popular and accessible fishing beats with some informal access notes. We have maps for Ruleholme and Irthington (part), Lanercost and Willowford (Birdoswald) at the moment – these are available on Facebook.
offer a few informal river “walks” if members get to know waters and access to them (these are likely and best timed to be in early season where access and visibility is best)
and…arrange an informal competition for Members in which they fish in pairs at defined locations and record the total length of catch to determine winner(s) – hopefully to generate some engagement, interest and, importantly, some access to the waters. See BAA’s Facebook page for more information.

If Members have any particular locations that they wish to be considered for these initiatives please let the Secretary or a Committee member know. We would also appreciate any help Members could offer to help us do this – just let us know if you can. We will update these proposals on the Facebook page.

A reminder that all Members should provide a catch return to the Secretary after the trout season and by the 31st October each year. Please ensure you comply with this rule.

"Check, Clean, Dry"

MEMBERS SHOULD OBSERVE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY GUIDANCE FOR PROTECTING AGAINST THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE NON NATIVE SPECIES (INNS) BY CHECKING, CLEANING AND DRYNG EQUIPMENT USED FOR FISHING (PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO WADERS AND ESPECIALLY FELT SOLED WADER BOOTS)

Thank you for continuing to support Brampton Angling Association. Best wishes for the new season and “tight lines”.

- BRAMPTON ANGLING ASSOCIATION