A Day in the Yorkshire Dales

I decided having looked at the weather forecast to take the kids for a day out in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Our destination was Hawes (Wallace & Gromit country), which is about 20 miles north of Settle.
Although the temperature didn’t get above 1oC it was a beautiful sunny day with hardly a cloud in the sky.
My thoughts again turned to the forthcoming fishing season, so enquiries were made as to the cost and availability of fishing on the River Ure and Gayle Beck, which flows into the Ure about ½ mile from Hawes towards Hardraw where there is a spectacular waterfall, which is accessed through the Green Dragon Pub. Unfortunately I didn’t get to the waterfalls on this occasion.
Anyway back to the fishing costs. I enquired at the Three Peaks walking shop in Hawes who sell tickets on behalf of Hawes & High Abbotside Angling Association and was informed that a day ticket on the Ure is £16.00, a weekly ticket is £30.00 and a season ticket is £60.00. There is 15 miles of fishing available on this ticket and the waters look great even though the River Ure was frozen over in places. The River Ure is stocked with Brown Trout and also has a head of Wild Brownies, it also has a very good head of Grayling with some fantastic sport at this time of year if the water is not frozen over.