Brief description of fishery:
Beginning at the car park the river is broad and approximately straight. About half way down there are a series of bends where deeper holes have scoured out and some patches of slack water can be found. The lowest peg fishes toward the weir at the mill The stock is mostly silvers and trout, with some good barbel for those prepared to put the hours and skill in. Few members fish this stretch which while making for the most naturalised of our river stretches, means much is overgrown. You will find some open swims but may need to be prepared to cut significant amounts of vegetation back to free others. Harder baits such as boilies may be required to limit the attentions of Red Signal Crayfish.
Special Rules for this fishery:
Address
ldermaston is the furthest downstream stretch that the club offers. It is a broad deep and powerful stretch of the natural river Kennet, about 1 mile long. Our water begins about half a mile downstream from the Basingstoke Road bridge and ends at Padworth Mill.
Access & Parking
The small parking area is accessed through a gate to the right on entering the new housing estate opposite the Butt Inn. You will need your NAA key for this gate, though note – this is a shared gate with the landowner and if a combination lock is also present the code is 1929 – then follow the track around the fields for several hundred yards until reaching the river and the parking area.
Maps
Species
- Rainbow Trout
- Barbel
- Perch
- Roach
- Dace
- Pike
- Brown Trout
