Driffield Beck, East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

, England, is one of the premier chalk stream fly fishing

Fly fishing

Fly fishing is an angling method in which an artificial 'fly' is used to catch fish. The fly is cast using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. Casting a nearly weightless fly or 'lure' requires casting techniques significantly different from other forms of casting...

 rivers in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. The river is often referred to as the Driffield West Beck

West Beck

West Beck is the common name given to the upper section of the old River Hull, as it rises in the foothills of the Yorkshire Wolds. After reaching Frodingham Beck at Emmotland, it becomes called the River Hull.-Location:...

, and is a river fed by many small chalk streams in the area.

Location

The river is situated in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The main stretches of the river are to the south east of the town of Driffield

Driffield

Driffield, also known as Great Driffield, is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The civil parish is formed by the town of Driffield and the village of Little Driffield....

, flowing close to the village of Skerne

Skerne, East Riding of Yorkshire

Skerne is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, it forms part of the civil parish of Skerne and Wansford. It is situated a mile to the south of the River Hull and the Driffield Canal. It is approximately south east of Driffield and north east of Hutton Cranswick.-References:...

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Available fishing

Fishermen are able to target both natural and stocked brown trout

Brown trout

The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species....

 as well as natural grayling

Grayling (genus)

Thymallus is a genus of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes; it is the only genus of subfamily Thymallinae. The type species is T. thymallus, the grayling. The genus's five distinct species are generically called graylings, but without qualification this also refers...

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The river is for fly fishing only using either dry flies or nymph imitative patterns.

Large stretches of the river are owned by fishing syndicates, however day ticket fishing is available at Mulberry Whin. Mulberry Whin offers over a mile of double bank chalk stream fishing on a day ticket basis.

External links

• Mulberry Whin
• Driffield Beck at fishpal.com