Fly Fishing----- Millennium Lake
Millennium Lake is around five acres in size with depths to fourteen feet in the centre and will accommodate thirty rods. Two boat mooring points are positioned in the centre of the lake. Boats include one rowing boat to accommodate two anglers and one disabled wheelie boat with electric outboard. Boat charges are £6.00 per boat per day, wheelie boat will be free of charge to disabled anglers. Booking of boats is essential to guarantee use.
Fly fishing is usually suspended at the end of May, due to high water temperatures being unsuitable for the stocking of trout. The lake will then be open to bait fishing for trout and silver fish until mid September when restocking will take place and flyfishing will be resumed.
For datails of summer fishing please go to Coarse Fishing page
Stocking is with at least 500 rainbows mainly around 2lbs. Larger fish to 6lbs will also be stocked, subject to availability.
For up to date news and prospects for fly fishing go to News and Prospects
Ticket Options and Prices
Tickets must be purchased from the tackle shop during shop opening hours from 8am-6pm.
If you arrive outside shop opening hours your ticket will be issued on the lake side.
- Day ticket, first 4 fish killed plus 10 returned £30.00
- Day ticket, first 3 fish killed plus 9 returned £25.00
- 6 hour ticket, first 2 fish killed plus 8 returned £20.00
- 4 hour ticket, first fish killed plus 7 returned £15.00
- Junior (under 16) no time limit, first fish killed plus 7 returned £12.00
- RVFF Club concession, 6 hour ticket, first 2 fish killed plus 8 returned £18.00
N.B. First fish must be killed on all tickets (i.e. All anglers must take at least one fish.)
Those Anglers taking the two, three and four fish killed tickets do not have to kill more than one fish.
Fly Fishing Rules and Regulations
- Fishing times, 7 a.m. until dusk.
- Fishing is with fly only, maximum long shank 10. Teams are allowed.
- Anglers must hold a current E.A rod license.
- Any angler killing more fish than ticket allows will be permantley banned from fishing at Rib Valley Lakes and will render himself liable to prosecution for theft.
- First fish must be killed on all tickets.
- Selective culling is not permitted.
- Fishing after a bag limit is not permitted unless a second ticket has been purchased.
- Sharing of bag limits is not permitted unless expressly allowed to do so by the bailiff.
- When fishing catch end release, de-barbed hooks only, boobies not allowed.
Aanglers must have and use micromesh or approved landing nets for landing fish.
Fish must not be removed from the water whilst un-hooking.
Any angler considered to be mishandling fish will not be allowed to continue fishing catch and release. - Boat fishing is from fixed mooring points only. Standing in boats is not allowed unless landing a difficult fish.
- All return cards must be filled in and left at the fishery lodge before leaving, including nil returns. This is essential to allow correct stocking of the lake, for the benefit of anglers of all abilities.
- The management reserves the right to refuse entry to any persons without explanation. Any angler considered to be breaking fishery rules may be asked to cease fishing and may forfeit any monies paid and any fish caught.
- We also reserve the right to inspect all anglers equipment. Any angler in serious breach of fishery rules may be banned from the fishery and any monies paid or fish caught will be forfeited.