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Members and visitors to this site. Please note that new rules, Committee members are now attached. So too is the 2026 Membership application form, You will note that we now have, following the 26th of February, only a one water, The Fisheries.

Unfortunately, from 26th February 2026 we are no longer allowed to fish at the lakes at Grafham Grange School.

Your Committee have decided that with immediate effect, there will NOT be a closed season on our waters. To clarify, current members will now be able to fish right through to 1st June 2026 (there will be NO closed season during April / May 2026). The rules regarding access to Grafham Grange School still apply. This change to the rules is permanent and and will apply to all seasons going forward. Membership of The Society will still be based on annual permits running from the 1st June of one year to the 31st May of the following year. Please note. Due to this change, the work carried out by members of the Fishery Management Team (FMT), bank parties which are normally carried out in the closed season, will now take place during the angling year. As a consequence, although the FMT will try to minimise any disruption, there may be occasions when one of the ponds are closed or an angler may be requested to move swims should access to their swim is required by such work parties. Keepnets The use of keepnets is now banned on ALL society waters.

Members are requested to remove any TRUE CARP, (NOT CRUCIAN'S) which are caught from the first pond at the Fisheries and release them into the second pond. If you could also weigh them and inform either the Chairman, the Head Bailiff or the Secretary of any such captures and their weight, that would be very helpful. The reason behind this is that the Fisheries Management Team wish to improve the environment for Crucian's (and to a lesser extent Tench, Roach and Rudd) in the first pond. Common Carp not only compete for food against other species but also readily cross-breed with Crucian Carp - a situation which will eventually lead to the demise of the True Crucian population in the pond! Simon Mosely Secretary of the Society