Allen Valley Angling & Conservation is based in Allendale, Northumberland
We promote the sport of fishing and conservation of the River East Allen for anglers and the local community.
Allen Valley Angling & Conservation is based in Allendale, Northumberland
We promote the sport of fishing and conservation of the River East Allen for anglers and the local community.
Allen Valley Angling & Conservation
Join today, catch tomorrow
Allen Valley Angling & Conservation (AVAC) was established in July, 2011 by local environmentalist and fishing enthusiast Paul Frear. Allen Valley Angling & Conservation is based in Allendale, Northumberland in North East England. Discovering that his local river - the River East Allen - was a considerable undeveloped fishing resource, Paul set up Allen Valley Angling & Conservation to facilitate the sustainable development of this resource. The organisation has a growing membership of people who share Paul's passion for conserving and improving the river habitat - as well as for fly fishing!
The organisation is not-for-profit and this means the money anglers pay to go fishing goes straight back to the fishery - with revenues contributing towards conservation efforts to improve fish stock and riverside access. In effect, simply by going fishing on the AVAC waters, anglers are in fact helping to protect and improve the Allen Valley's fisheries.
The River East Allen, situated
in the beautiful North Pennines - a designated area of outstanding
natural beauty - is home to wild brown trout and provides a
spawning ground for sea trout and salmon, which swim up the River
Tyne on the North East Coast, to where it joins the River East
Allen, near Allendale.
These wild native fish provide great sport for anglers and Allen Valley Angling & Conservation welcomes anglers of all levels of experience.
Please do take some time to find out about becoming a member of Allen Valley Angling & Conservation, or if you are visiting the area for a short time, where you can get your day or weekly fishing permit.
to improve river habitat
Pictured: Paul with Graeme and Mark taking a break from balsam removal work.
As an organisation, we're committed to improving and managing the natural environment of the River East Allen.
We undertake all kinds of projects - from path creation & bank management to tree canopy management and removal of harmful debris from the river itself.
Sponsorship
The work that we
do would not be possible without the support of our generous
sponsors, with whom we are proud to be associated.
HAVE YOU GOT YOUR
LICENCE?
Have you
remebered to renew your rod licences for the upcoming season?
Remember you need A rod licence to fish all AVAC waters. Do so
online by
following this
link!
Crimestoppers,
Seen anything suspisious while out and about on the river? if so take a look at thie PDf below with information on how to speak up on rural crime with crimestoppers.
Coatenhill update
A stocking of 200
Browns have just been put into Coatenhill to add a little boost to
the venue!
**
BREAKING NEWS**
A Statement from the
Committee
I know a lot of you will have been awaiting news on where AVAC stands following the announcement that was made yesterday evening regarding the easing of the restrictions surrounding Angling in England. The AVAC committee have been in discussion all day ironing out a plan that will allow us to return to the fabulous River East Allen and Coatenhill, we are pleased to announce come Tomorrow, Wednesday the 13th of May we will be opening All our waters to you the Members. Of course some precautions have to be put in place to make this successful..Please take some time to read the following and we hope you understand why these requests have been made.
The AVAC Committee
Co-Op Pioneer Award
Some fantastic News for everyone in some rather troubling times!
Allendale Co-Op once again providing excellent support to our local organisations and groups, this time it was us here at AVAC who benefited!
Fantastic, thank you once again Allendale Co-Op keep safe, keep up the good work and we wish you all well!
check it
out:
allendalecoop.co.uk
COVID-19 Guidence
Thank
you all for your continued support when it comes to this ongoing
situation, please if you would like some further information and to
see where we are taking our advise please follow this link to
the
Angling
Trust
Support
Hub.
Barry Resigns
Barry Wilson has
taken the decision to step down as our Membership Secretary, we
would like to thank Barry for all the hard work he has put in over
the years and we wish him all the best for the
future.
COVID-19
It comes with a heavy heart that due to the ongoing Corvid-19 situation fishing on ALL AVAC waters is suspended, this is to not only protect our members but the wider community too, I am sure we can all agree our health and the health of our loved ones comes before fishing, I would personally like to thank you all for your understanding and cooperation in this testing time… I hope to see you all very soon on the bank.
Mark Charlton
AVAC chairman
Price Reduction!
In a bid to try and get more youngsters into fishing we have decided to slash the price of junior membership down to £10…!
2020 AGM
Another fantastic AGM covering the 2019 season and outlining the plans for 2020, if you could not make it then not to worry the minuets and presentation can be found on the Past Events Page.
Catch Returns 2019 Season
Thank you to all who took the time to send in your returns, it is greatly appreciated, 168 Brown Trout where recorded,24 salmon Par and 1 Sea Trout.
A full breakdown
including Coatenhill can be found on the Catch Returns Page
Catch Returns
Please
could all members send in there catch returns... Guidance can be
found on our
Catch Returns
Page
End of Season!
Another season come
and gone! A massive thank you to all our members for another
fantastic year!
Hot Weather guidance
Please follow this link to some advice
on correct
fish handling during
hot/dry Weather.
Privacy Notice
We have updated
our privacy notice, a downloadable version can be found on
our
Membership
Page
Season is off to a good start!
Lots of fish
being landed at Coatenhill so far this season and a few starting to
show in the river! Catch Reports
Dates for your diary
Check
out the upcoming events page for all the events happening in the
club including some tree work and the Lead Trout..
Upcoming
Events
Fancy joining the
Committee?
Please come and
join the Committee
Help promote the
club and bring in fresh ideas !
Please follow the
link to the Contact Us
Page
AGM
Thank you to all
that came to yet another fantastic AGM, if you couldent make it the
minuets and the presentation are available on the
Past
Events Page
Prize
Draw
David
Banks wins the prize draw for providing his catch return to
us!
New Rule!
Childer under 16
are now permitted to fish with worm on Coatenhill as long as they
fish with barbless hooks and under a float.
Allen Valley Angling & Conservation is looking for sponsors to help us achieve our conservation goals. Find out about how becoming a sponsor can help your business.
More details about
sponsorship packages